Resource centre - Negotiating - Second conditional
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| Aim | To practise the second conditional. To practise language for negotiating |
| Activity | Students write and act out a dialogue |
| Organisation | Pair work |
| Preparation | Make enough copies of the activity for the number of students in your class |
| What do I do? | 1 Put students into pairs. 2 Give the supplier card to one student in each pair and the customer card to the other. 3 Students roleplay the situation. 4 Now hand out the second half of the activity. Students write the dialogue they have just been roleplaying. 5 One pair acts out their dialogue for the rest of the class |
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Supplier wants: payment in dollars customer to pay a 20% deposit immediately recommendation to other customers! Customer wants: a discount for bulk purchase delivery earlier to extend the 1 year warranty period Supplier: I would like you to pay in dollars Customer: If I paid in dollars, would you give me a discount for bulk purchase? Supplier: Yes, that's possible. Customer: __________________________________________________________ Supplier: ___________________________________________________________ Customer: __________________________________________________________ Supplier: ___________________________________________________________ Customer: __________________________________________________________ Supplier: ___________________________________________________________ Customer: __________________________________________________________ Supplier: ___________________________________________________________ |
























