The Materials of Speaking English Skill

A.    Restaurant reservation

This is example of making restaurant reservations.

Woman            : Shangrilla Cafe, good afternoon.

Jessy                : Good afternoon. I’d like to reserve a table for four on Saturday evening,

 Please. Are there still seats available?

Woman            : Yes. What time do you want?

Jessy                : At eight o’clock.

Woman            : Ok, could i have your name and phone number, please!

Jessy                : Sure, I’m Jessy Caroline and my phone number is 060-6684567.

Woman            : Ok, anything else Miss Jessy?

Jessy                : Oh yes, I want a table close to the window.

Woman            : Sure, don’t worry Miss Jessy.

Jessy                : Thanks.

Woman            : You’re welcome Miss. Jessy.

Role Play:

Student A: You work in a restaurant. Answer the phone and write the caller’s reservation.

Student B: You want to eat out tonight. Call a restaurant and make a reservation. Please use your own information.

The Materials of Listening English Skill

ENGLISH LISTENING MATERIALS

Topic               : Confirming a hotel booking

Type                : Dialogues / Conversation

Exercise           : 1. Completing sentences with word or phrase

                          2. Finding out the meaning of certain words/phrases in Indonesian

                          3. Finding out the main topic                       

                          4. Answering and finding specific information related with the dialogues

A sample of exercises:

Fill in the blanks with the correct word or phrase based on the CD you have heard !

Situation :   a telephone conversation between a hotel receptionist and a person trying to make a booking. The line is bad but the receptionist has the telephone skills to deal with this problem.

CONFIRMING A HOTEL BOOKING

Receptionist : ___1___ , Orion Hotel, how may I help you?

Customer     : I’m ringing to confirm a booking I made a week ago. I was expecting an email but I haven’t received anything.

Receptionist : ___2___ the line is rather bad, would you mind repeating that, please?

Customer    :Yes, I made a reservation on your website under the name of Coutts. George Coutts.

Receptionist : Could you spell your surname for me, ___3___?

Customer     : Yes, that’s C-O-U-T-T-S

Receptionist : And when was the reservation for?

Customer     : July 23^rd to the 29^th

Receptionist : Sorry, did you say the ___4___?

Customer     : No, the 23^rd

Receptionist : Let me just check if we have your details on the system. Ah… yes, here we are.

Customer     : I put down one double and one single room, but I wonder if I could change that.

Receptionist : I’m terribly sorry I didn’t quite catch that. ___5___ speaking up a little?

Customer     : Yes, I wanted to change the number of rooms. Is it possible to have two doubles instead of a single and a double?

Receptionist :Let’s see…oh hold on a moment. I’ve got someone on the other line. (Speaks to other customer) yeah, yeah…would you mind if I rang you back. I’m just dealing with a reservation. ___6___.

Customer     :Sorry?

Receptionist :Yes, sorry about that Mr. Coutts, I’m just getting your booking details up now. Yes, we do have another double available for those nights. Was there anything else?

Customer     :Well, I wanted to know if you did vegetarian food for the evening meal. It wasn’t clear from the website.

Receptionist :Yes, we do, but by prior arrangement. But now you’ve requested it, I’ll put that down in the booking. ___7___ people was that for?

Customer     :Just myself

Receptionist : ___8___. Anything else?

Customer     :Well, we’ve got a very early return flight on the 30^th, so we’ll need an alarm call at about 5.30, I should think.

Receptionist :No problem sir, I’ll arrange that now. Was that all?

Customer     : ___9___.

Receptionist :So you’d like two double rooms for the nights of 23^rd to the 29^th July inclusive, vegetarian provision for one and an early morning call on your departure. Is that correct?

Customer     :That’s right

Receptionist :If we ___10___ with anything else, just give us a ring. We look forward to seeing you in July.

The Materials of Writing English Skill

A.    Arrange the sentences to become a good paragraph!

(           ) He will be away for two months.

(           ) We shall meet him at the harbour early in the morning.

(           ) Captain Alison will set out eight o’clock, so we shall have plenty of time.

(           ) Our neighbour, Captain Charles Alison, will sail from Portsmouth tomorrow.

(           ) We are very proud of him.

(           ) It has sailed across the Atlantic many times.

(           ) He will take part in an important race across the Atlantic.

(           ) He will be in his small boat, Topsail.

(           ) Topsail is a famous little boat.

(           ) We shall see his boat and the we shall say goodbye to him.

B.     Make a paragraph who tell about your future, make sure you have to use a Simple Future Tense!

The Materials of Reading English Skill

A Wet Night

Late in the afternoon, the boys put up their tent in the middle of a field. As soon as this was done, they cooked a meal over an open fire. They were all hungry and the food smelt good. After a wonderful meal, they told stories and sang songs by the camp fire. But some time later it began to rain. The boys felt tired so they put out the fire and crept into their tent. Their sleeping bags were warm and comfortable, so they all slept soundly. The tent was full of water! They all leapt out of their sleeping bags and hurried outside. It was raining heavily and they found that a stream had formed in the field. The stream wound its way across the field and then flowed right under their tent.

A.    Answer the following questions!

1.      What were the boys doing in the fields?

2.      Why did the boys sleep soundly?

3.      What happened to their tent?

4.      What season was it when the boys were camping?

5.      Have you experienced the same situation in your life?

6.      What grammar point can you learn from the text?

B.     Find out the action verb that used in that text!

C.    Use the Past tense form of the verb in parentheses in each sentence.

1.      (take)             The hamams ........... a trip.

2.      (go)                They .............. to Bali.

3.      (drive)             First they ................ to Surabaya.

4.      (fly)                 Then they ................. to Denpasar.

5.      (spend)            They .............. two weeks in Bali.

6.      (have)              They ............. a good time in Ubud, Singaraja and Kuta.

7.      (see)                They .............. interesting dances.

8.      (buy)                They .............. many souvenirs in Bali.

9.      (cost)               They whole trip ............... about Rp. 900.000,00

10  (return)              They ............. home tired but happy.