Explaining a nut allergy to the waiter
Real life · At a restaurant
Explaining a nut allergy to the waiter
Your goal: Explain your nut allergy clearly and check how your meal is prepared.
- B2
- 8 turns · about 7 min
You talk to: Waiter
Phrases you will need
- I'm allergic to tree nuts.
- Could you tell me whether it comes with ...?
- Could you check whether it's prepared near ...?
- I'll give dessert a miss.
- Would you mind double-checking ...?
A spoken scene: sound plays only when you press a speaker.
- Before you start, read the scene's goal and the useful phrases.
- Read the other person's speech bubble.
- Choose the most natural reply, or complete the missing word in it.
- 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 have a tree nut allergy. Explain it clearly and check your meal with the waiter.
- 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.