Role plays

Role plays gy ines26 HOREPR 16, 2011 | 5 pagcs lost Person Roleplay (past simple/continuous) I [pic] Context: You lost a friend 10 years ago … now you want to find him /her again….. for some reason.. money?…. love?… • •••you Was …….. 7 go to a private detective to find your friend- [pic]Customer May I help you ? Yes, I lost my best friend 10 years ago. Ok. Where/lose….? What happened? ors What/do…..? ‘m trying to find him. to View nut*ge What When H ovv Why Where work? …… wear? ….. .. looklike? … name? Did he…. Were By the way, how much do you charge……? Cards – Business Meetings: Making and treatment equipment has been houndingyou trying I Idoctor who is very influential ata hospital where you’re I to get some time to talk with you. Now he wants to meet over Itryingto close a sale. You want to get him in the right mood I golf which doesn’t seem too bad to you. You try to find some Iso you invite him to play a round of golf at an expensive time for him in Your busy schedule.

I country club. You own 20% of a company and feel that your ideas about where IA major stockholder in the company you are the CEO of has called I the company should be heading aren’t being taken into acount by lyou up repeatedly trying to get sorne time to talk to you about the company’s management. You schedule a meeting with the CEO lhis vision of the future for the company. His ideas aren’t to talk about this. with your’s but you think it judicious to hearl really compatible him out.

You schedule sorne time for him over lunch. I Your friend has a job providing tech support to sales reps at al One of your best friends has just arrived back from his ‘promising software startup. You’ve heard that there’s an adventures in Asia. Hels trying to find ajob again and thinks I lopening and you want to talk to your friend about the lyou can help talk your boss into giving him ajob in customer Ipossibility of you landing the job. You suggest lunch or beer support. You both decide to meet over lunch. after work.

I Each year you exhibit the golf clubs that your Small company You used to exhibit the tennis rackets that Your Small company I manufactures at the Spo haw in New York. You•ve ‘produced until it went ba years ago. This yearv Sporting Goods Show in New York. You’ve I produced until it went bankrupt many years ago. This year you bumped into an Old friend you haven’t seen for years. went back to the show for Old times sake and you bumped into Old friend you haven’t seen for years. You make an appointment to get together and reminisce about the Old days.

You run a successful and unique golf shop that offers heavily You’re really enthusiastic about this golf shop you’ve seen and discounted merchandise and cheap repairs Someone has offered tol want to use the shop format to sell franchises. ‘pay you a large sum of money if you give them the rights to and I ‘information needed to sell franchises. You’re an investment banker visiting Jakarta to set up some You’re a reporter who wants to write an insider story on the merger and acquisition deals. A reporter wants to interview corporate reorganizations that are taking place in the wake of lyou.

You make an appointment to talk with I friend of a friend) to talk about what’s [the Asian financial crisis. an investment banker (a going on. I You’re an MIS (management information systems) manager. Your I You’re an MIS (management information systems) manager visiting Icounterpart from the European subsidiary is in town for oporate headquarters in the United States. You want to meet meetings and you want t me time to talk with him 31_1fS Ivour counterpart in the U and talk about solutions talk about solutions land exchange notes. ou share in common. I to problems that IA team from corporate headquarters is in town to discuss the You’re a member of a team from corporate headquarters in town ‘new corporate-wide accounting system. It’s traditional for discuss the new corporate-wide accounting system. One ofyour everyone in the office to chip in and take turns showing the olleagues from the local subsidiary has suggested that you get I members of the team around town and making them feel together to see an Australian football match. He thought you Icomfortable during their stay.

It’s Your turn so you have to might be interested since it’s so different from American Ischedule some time on the weekend or in the evening. football. The vice president of sales is arriving from corporate You’re the vice president of sales for a company and you’ve justl lheadquarters to get a progress report from you on developing larrived from corporate headquarters to get a progress report on I sales leads in the region which haven’t been going too well I developing sales leads in a region in which things havent been I recently. ecently. Student A You are booking into a hotel. I Elements Icomplications Igoing very well I Book in to the hotel – you have a reservation. 406 S I You are on your own. I You want a shower. I You want breakfast in the morning. I You have an early meeting and must not be late. ‘Student g I You are a hotel receptionist. Welcome the guest. I Find them a room. I Complications IYou canit find their reservation. I You only have a double room with bath available. SÜFS