Business English - 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.

organization

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.

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: ___________________________________________________________

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