Conversation Techniques

It is not enough knowing how to construct your English sentences. English is a highly polite and polished language. You must know how to use it while conversing with others; how not to offend them, how to be courteous and sweet mannered and make yourself lovable etc. If you want to develop a team of friends and well wishers, your standard of English conversation must be of the highest order.

In this article, I have taken 8 particular situations and have given you the details of conversations in each along with explanatory notes. Hope you will not only enjoy reading the contents but also follow the methods used by the participants. Good luck.

Situation 1 – Meeting an old friend after a week or so at a common place.

Paul: Hi, Ahmed, good morning, how are you?

Ahmed: Am fine. How are you, friend?

Paul: Nothing to complain, Ahmed. God has been kind to me. Have no problem

whatever.

Ahm: How is your preparation going on? Our Public exam is only a fortnight away,

you see?

Paul: I know. Am getting a little nervous as the D day approaches.

Ahm: What’s there to be nervous about, old chap? Be brave. Look at Kesav. That

fellow walks as if all his text books are on his palms. Hah, Hah.

Paul: I say, Kesav is a top guy. Actually, he could teach our teachers a thing or

two.But we are just average fellows.

Ahm : Don’t include me in your gang. I am in the top bracket, say, of the first 20.

Paul: Excellent. We are only 25 in the Matriculation class. You are in the 20th position

means, you are just one above me. Aren’t you?

Ahm: I know, I know. But I am not nervous like you. I’ll certainly get pass marks in

every subject.

Paul: Well, well. See you on the exam day.

Shall we analyse their sentences?

1.You always greet a well known person with a ‘hullo’ or ‘hi’ followed by the familiar greeting phrase, “good morning or good afternoon” etc. And the other must acknowledge it in a similar fashion. “How are you?” as a greeting is all right between friends or very familiar persons.

2. “Pal”, “old chap;” “guy” “gang” “friend” are all informal words used between friends. These words show some affection towards the other.