5 minute practice in English Language.

Use the word ‘fruit’ in conversation

(fruit, fruiting, fruity, fruitful, fruitless, fruitcake, fruiterer, fruition)

Jay is standing by his stall at the market.

Hi Jay!

Hi!

So this is your own fruit and vegetable stall.

You are smart! It’s great to see you. How is everyone at the office?

Are you pleased that you left the office?

Yes, I was going bananas, going crazy, working indoors all day.

Our friends at the office are making fruity jokes about you.

Their usual fruity, cheeky jokes, of course.

But do you like getting up so early for the market?

Not always, but it’s fruitful. I make a profit, and it’s the fruit of my own work.

You don’t miss the office?

I felt that the work was fruitless, the same work every day, nothing fresh, nothing new. I felt that nothing would grow from that work.

Do you have problems here as a fruiterer, as a person selling fruit?

The tiny fruit flies are a problem, and the cold dark mornings. At the office I got up later and worked in the warm.

In England people do not worry about fruit bats! Too cold for fruit bats. You have good soft fruit. I’d like some strawberries and raspberries please. They are for a fruit salad.

Soft fruit has been fruiting well this year. The black and red currant bushes are fine.

I see that you sell dried fruit too. I’d like some currants and raisins.

Are you going to make a fruitcake?

Yes, a rich one with nuts on top.

Some of our friends think that I am crazy to give up office work. Why did they say that I’m a fruit cake?

Perhaps the silly people thought that you are mixed up like the fruit in my cake.

Why did some say I’m as nutty as a fruitcake?

Another word for a head is a nut.

And you are putting nuts on your cake! Some said that I am a fruit and nut case! They think that my head is crazy. They think I should keep my office job and be warm and comfortable.

I’ll give them pieces of my fruitcake when I tell them that your ideas are bearing fruit. Congratulations! I am glad your plans are coming into fruition.

Tell them I miss their fruity cheeky jokes. Here’s a bag of fruit for them. Say hi to them.

Thanks Jay. See you again.

ENDS

The Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary has a book and a CD. There are other good dictionaries.

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