Now make your own conversation:

Space and the Future Conversation

Vocabulary
Astronaut
Solar system

Shooting star
Comet
Telescope
Constellation
Space station
Space shuttle
Orbit
Surface
Aliens
Abduction

Example Questions:

An astronaut in space!

When do you think people will visit

Mars? What do you think they will find

Have you ever used a telescope? What

B)

Wow! What did he ask him?

there?

did you look at?

A)

First he asked him where he was. The

astronaut said he was at the International

If you could take a vacation to the

moon, would you? Why or why not?

Space Station. Then the reporter asked him

Do you wish on stars?

what he did in space.

Have you ever seen any of the following

movies: ET, Alien, Star Wars? Which

Would you like to be an astronaut? Why or

one is your favorite? Why?

why not?

B)

What did he say?

A)

He said he had fixed a satellite and done some

research.

A group of stars is called a constellation.

Some examples are Orion, the Big Dipper,
and Cassiopeia. What are the names of

B)

What else did the reporter ask?

A)

He asked him who was at the space station

What will make the new international

some constellations in your language?

space station successful? Why?

How did they get these names?

with him and he also asked him when he was

Do you think governments spend too

Do you think people will ever

returning home. The astronaut said his work

much money on space programs? Why communicate with intelligent aliens? Why

was nearly finished and that he was landing on

or why not?

Earth in four days! (Reported Speech Grammar)

or why not?

Example Conversation:
A)

On the news last night a reporter interviewed