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A birthday jumper for my brother

Real life · Shopping

A birthday jumper for my brother

Your goal: Choose a jumper as a birthday present for your brother and get it wrapped.

  • A2
  • 7 turns · about 5 min

You talk to: Sales assistant

Phrases you will need

  • I'm looking for a jumper for my brother.
  • Which one is warmer?
  • Can I exchange it if it doesn't fit?
  • Could you wrap it for me?

A spoken scene: sound plays only when you press a speaker.

  1. Before you start, read the scene's goal and the useful phrases.
  2. Read the other person's speech bubble.
  3. Choose the most natural reply, or complete the missing word in it.
  4. After a wrong reply you see why at once; at the end you can read the whole conversation again.
How to play? Scoring and details
In this set
You are buying a birthday present in a clothes shop. Talk to the sales assistant.
This game reads words aloud
This scene can be read aloud: Emma (British accent) reads the other person, Heart (American accent) reads the natural reply. Sound plays only when you press a speaker button, at a pace that suits your level.

The other person's line comes as sound only at first. Press the speaker, listen and reply; show the words if you need them.

Scoring
Your answers are checked; at the end you see your score, your mistakes and the right answers.
With a keyboard
Keys 1, 2 and 3 choose a reply; Enter continues the conversation.