Ending a Conversation Nicely

A2 · Elementary57 minConversation SkillsLesson 5 of 5 · Outline

Aims

Leave without feeling rude: exit phrases, making a plan for next time, and a warm goodbye

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Leave Without Feeling Rude

    3 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: How to Leave in Three Steps

    Read a 173-word text about How to Leave in Three Steps

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Words for Leaving

    7 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: What the Exit Phrase Really Means

    Matching exercise, 6 items

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Finish the Goodbye

    Gap-fill exercise, 6 items

  5. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Leaving the Party

    Role-play: You are at a friend's birthday party. You have talked to Sofia for ten minutes and it went well, but you need to catch the last bus. You end the conversation in three steps. (8 lines)

  6. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Let's Talk

    4 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

In a Tuton account these words become your student's vocabulary deck, so they come back in practice between lessons.

I'd better go.get goingIt was nice to meet you.take caresee you soonsometimeHave a good one.

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