Speaking Prompts

Read the prompt or listen to the audio, and explain how you would respond.

Grab Coffee

How would you respond to:

Want to grab a coffee?

Choose an option and explain where you could use it.

A. Sounds good! I’m up for it.
B. I’m swamped today, but let’s take a rain check.
C. Why not? I could really use something to perk me up.

Vocabulary & Expressions Used:

  • Take a rain check (Expression) – To politely decline now but suggest doing it later.

  • Perk (someone) up (Idiom) – To make someone feel more awake or refreshed.

  • Swamped (Expression) – Extremely busy.