Scenarios in English
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See PremiumReviewing a Hotel Before Booking a Business Trip
Colleagues assess a hotel’s location, safety, workspace, meeting room, and invoice before booking.
Connection and cohesion (B1)
Confirming Visitor Details Before an Office Visit
Confirm visitor names, arrival time, check-in instructions, and security deadlines by phone.
Connection and cohesion (B1)
Learning to Use a Team Scheduling App
A colleague explains scheduling, invitations, client access, reminders, and the free trial.
Connection and cohesion (B1)
Ask for Help With a Delayed Pull Request
Discuss a delayed pull request, reviewer changes, approval requirements, and an urgent review request.
Questions, negation and modality (B1)
Preparing a Client Presentation About Delayed Orders
A colleague helps explain lower sales, delivery uncertainty, and next steps to clients.
Questions, negation and modality (B1)
Choosing a Library for a Group Study Session
Discuss library options, nearby amenities, study rules, noise, safety, and meeting plans.
Questions, negation and modality (B1)
Planning Your First Professional Conference Trip
A colleague shares practical advice on registering, booking hotels, and attending sessions.
Questions, negation and modality (B1)
Sorting Out a Reassigned Airport Transfer
A traveler discovers that her shared airport shuttle has been swapped for a private car. She clarifies what changed, raises concerns about timing and her mobility aid, checks the final cost, and agrees on an arrival time with the driver.
Negotiate and solve complex problems (B2)
Choosing Between a Library and a Café to Study
Barbara asks a librarian where she can review survey notes. Together they weigh the library's reading room against a nearby café, comparing noise, Wi-Fi, accessibility and how reliable the posted hours are.
Stance, register and style (B2)
Resolve Conflicting Project Plan Versions
Kevin and Michelle notice that the room dimensions on a client-facing project page don't match the architect's drawing. They weigh the evidence, compare two similarly named files, consider the consequences of publishing an error, and agree to delay the update until the architect confirms which plan is current.
Stance, register and style (B2)
Ask About an AI Workshop Before You Register
Maya calls an AI workshop help desk to find out whether the course offers hands-on practice, suits her skill level, requires a placement check, and provides recordings she can use if she misses a session.
Stance, register and style (B2)
Evaluating a Portable Label Printer for Your Office
During a product demonstration, an accounting office manager weighs a portable label printer's speed, setup, label size, and battery life against her team's actual needs. She decides to test the software before committing.
Stance, register and style (B2)
Reviewing a Finance Dashboard Before Approval
Two colleagues review a new finance dashboard on a staging site. They weigh its improved layout against a cramped mobile view, work out that the problem affects the display and not the data, and agree to keep the pull request open until an extra test confirms the fix.
Stance, register and style (B2)
Choosing a Board Game Café for Team Game Night
Two colleagues weigh online reviews, atmosphere, game selection, noise, prices and availability to decide whether a new board game café would work for their team's game night. They compare it with their usual sports bar and agree on a practical next step.
Stance, register and style (B2)
Planning a Relaxing Walk in a Downtown Garden
A mother and her son weigh the appeal of a new downtown garden against crowds, work schedules, and unpredictable weather. They work out when a visit would be most relaxing and agree on a plan for a shared walk.
Stance, register and style (B2)
Finding a Workshop Room at the Riverside Conference Center
A visitor at a conference center asks a staff member how to reach her workshop room. She also asks about the elevator, the layout of the second floor, room size, noise levels, natural light and the café. Along the way she practices clarifying, weighing uncertainty and adjusting her plans based on the answers.
Stance, register and style (B2)
Discussing Delayed Flights and Missing Luggage
Travelers compare airline updates, report missing luggage, and discuss managing urgent needs.
Narrate and reflect (B2)
Clarify Priorities for an Inventory Dashboard
Discuss dashboard priorities, alert thresholds, ownership rules, and reporting needs.
Lexical precision and collocation (B2)
Weighing the Trade-Offs of Two Cordless Drills
A shopper and a tool-counter associate talk through the trade-offs between two cordless drills (weight, power, battery life, charging time and noise). They end up choosing a complete kit for occasional home repairs.
Negotiate and solve complex problems (B2)
Choosing a Quiet Room for an Exercise Class
Grace needs a quiet room for a small exercise class. Robert, a community center staff member, describes the two available rooms. They weigh noise, size, flooring and equipment access, then book the better option.
Stance, register and style (B2)