Unit 9 Oral quiz
Student A Ask these questions. Answer your
partner’s questions. Discuss the topics.
1. Where were you living five years ago?
2. Are you having a good week?
3. What were you doing at seven o’clock this
morning?
Now take turns. Choose one of the situations below
and tell a story. Listen to your partner’s story using the
conversation strategy.
Conversation strategy
Make comments to show you are interested and
listening, such as You’re kidding!, How
embarrassing!, or I bet you were upset.
4. Last weekend I was shopping at the mall, and I
lost my wallet.
5. I was having dinner with a friend one time, and I
spilled soda on his jacket.
Student C Ask these questions. Answer your
partner’s questions. Discuss the topics.
1. How were you feeling when you got up this
morning?
2. How’s your week going?
3. What were you doing at nine o’clock last night?
Now take turns. Choose one of the situations below
and tell a story. Listen to your partner’s story using the
conversation strategy.
Conversation strategy
Make comments to show you are interested and
listening, such as You’re kidding!, How
embarrassing!, or I bet you were upset.
4. Yesterday I was making lunch for a friend, and I
burned it.
5. One time I was looking at a friend’s cell phone.
I dropped it, and it broke.
Touchstone 2 © Cambridge University Press 2014
Student B Ask these questions. Answer your
partner’s questions. Discuss the topics.
1. What were you doing a year ago at this time?
2. Are you having a good day?
3. What were you doing at noon yesterday?
Now take turns. Choose one of the situations below
and tell a story. Listen to your partner’s story using the
conversation strategy.
Conversation strategy
Make comments to show you are interested and
listening, such as You’re kidding!, How
embarrassing!, or I bet you were upset.
4. I was driving to work yesterday, and I had a car
accident.
5. One time I took a friend out for dinner. When
the bill came, I didn’t have enough money.
Student D Ask these questions. Answer your
partner’s questions. Discuss the topics.
1. What were you doing at four o’clock yesterday
afternoon?
2. What were you thinking about when you went to
bed last night?
3. Are you having a bad day?
Now take turns. Choose one of the situations below
and tell a story. Listen to your partner’s story using the
conversation strategy.
Conversation strategy
Make comments to show you are interested and
listening, such as You’re kidding!, How
embarrassing!, or I bet you were upset.
4. I was walking into a restaurant the other day.
There was some water on the floor, and I fell.
5. I was going home on the bus one night, and I
fell asleep.
Photocopiable Unit 9 Oral quiz