Moscow Lesson 4 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. This is ____ , evidently.

Example: yours – This is yours, evidently.

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This is ____ , evidently.

yours
Steve’s
hers
mine

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2. This is the very ____ I was talking about.

Example: guy – This is the very guy I was talking about.

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This is the very ____ I was talking about.

guy
place
song
show

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3. The prices for these ____ are crazy.

Example: phones – The prices for these phones are crazy.

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The prices for these ____ are crazy.

phones
apartments
bikes
shirts
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4. I told ____ to go for it.

Example: my sister – I told my sister to go for it.

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I told ____ to go for it.

my sister
Abbott
my friend
Dad

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5. ____ is very upscale.

Example: This mall – This mall is very upscale.

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____ is very upscale.

This mall
That Gucci store
Beverly Hills
This hotel

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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 draw a crowd 2. evidently 3. very
4. crazy 5. to go for something 6. upscale