Haggling over an oak table
Real life · Shopping
Haggling over an oak table
Your goal: Negotiate politely for a second-hand table and arrange to collect it.
- B2
- 8 turns · about 7 min
You talk to: Furniture dealer
Phrases you will need
- Has it been restored?
- It's a bit out of my price range.
- Would you take ... if I paid in cash?
- If you threw in ..., I'd agree.
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 want an old oak table from a second-hand furniture shop. Negotiate politely but firmly.
- 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.