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Asking the upstairs neighbour to turn the music down

Real life · With neighbours

Asking the upstairs neighbour to turn the music down

Your goal: Politely ask your upstairs neighbour to turn the music down.

  • B1
  • 8 turns · about 6 min

You talk to: Upstairs neighbour

Phrases you will need

  • I've got an early start tomorrow.
  • I can hear it through the ceiling.
  • Would eleven be possible?
  • No harm done.

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
It's late and the music upstairs is loud. Explain the problem politely and agree on a time.
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.