Scenarios in English
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See PremiumFinding an Energy Exhibit at a Science Center
A visitor asks for directions and learns how heat pumps reduce household energy use.
Stance, register and style (B2)
Touring a New Wellness Center
Oliver and Ava discuss the center’s layout, capacity, equipment, and convenience for evening sessions.
Stance, register and style (B2)
Confirming a Workshop Time Before Emailing Everyone
Resolve conflicting schedules, confirm room access, and communicate the workshop’s start time clearly.
Stance, register and style (B2)
Discussing a Suspected Payment Fraud Incident
Discuss a suspected email scam, verify facts, report risks, and protect confidential information.
Stance, register and style (B2)
Prepare a Cybersecurity Incident Interview Answer
Revise cybersecurity interview responses to distinguish facts, suspicions, evidence, and unresolved questions.
Stance, register and style (B2)
Choosing the Right Bike Service Plan
Compare bike maintenance plans, clarify coverage and booking, and choose the best option.
Stance, register and style (B2)
Estimate a Booking Screen Before Stand-Up
Colleagues assess scope, dependencies, sprint risk, and whether to split a ticket.
Stance, register and style (B2)
Reviewing a Pull Request and Agreeing on Code Changes
Discuss validation concerns, suggest service-layer changes, and clarify error messages before merging a pull request.
Information structure and cohesion (B2)
Report a Client Portal Outage to Leadership
Discuss outage impact, payment status, engineering updates, and urgent customer risks.
Information structure and cohesion (B2)
Describe a Team Workspace in an Interview
Discuss a team office layout, collaboration benefits, distractions, and strategies for focused work.
Abstract and domain language (B2)
Planning a Flexible Family Day in Portland
Friends plan a flexible Portland itinerary around weather, energy, transportation, and museum hours.
Complex time and aspect (B2)
Choosing Between Automated and Manual Data Reviews
Compare data-quality reports, discuss timestamp reliability, and choose a practical review strategy.
Complex time and aspect (B2)
Weighing Charm Against Noise on a Weekend Trip to Bellmere
Two friends plan a weekend in a lakeside town, but a guesthouse on a lively square forces them to weigh convenience and views against the risk of late-night noise. They concede points, test a compromise, and settle on a plan they can justify.
Information structure and cohesion (C1)
Choosing a Support Plan for a School District
Two colleagues weigh a high-touch customer success plan against a more scalable one and settle on a recommendation for a school district, including a tweak to the check-in format.
Information structure and cohesion (C1)
Booking a Café for a Client Workshop
Stella meets the booking manager of a café and asks detailed questions about layout, noise, technology, catering, timing and budget to decide whether the space suits a small client workshop.
Information structure and cohesion (C1)
Preparing a Client Walkthrough of a Staging Area
Two warehouse colleagues prepare for a client visit. They review the layout of the west staging area, weigh the risk posed by a congested passage, and agree on contingency steps and how to frame the facility for the client's stakeholders.
Information structure and cohesion (C1)
Locking Down the Details for a Client Visit
Nicole is finalizing tomorrow's client visit and presses Brandon on the loose ends: arrival timing, who is coming, what the clients care about most, and dietary needs. Along the way, the two coordinate follow-up actions in natural, idiomatic workplace English.
Information structure and cohesion (C1)
Spotting a Phishing Message from a Health Insurer
Two coworkers dissect a suspicious health insurance message, pick out the red flags, and work out how to lock down a reused password and report the scam safely.
Information structure and cohesion (C1)
Trade-Offs in a New Showroom Before the Client Demo
Two colleagues walk through a new showroom and weigh its strengths against its drawbacks: accessibility, acoustic privacy, glare from the windows and how to pace a demo for clients with different priorities. They agree on a concrete next step for the presentation.
Information structure and cohesion (C1)
Reviewing Charts Before Sending a Client Presentation
Colleagues review charts, clarify trends, and revise cautious language before a client presentation.
Advanced modality and hedging