Present Perfect Dialogues
Created on: January 19, 2025
Created on: January 19, 2025
write 40 short and simple everyday dialogues (one question- and one answer) in English between two people illustrating the given grammar point: "present perfect vs past simple". first make a set with present perfect and after it a similar set but with past simple and so on.
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They are for teenage ESL students at A2 level.
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The dialogues are for a multiple choice quiz so each dialogue includes one correct reply and three misleading replies (one related/leading reply and three unrelated/misleading/off-topic replies).
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Both the correct/leading reply and the unrelated/misleading/off-topic replies must contain the given grammar point. So if the question is structured in “future simple for spontaneous decisions” then the replies should be structured in “future simple for spontaneous decisions”. in the question is written in ‘past simple tense’ then the leading reply and misleading replies should be written in ‘past simple tense’, and so on.
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avoid sensitive topics like: moving house, buying house, buying cars, changing/getting a job, family - avoid topics that relate to social status/personal matters, body problems (like pimples, falling out hair, obesity, and so on). make the content family friendly.
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do not divide the list into any categories. just write entry after entry and number each of it.
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Here are examples or correctly crafted dialogues:
Dialogue 1:
Dialogue 2:
Dialogue 3:
Dialogue 4:
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EXAMPLES OF WRONGLY STRUCTURED DIALOGUES (you can’t produce these type of dialogues):
Dialogue 5
Dialogue 6:
The dialogue 5 and 6 are wrongly structured, because all the misleading replies can be the answers to the question. (”I’m studying for exams these days”, “I’m working full-time these days”, “I left class earlier because I needed to get some ice cream.", “ left class earlier because I needed to make a phone call.”)
ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WRONGLY STRUCTURED DIALOGUE:
Dialogue 7:
Dialogue 7 is wrongly structured, because misleading reply 1 can possibly be the answer the person A’s question (I am going to study for exams this weekend).
Dialogue 8:
Dialogue 8 is wrongly structured, because misleading reply 1 can possibly be the answer the person A’s question (I am going to watch a movie after work).
Dialogue 9:
Dialogue 9 is wrongly structured, because incorrect reply 2 can possibly be the answer the person A’s question (”Is she going to join us for dinner? -> No, (because) she is going to finish her project tonight”).
Dialogue 10:
Dialogue 10 is wrongly structured, because incorrect reply 2 can possibly be the answer the person A’s question (”instead of going to travel to Japan next summer they are going to visit their friends”).
Dialogue 11:
Dialogue 11 is wrongly structured, because misleading replies aren’t in the given grammar point (this time it’s am/are/is going to). they are in other grammatical point. the question uses “be going to” whereas misleading reply 1 uses present perfect and misleading reply 2 uses past simple.
Dialogue 12:
Dialogue 12 is wrongly structured because ‘correct reply’ doesn’t use the given grammar point (relative pronouns/clauses: who, that, which, where)
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So remember to use off-topic/unrelated ideas as incorrect replies! and remember to use the given grammar point in all replies (leading and misleading)!!
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title every dialogue as “Dialogue 1”, “Dialogue 2”, “Dialogue 3” and so on
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Dialogue 1 (Present Perfect)
Dialogue 2 (Present Perfect)
Dialogue 3 (Present Perfect)
Dialogue 4 (Present Perfect)
Dialogue 5 (Present Perfect)
Dialogue 6 (Present Perfect)
Dialogue 7 (Present Perfect)
Dialogue 8 (Present Perfect)
Dialogue 9 (Present Perfect)
Dialogue 10 (Present Perfect)
Dialogue 11 (Present Perfect)
Dialogue 12 (Present Perfect)
Dialogue 13 (Present Perfect)
Dialogue 14 (Present Perfect)
Dialogue 15 (Present Perfect)
Dialogue 16 (Present Perfect)
Dialogue 17 (Present Perfect)
Dialogue 18 (Present Perfect)
Dialogue 19 (Present Perfect)
Dialogue 20 (Present Perfect)
Dialogue 21 (Past Simple)
Dialogue 22 (Past Simple)
Dialogue 23 (Past Simple)
Dialogue 24 (Past Simple)
Dialogue 25 (Past Simple)
Dialogue 26 (Past Simple)
Dialogue 27 (Past Simple)
Dialogue 28 (Past Simple)
Dialogue 29 (Past Simple)
Dialogue 30 (Past Simple)
Dialogue 31 (Past Simple)
Dialogue 32 (Past Simple)
Dialogue 33 (Past Simple)
Dialogue 34 (Past Simple)
Dialogue 35 (Past Simple)
Dialogue 36 (Past Simple)
Dialogue 37 (Past Simple)
Dialogue 38 (Past Simple)
Dialogue 39 (Past Simple)
Dialogue 40 (Past Simple)