English Key Sentences 241 to 300
Meeting a friend
241. Where did you go yesterday?
242. I went to see a friend of mine.
243. Did you see Mr. Jones yesterday?
244. I didn't see Mr. Jones, but I saw John Smith.
245. What did you talk about?
246. We talked about a lot of things.
247. I asked him a lot of questions.
248. What did you ask him?
249. I asked him if he spoke English.
250. He said he spoke a little English.
251. Then I asked him if he knew anybody in New York.
252. He said he knew a lot of people there.
253. Finally, I asked him how old he was.
254. He said he would rather not tell his age.
255. He answered almost all of my questions.
Talking about last year's activities
256. What time did you use to get up last year?
257. I used to wake up early and get up at 7 o'clock.
258. I used to set my alarm clock for exactly 7 a.m.
259. I never used to oversleep.
260. I used to get dressed quickly every morning.
261. I always used to leave for work at 8:30.
262. I used to start working at 9:00 o'clock every day.
263. I used to have lunch every day at the same time.
264. I used to work until nearly 6:00 o'clock each day.
265. I used to have dinner at 7:30 and go to bed early.
266. My brother and I used to go a lot of places together.
267. We used to go to the movies about once a week.
268. We used to have a lot of interesting friends.
269. My brother used to speak French to me all the time.
270. I always used to ask him a lot of questions.Asking about addresses
271. Where do you live?
272. I live on Washington Street.
273. What's your address?
274. I live at 1203 Washington Street.
275. I'm Mr. Smith's next door neighbor.
276. You live here in the city, don't you?
277. I'm from out of town.
278. How long have you lived here?
279. I've lived here for five years.
280. He's known me for over ten years.
281. I've spoken English all my life.
282. I've already read that book.
283. Has he studied French very long?
284. Have you had breakfast already?
285. Yes, I had breakfast two hours ago.Asking questions
286. Where were you yesterday afternoon?
287. I was at home all afternoon.
288. I was writing some letters to friends of mine.
289. What were you doing at about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon?
290. I was listening to the radio.
291. What were you doing when I called you on the telephone?
292. When you called me, I was eating dinner.
293. When I saw Mr. Jones, he was talking with John Smith.
294. While you were writing letters, I was reading a book.
295. While we were having breakfast, John was talking on the telephone.
296. Can you guess what I was doing this morning?
297. I can't remember what John was doing yesterday afternoon.
298. I've forgotten what he said his address was.
299. I've forgotten what time he said he had dinner last night.
300. They called us just as we were having dinner.
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