Touchstone 2nd Edition • Language summary • Level 4 Unit 4 • Lesson C: You're going this time, right? Vocabulary ambitious (adj) somehow (adv) people person (n) surprise party (n) be good at small talk (v) celebrate your birthday (v) throw a party (v) talk one on one (v) work your way up (in an organization) (v) Conversation strategies Checking your understanding In conversation, you can ask questions in the form of statements to check your understanding: A I just don't like big groups of people. B So you're not going to go? (Instead of: So aren't you going to go?) People often add huh or right at the end of statement questions: So parties aren't your thing, huh? You're going this time, right? So You can use so in many ways, including: • To start a topic, often with a question So, there's another work party on Friday, right? • To check your understanding So parties aren't your thing, huh? • To pause at the end of a sentence or let the other person draw a conclusion I'd rather talk one on one, so . . . • To close a topic or end a story So yeah, I'll just say I have other plans. © Cambridge University Press 2014 Unit 4, Lesson C, Page 1
