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Leaving a message at a repair workshop

Real life · On the phone

Leaving a message at a repair workshop

Your goal: Leave a message and give your number so they can call you back.

  • A2
  • 7 turns · about 6 min

You talk to: Workshop receptionist

Phrases you will need

  • Could I speak to Mr Ellis, please?
  • Could you tell him that I called?
  • The best number to call me on is ...
  • I'll be at home after four.

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 call a repair workshop about your chair. Choose the right reply or the missing word.
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.