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Pharmacy hours over a bank holiday

Real life · At the pharmacy

Pharmacy hours over a bank holiday

Your goal: Find out the holiday opening, where the duty rota is shown, and plan a repeat order ahead.

  • C1
  • 8 turns · about 8 min

You talk to: Pharmacy assistant

Phrases you will need

  • I was wondering if you could tell me whether ...
  • in the event that
  • Would the holiday have any knock-on effect?
  • That's worth bearing in mind.

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
A long weekend is coming. Ask the pharmacy assistant about holiday opening and plan ahead tactfully.
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.