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Asking the teacher to say it again

Real life · At school and university

Asking the teacher to say it again

Your goal: Politely ask your teacher for help in class.

  • A1
  • 8 turns · about 5 min

You talk to: Teacher

Phrases you will need

  • Can you repeat the page, please?
  • Can you speak more slowly, please?
  • What does 'paragraph' mean?
  • How do you spell it?

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 don't understand everything in class. Ask the teacher for help in a polite way.
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.