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Speaking Skills
Speaking Skills

A. Enact the following conversation in pairs.

Rahul : Hello Sahil. How are you?
Sahil : I am good. What about you?
Rahul : I am good, too.

Sahil : Great.
Rahul : Look at the paddy field, Sahil. As the wind is blowing, it looks like a wavy river.
Sahil : Really fantastic! It is our farmers who toil day and night to produce our food in this
beautiful land.

Rahul : But we hardly keep their contribution in mind.
Sahil : Indeed! Farmers are the backbone of the economy, but they lead a poor life.
Rahul : I disagree with you. Many farmers are poor, but most of them are happy leading a
simple life with what they earn.

Sahil : But don’t you know that they don’t get proper cost of their crop, proper medical
care, education and so on.
Rahul : It’s partially true. Days have changed. Now farmers are using scientific methods of
cultivation.
Sahil : That’s right. But what I want to say is that we should pay honour to them as they
are literally rearing the whole mankind.

Rahul : Yeah, that’s true. Oh, we have already reached. See you again.
: See you.
Sahil
Speaking Skills Lenin : Hello Edwin, can you tell me why I am burdened with my homework although
B. Enact the following conversation in pairs.

you are not?
Edwin : As far as I know you don’t rise early. Am I correct?

: Yes, but I do try, my dear friend.
Lenin
Edwin : I think if you knew the benefits of early rising, you would not fail to rise early.
Lenin
: I do know. An early riser can enjoy the fresh air of the morning.
Edwin : That’s not all. If you rise early, you can breathe in pure oxygen which is very
essential for good health. Moreover, you can enjoy the natural scenery. Morning is
the best time for taking physical exercise.

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