ENGLISH SPEAKING COURSE - CHAPTER 2 Bored And How Are You Doing?

Boring can be used to describe someone

"He is a boring person." "His personality is very boring." "It's boring whenever she's around."

ENGLISH SPEAKING - 2

Bored

A common place to get bored is when you have to visit family members.

"It's always boring whenever we go to our relatives." "It's nice to visit my grandmother, but it gets boring after a couple of hours." "My cousins are so boring. All they do is watch tv."

As you can see, each sentence is starting with, 'I am' instead of 'I will be' or 'I was.' We will discuss past tense and future tense in the next sessions

More descriptive answers you can give are the following: "I'm pretty busy right now. I'm doing my homework because I have an exam tomorrow." "My project deadline is coming up, so I'm currently in the process of finishing my tasks." "I'm taking the day off from work today because I have so many errands. I'm going to the post office to send some packages to my friends." "I'm looking for a job. The job market does not look that great, but I can't give up." "I'm applying for a job at a consulting firm in Taiwan." "I'm listening to music while thinking about my situation."

A different situation you can tell someone you are bored is when you are simply talking with a friend concerning a part of your life that is boring. For example, if you have a boring job, you can explain to your friend how boring it is.

"How is your work these days?" "Work is so boring that I'm going crazy." "I ran out of things to do and management is too busy to give me more work. I tried to find things to do with no luck. I'm basically sitting in my chair pretending to work." "That sounds so boring." "Tell me about it. Time goes so slow when you're bored. I'd rather be busy. Then at least the day would go by faster."

Similar type of boring work is when doing something that is routine. Some sentences expressing boring work are:

"I'm doing the same thing over and over again." "My work is so repetitious that I am getting bored of it." "My work does not interest me." "I'm only working to pay the bills." "I wish I had your job."

General Phrases

"I'm dying from boredom." "I hate being bored." "I don't have anything to do." "My life is so boring." "Life is so boring." "I'm just watching TV until I find something to do." "I was bored all weekend." "I am so bored today."

If you think you are a boring person, here is a way to say that you are boring.

. "I think I'm a little boring." "I'm a boring person." .

Using bored to answer a question is very common. Here are some general questions that someone might ask. "How was your trip?" "How was your vacation?" "How was your weekend?" "How was the lecture?" "How was the class?" "How was the game?" .

Any of these types of questions can be answered with a simple answer "It was pretty boring." "It was boring. I didn't do much." "It wasn't as fun as I thought. It was a little boring." "I was bored most of the time." "Because it was disorganized, we had too much extra time. I was bored during our free time." !

Example conversation present tense.

Person A: "Hi Jack. What are you doing?" Person B: "Hi Mary. I'm filling out a job application." Person A: "Are you finished with school already?" Person B: "No. I have one more semester, but it would be great to have a job lined up."

Example conversation present tense.

Person A: "How is your day going?" Person B: "Quite busy. I'm preparing for my presentation tomorrow on our marketing strategy. I'm not even half done yet." Person A: "You must feel stressed out now." Person B: "That's an understatement."

Example conversation present tense.

Person A: "What are you doing now?" Person B: "I'm playing pool with my friends at a pool hall." Person A: "I didn't know you play pool. Are you having fun?" Person B: "I'm having a great time. How about you? What are you doing?" Person A: "I'm taking a break from my homework. There seems to be no end to the amount of work I have to do." Person B: "I'm glad I'm not in your shoes."

QUESTIONS; "How are you doing ?" "How is your day going ?" "What are you doing now ?"

To answer these types of question, you must remember that you are talking about what is currently going on now, so you must use the present tense. Here are some ways to answer the above question. "I'm enjoying the beautiful weather without any worries in the world." "I'm playing a video game on my computer because I have nothing to do." "I'm at the grocery store buying ingredients for tonight's dinner." "I'm at the gym working out." .

If you are very close friends with someone, then the conversation can be more direct and honest.

"What are you doing?" "I'm doing the laundry." "I'm so bored. I have nothing to do." "Why don't you come over and help me with the laundry?" "I'd rather do my own house chores. Hey, you wanna take a break from your house work and have coffee at Starbucks with me?" "Sure, that sounds great. I'll meet you there in thirty minutes."

Because some people are so busy, they envy people who have nothing to do at work.

. "I'm so bored. I have nothing to do at work. I just surf the Internet all day long." "Dang! I'm so busy at work, it's driving me crazy. I really wish I had your job."