Should I Stay or Should I Go?

Topic: Greetings and Introductions

Mode: Interpretive 

Level: Novice

Students will listen to the audio and decide whether the person is leaving or arriving. 

Components of this activity: Script, worksheet, answer key

Instructions to the teacher

1. Audio-record the forms of greetings in the first worksheet. Feel free to add more forms of greetings. Space them out so that students can hear clearly and respond to each item.
2. Print out the second worksheet and distribute copies to students.
3. Play the audio in class. Ask students to listen to each greeting and select the appropriate answer in their worksheets.

Scripts

1. Hello.
2. Goodbye.
3. See you later. 
4. Good morning. 
5. Bye. 

Instructions to students

Listen to the audio and decide whether the person is leaving or arriving. 

1. arriving    leaving
2. arriving    leaving
3. arriving    leaving
4. arriving    leaving
5. arriving    leaving

Answer Key

1. Arriving
2. Leaving 
3. Leaving 
4. Arriving
5. Leaving