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Collecting a prescription

Real life · At the pharmacy

Collecting a prescription

Your goal: Collect the prescription your doctor sent to the pharmacy.

  • A2
  • 8 turns · about 5 min

You talk to: Pharmacist

Phrases you will need

  • I'm here to collect a prescription.
  • My doctor sent it this morning.
  • I'll wait here.
  • Could you put it in a bag, please?

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 doctor sent a prescription to the pharmacy this morning. Collect it. This is language practice, not health advice.
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.