Johnny: Hello! Hello? Excuse me! Excuse me?
Olivia: Just sit down anywhere – they don’t have waiters in here!
Johnny: Oh, ok, is it ok if I sit here?
Olivia: Sure...but you’ll need to go to the counter if you want anything...
Johnny: Actually, I’m not really here to eat, or anything. I’m supposed to be meeting someone.
Olivia: Well, wait here long enough, most of London will come in...
Johnny: Sorry?
Olivia: Just joking.
Sarah: Excuse me, is anybody sitting here?
Olivia: I can’t see anyone!
Sarah: Sorry?
Olivia: Just joking. Go ahead, sit down.
Sarah: Thanks.
Olivia: You might be waiting a while if you sit here.
Sarah: Sorry?
Olivia: There are no waiters here – people usually just go up to the counter and order whatever they want.
Sarah: Oh...well...I’m just supposed to be meeting someone here actually...
Olivia: Not him, by any chance?
Sarah: Who?
Olivia: This guy here!
Johnny: Hello!
Sarah: Oh. No...
Johnny: No...I am waiting to meet someone...but not you! Where are you from, anyway?
Sarah: Well, I live in London now, but I’m originally from Shanghai.
Johnny: Thought so! I’m from Hong Kong.
Olivia: Sorry to interrupt..but who are you both waiting for?
Johnny: I’m waiting for my friend Harry...
Sarah: ...and I’m waiting for my friend Magda...
Olivia: How interesting!
Johnny: Erm...why’s that interesting?
Olivia: Because Harry and Magda are both friends of mine as well, and right now I’m waiting for both of them too...and here they are!
All: Hello
Olivia: Let’s make this easier - I’m Olivia!
Johnny: I’m Johnny. I’m a friend of...
Harry: ...mine. He’s a friend of mine. I’m Harry.
Sarah: Ok! I’m Sarah, and I’m a friend of...
Magda: ...mine! I’m Magda. Nice to meet you!
Olivia: This is complicated, isn’t it? Shall I get some tea? I think we’ll need a big pot, this might take some time. So, how do we all know each other..?
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Hi, many thanks for this wonderful side. It helps very much, to increase the listening-skill and the reading-skill. And it's funny to listen to interesting stories. But I still have another problem. It's the skill to talk to someone in English. Therefore I wrote a data-file with a bcsw-story. First I read the German sentence and then I try to translate the sentence in English. I can give you this data-file, but actually it's only interesting for Germans. And there are less Germans on this side.
team
Hi,
That's an interesting idea - let us know if you have success with it!
Best wishes,
Adam
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello there! Nice to meet you to everybody! :D
I'm from Colombia
hello, ı am new user in this site..ı want to speak english fluently so ı am looking for a friends who talk to me english
Hello.I am Taher actually i'd like to thank u .And i need help to solve th exercise about "someone and anyone "somebody.Anybody"
thx a lot for ur effort
Hi dear TITOSHERIF,
Actually this topic exactly so easy for you. To be explain when we has to use " someone" and "anyone", ı can show you with examples
First of all please take note this. we always use "anyone" in negative sentence and question sentence.
For example; Anybody can play basketball as well as me. ( for negative sentence)
For example; Will you go to party with anybody?
This is for you; Do you know ...... in this town ?
Secondly we use " someone" affirmative sentence.
For example; I guess that there is a someone behind of that car.
I hope that this examples help you to better understand.
Best regards,
Raşit
team
Hello Taher!
If you're having problems, don't forget you can use "check answer" to see how many questions are correct or "Finish" to see the correct answers.
Don't forget we have a search function! If you enter "somebody anybody" and press search, you'll find this page about indefinite pronouns. Take a look for more help.
You might want to turn off CAPSLOCK as well - on English websites, that looks like shouting!
Hope that helps,
Jeremy Bee
The LearnEnglish Team
hey all , i am a new student , i am from Algeria , and i want to learn British English ,
and i'v seen that *British Council* is good for me , infact i want to get all the Series and the Episode, i am asking if some one of you guys can give it to me , and thank you all
team
Hello Mohamed, and welcome to LearnEnglish!
It's great that you want to learn English from us! If you want to listen to the episodes off-line, you can download the episodes on each page by right clicking on the link that says Download underneath the audio, and choosing Save as...
Regards
Jeremy Bee
The LearnEnglish Team
its important to listen becarful