language learning center · B1 · Lesson 9
Following up with interest
Use varied follow-up questions to understand details and keep someone talking.
Step 1 of 8 — Dialogue
~4 min~30 min total
Work from a natural example to useful language, one small pattern, a spoken attempt, and a response that is relevant to your life.
Maya
I’ve started volunteering at a neighborhood garden.
Leo
How did you get involved?
Maya
A neighbor invited me. At first I only planned to help once, but I really enjoyed it.
Leo
What do you enjoy most about it, and has anything surprised you?
Understand a natural example and learn a small set of useful words, phrases, and patterns.
These items were selected by the lesson curriculum for practical use—not extracted as an every-word list.
How did you get involved?
How did you get involved?
What happened next?
What happened next?
What do you mean by…?
What do you enjoy most about it, and has anything surprised you?
What do you enjoy most about it?
What do you enjoy most about it, and has anything surprised you?
Has anything surprised you?
What do you enjoy most about it, and has anything surprised you?
Which question best follows “I started volunteering last month”?
Listen, then choose what you heard.
Write a reply to this line. Use a phrase from the lesson.
I’ve started volunteering at a neighborhood garden.
Answer before viewing the model
Answer in your own words. Record yourself, listen back, and then compare your response with the model answer.
Listen to a short personal update and ask three connected open questions.
Choose questions you would genuinely like the other person to answer.
Deepen a conversation in English
Learning rewards
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- 1. How did you get involved?
- 2. What happened next?
- 3. What do you mean by…?
- 4. What do you enjoy most about it?
- 5. Has anything surprised you?