Rome Lesson 1 Part 2

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. What are you guys ______?

Example: doing tonight – What are you guys doing tonight?

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I bought ____ and stuff.

doing tonight
eating
watching
working on

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2. This was ____ years in the making.

Example: two – This was two years in the making.

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Oh, man! ____ !

two
five
ten
twenty

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3. The opening shot is of ____.

Example: a mountain – The opening shot is of a mountain.

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Holy cow! ____ !

a mountain
a flag
a battle
a spaceship

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4. Slip the ____ under the door.

Example: money – Slip the money under the door.

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Holy cow! ____ !

money
envelope
key
note

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5. What’s your take on ____?

Example: our new boss – What’s your take on our new boss?

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Holy cow! ____ !

our new boss
the war
this report
what happened

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6. God knows why she ____ that.

Example: did – God knows why she did that.

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Holy cow! ____ !

did
said
bought
took

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7. Mind you, I didn’t ____ it yet.

Example: see — Mind you, I didn’t see it yet.

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Holy cow! ____ !

see
open
buy
make

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8. It’s all about the ____ .

Example: experience – It’s all about the experience.

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Holy cow! ____ !

experience
feeling
music
strategy

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9. I can kind of ____ .

Example: hear music – I can kind of hear music.

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Holy cow! ____ !

hear music
taste lemon
smell smoke
see a boat

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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. you guys 2. to be in the making 3. opening shot
4. to slip something under something 5. a take on someone or something 6. God knows
7. mind you 8. it’s about 9. kind of