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Asking for a late check-out

Real life · At a hotel

Asking for a late check-out

Your goal: Ask for a late check-out, explain why, and agree on a time.

  • B1
  • 8 turns · about 6 min

You talk to: Receptionist

Phrases you will need

  • I was wondering if I could check out later.
  • My flight isn't until seven.
  • How much do you charge if I stay until three?
  • You've been really helpful.

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
Your flight is in the evening. Ask the receptionist if you can keep your room longer.
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.