curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/learn-conversation-starters-in-the-break-room/657b7acdc06454fbb0152538.md
You sometimes use special words or short phrases to return to a topic that was mentioned earlier. This helps the listener follow the conversation and reminds them what you were talking about. For example:
Back to our budget discussion, I think we need more details. - This shows you are moving the conversation back to talking about the budget after talking about something else.
As I was saying, the project deadline is next Friday. - This means you are continuing from a point you were making before you were interrupted or before the topic changed.
Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.
Electric, for sure. BLANK your hobbies, though. Do you have any favorite photography themes?
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Sophie uses these two words to change conversation back to what Tom was talking about earlier. The first letter of the first word is capitalized.
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