Essential English grammar - basic level 6

Read the following dialogue. Then write a paragraph expressing your views on the topic discussed in the dialogues.

Shruti : Why do you want to go for tuitions?

Nikita : Mama, all the girls in my class go for tuition.

Shruti : So what? I still don’t understand why you need to go for tuition.

Nikita : Because there are some sections of my Physics book, which I cannot understand.

Shruti : Why don’t you ask your teacher to explain?

Nikita : Mama, it’s not possible. The teacher has no time. Besides, everyone is going for tuition.

Shruti : I don’t think it’s a good idea. I think you should ask your teacher to help you.

Shruti : What are you doing on the compute all the time?

Serena : Oh mama! I’m chatting with my friends and looking for stuff on the NET.

Shruti : Why do you have to chat online? Aren’t your friends here in the city?

Serena : They are. But when we chat, three-four of my friends can talk at the same time.

Shruti : I think you waste a lot of precious time in chatting with the same friends who are in school with you. You

can utilize the time in studying.

Deepa : I think school teachers should be given the highest salary.

Mukti : Why do you say so?

Deepa : School teachers can lay a solid foundation for all subjects. If we pay them well, many highly qualified

people will be willing to teach in schools. Our students will benefit a lot. They will not have to struggle with their studies in colleges and other educational institutions.

Mukti : It definitely seems like a good idea. Will the government listen to us and pay attention to thisimportant

aspect of teaching and learning?

Reena : Today I read an article about becoming a vegetarian.

Lalitha : Yes, even I saw that article. It says that human beings are designed to digest only vegetables and not

anything else.

Reena : Did they say anything about eggs?

Lalitha : No, I believe eggs are also considered vegetarian. I don’t know whether it is true or not.

Deepa : My cousin Vikas has a job in a call centre. He’s getting a really fat salary. I wouldn’t mind a job like that.

Elizabeth: My sister used to work in a call centre. The salary is great. But she had to work long hours. She hardly

got time to spend the money she earned.

Deepa : Think of what you can do with the money. Clothes……. moves ……. a car …….

Elizabeth: My sister spend a lot of money on the doctor. She constantly had pain in the neck, arms and fingers from

sitting in front of a computer an stomach upsets. She gave it up and now works as a receptionist in a hotel.

Deepa : That’s it. First, make your money, then go and do something else.

Sreeram: A woman’s place is in the kitchen.

Swathy : Oh, no! That’s such an old – fashioned view. Our mothers were trained to be housewives. In contrast,

the present day women are educated and they want to enter the professional world.

Sreeram: But we have not stopped cooking and eating, have we?

Swathy : No, we haven’t. That’s why a ma also should help his wife in the kitchen, so that she can cope better with

her professional and domestic responsibilities.

Mr. Reddy: How is Prerna ? Is she better now?

Mrs. Reddy: Not really. She still has a bad cough and a wheezy chest. As you know, she’s allergic to dust and smoke

and the pollution here has made her worse. I wish we had not come to this city.

Mr. Reddy: Be practical. It’s not possible to say way from a place forever. Anyway, all cities have the same problem.

Everywhere people seems to be suffering from lung diseases and skin allergies. Pollution has become a health hazard. There is very little we can do about it.

Mrs. Reddy: I think both government and individuals should take steps to bring down pollution levels. Otherwise, all

cities will soon become gas chambers!

Vishnu : It is said that men are from Mars and women are from Venus.

Priya : Yes, it shows the difference that exists between men and women. Men and women not only

communicate differently, but also think, feel, perceive, react, respond, love and appreciate differently.

Vishnu : Will an understanding of our differences the, help us resolve most of our problems? Should we try to

understand these differences and lead a better life in the process?

Priya : Most definitely. We must try to learn practical techniques for solving the problems that arise from our

differences.

Hari : Look at Nikhil, He’s so lucky. His servant carries his bag to school every day.

Imtiaz : Not so lucky for the servant. He’s only as old as Nikhil. He should be going to school himself. Nikhil’s

parents shouldn’t keep a child as a servant.

Hari : If they didn’t, the boy would probably starve. This way, he gets food and clothing and shelter. He’s

earning money.

Imtiaz : And what can he hope for? To spend his whole life as a servant? Doesn’t he have a right to education

like us? A better life?

Hari : May be. But unless he works he will not be able to afford an education. You have to be realistic. Ife is

tough.

Raghu : Diwali is next week. I’m so excited. I can’t wait. All those delicious sweets. And Dad’s promised to buy

us lots of crackers and other fireworks. What about you?

Sushma: Diwali is my favourite festival, too. But not because of the fireworks. We’ve decided not to burn crackers and other stuff this year. It’s so noise, and it upsets old people. Children and animals.

Raghu : What’s wrong with crackers? It’s only once a year. And how can you celebrate without some noise and colour?

Sushma: Have you thought of the hundreds of children who work in the factories to make these crackers?

Farah : Another Miss world has been chosen. These contests treat women as though they are just sex objects.

Geetha : That’s not true. Today’s beauty contest look for more than beauty. You have to have personality, brain

and talent.

Farah : Brains! All you need is a good memory to mug up a few clever answers. These contests are a waste o

time.

Geetha : But such contest give women a chance to display their talent and make good careers.

Farah : Talent, brains, whatever. If you don’t have looks you don’t stand a chance. The rest is plain eyewash.

Champa: This is awful. They should ban ragging in colleges. It says here that a student committed suicide after

his seniors ragged him.

Deepthi : That’s terrible. But one isolated case of suicide doesn’t mean that ragging should be banned.

Champa: Rubbish. I think it’s uncivilized.

Deepthi : Oh, come on. Don’t be so sensitive. Life is tough, you know. Ragging prepares you to face real life.

Champa: There must be better an healthier ways of preparing to face life.

Ramya : I always feel sick at the end of the day. It’s the smoke from the vehicles on the road that make me sick.

Angela : What can we do? We need vehicles to travel, and they give out smoke!

Ramya : Yes, we need vehicles. But they don’t have to pollute the environment so much. There are devices which

can control pollution.

Angela : May be we don’t need so many vehicles either. If the public transport is better, so many individuals do

not have to own vehicles.

Ramya : I think people should be encouraged to use bicycles.

Maya : You look so upset. What’s the matter?

Sudha : A man was sitting behind me in the train, smoking all the time. I felt sick.

Maya : Didn’t you ask him to stop smoking?

Sudha : I did. He shouted at me, and said he has a right to smoke whenever he wanted, wherever he wanted. I

think smoking should be banned in public places and smokers punished.

Maya : I’m not sure it’s possible or necessary. What we could do was………