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Asking for a price match and a delivery slot

Real life · Shopping

Asking for a price match and a delivery slot

Your goal: Get the store to match a lower price and arrange the delivery.

  • C1
  • 9 turns · about 8 min

You talk to: Store supervisor

Phrases you will need

  • I was wondering whether you'd be able to ...
  • Admittedly, the offer may have changed.
  • Is there any way of narrowing that down?
  • Fair enough.

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 washing machine and have seen it cheaper elsewhere. Speak to the supervisor tactfully.
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.