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Question
Pair work: Practise the dialogue with another student. Then write a similar dialogue between a student and the class teacher regarding an educational trip.
Solution
| Teacher | We plan to go on an excursion. |
| Student A | Where sir? |
| Teacher | We will discuss and finalize it today. |
| Student B | Sir, how about Vandaloor Zoo? |
| Teacher | it is a very hot season now, all the animals will be taking shelter under distant trees |
| Student A | We can’t see all of them. What about Vedanthangal? |
| Teacher | No, only after the rains foreign birds visit it. |
| Student B | What about Birla Planetarium? |
| Teacher | Fine, that is a good choice. We will go there next week. |
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