Dialogue Writing
The aim of the dialogue writing is to enable the students to elaborate upon the given inputs in a grammatical correct and meaningful conversation.
Dialogue writing does not come easily to everyone. Done well, a dialogue leads to the advancement of the story and helps in fleshing out the characters while providing a break from straight exposition or explanation.
Points to remember:
- Punctuation
- Tense
- Subject-verb agreement
- Sentence type-declarative or interrogative
- Imperatives
- Contractions
Solved example
Here is a conversation between a doctor and a patient. The patient has a problem getting sleepless nights.
Patient: Hello Doctor!
Doctor: Hello, what is your problem?
Patient: Doctor, I have a problem of not having proper sleep at night.
Doctor: I’ll give you medicine.
Patient: Thank________________________________________________
Doctor: Just take______________________________________________
Patient: _____________________________________________________
Doctor: _____________________________________________________
Patient: _____________________________________________________
Doctor: _____________________________________________________
Key Vocabulary:
To get a good night’s sleep
- To take medicine
- To take a pill
- To stay calm
Solution:
Patient: Hello Doctor!
Doctor: Hello, what is your problem?
Patient: Doctor, I have a problem of not having proper sleep at night.
Doctor: I’ll give you medicine.
Patient: Thank you Doctor. How often should I take the medicine?
Doctor: Just take one pill about 30 minutes before you go to bed.
Patient: For how long?
Doctor: For at least 30 days. Come back, if problem continues.
Patient: Anything else?
Doctor: Be composed at work.
Practice questions:
1- Complete the dialogue between Anju and Ravi.
Anju:-Did you see my brother yesterday?
Ravi: Yes, I met him.
Anju: ___________________________________
Ravi: ____________________________________
Anju: ___________________________________
Ravi: ____________________________________
2-Aman was caught by the traffic police inspector for breaking the rules of traffic. Report the dialogues between the Police inspector and Aman in any suitable way.
3- The following dialogue between the student and the teacher is incomplete. Complete the dialogue in any suitable way.
Teacher: Why are you late to school?
Student: I got up late.
Teacher:_______________________________________________
Student:_______________________________________________
Teacher:_______________________________________________
Student:_______________________________________________
