Vegas Lesson 2 Part 2

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Try the fluency building exercises below.

Fluency Builder

I’d like to show you how to do these fluency building exercises. This is not easy. You have to listen, think, and speak. It might take many times before you can do these easily. So, download them and practice them as much as you can. Don’t just listen. Say them out loud. This is how you will become fluent!

 

1. Let’s shoot for ____ .

Example: Tuesday afternoon – Let’s shoot for Tuesday afternoon.

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Let’s shoot for ____ .

Tuesday afternoon
3 o’clock
ten sales per day
three miles

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2. What ____ is this, anyway?

Example: song – What song is this, anyway?.

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What ____ is this, anyway?

song
group
day
show

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3. I take that back, it’s ____, not ____ .

Example: Tuesday, not Monday – I take that back, it’s Tuesday, not Monday.

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I take that back, it’s ____, not ____ .

Tuesday, not Monday
it’s Tony’s, not Brad’s
forty dollars, not fifty
orange, not red

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4. You gotta love ____!

Example: Las Vegas – You gotta love Las Vegas!

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You gotta love ____!

Las Vegas
Schwarzenegger
a good milkshake
downhill skiing
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5. It’s some sort of __blank__ .

Example: fruit drink – It’s some sort of fruit drink.

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It’s some sort of __blank__ .

fruit drink
calendar
artwork
meat

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6. That ____ is so cool!

Example: game – That game is so cool!

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That __blank__ is so cool!

game
show
website
store

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Downloads and Homework

Here are the advanced expressions you learned in this lesson. DO NOT go to the next lesson until you remember these, and have practiced the Fluency Building Exercises many times. If you have any questions, contact your coach who can help you.Your homework is: Tomorrow, listen to all the audio files and practice with your flashcards, until you can say all of the drills quickly.
1. to shoot for 2. anyway 3. I take that back
4. gotta love it 5. sort of 6. cool
7. right in the middle of things