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Here's a microdialogue I made for elementary students. I should only use the letters and sounds the students have learned so far (whether this method is effective or not is to be discussed, but not just now). The letters and sounds which are "allowed" to be used in the dialogue at this step are the ones which are already there. Could you please check this dialogue and correct it's "communicative" part to make it sound more natural. I know grammar is OK, but is the dialogue as a whole natural? I don't very much like "It's bad" in this context, but I can't think of some other phrase with these particular sounds and letters (e.g. I can't write "It's bad for your health", because it has some "extra" sounds ([ɔ:] and [θ]) which I don't need to use yet). Could you change it a little for it to be more natural with the same sounds and letters? Any ideas are welcome (it would be also great if someone wrote a similar dialogue with the same sounds and letters about some other food)!
PS The structure "let sb do sth" should be in the dialogue.
B: Let me have a sweet.
M: Yes, Benny, take a sweet, please.
B: Can I take five sweets?
M: Five sweets? It’s bad, Benny. Take an apple instead.
PS The structure "let sb do sth" should be in the dialogue.
B: Let me have a sweet.
M: Yes, Benny, take a sweet, please.
B: Can I take five sweets?
M: Five sweets? It’s bad, Benny. Take an apple instead.
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