English File Intermediate
Roleplay situations from below, extending each conversation as long as you can.
| One person is a boss introducing a new recruit (the second person) to the other people in the office. The others are their new colleagues. |
| Ring the doorbell of your host family’s house and introduce yourself. |
| Someone from the language school you are going to study at in London is waiting for you at arrivals in the airport. |
| Start talking to someone in a bar or club |
| Meet a foreign client at the airport |
| Meet a client in reception to take them on a tour of the office or factory |
| Start talking to the person or people next to you on the bus or train |
| Start a conversation with someone in a bus stop queue |
| Start a conversation with the person or people sitting next to you in a conference |
| Start a conversation with another guest at the wedding who you haven’t met before |
| Start a conversation with a taxi driver |
| Start a conversation at a house party, e.g. a house warming |
| Meet your boyfriend’s/ girlfriend’s father and/ or mother. |
How would you feel in each of the situations above? How would you prepare yourself?
You’re going to hear an interview with the parents of a uni student just before they meet her boyfriend Andy. Predict the the interviewers’ questions, then listen and check.
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