ESL Roleplay Cards Advanced Intermediate 2

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ESL/EFL Telephone Role-plays Intermediate to Advanced

(1a) You have an appointment tomorrow with


your dentist, Dr. White, at 8 am. Call his office
and try to reschedule your appointment to
next week.
You are free next week on Thursday and
Friday in the early morning.
(1b) You are a receptionist at a dentists
office. Dr. White, the dentist, is busy all this
week. Next week she is free on Wednesday
afternoon (3-5pm) and next Friday morning (8-
10am). You will soon receive a phone call.
Note: your office charges $40 for canceling
appointments without 24 hours notice.
(2a) You need a teacher to teach business
English in your company. You have decided
to phone a man named Ken, whose name
you found in an ad in a local newspaper.
Call Ken. Ask about: his experience, pricing,
availability, teaching style, etc. Try to decide if
you want to hire him.
(2b) Your name is Ken. You have decided to
become an English teacher. You have no
experience but English is your native
language.
You need students.
Your phone will ring soon.
(3a) You are a young adult. Tomorrow, you
will have friends over for a turkey dinner. You
have bought a 20-pound (9kg) turkey, but you
have no idea how to prepare it. Call your
parents for help.
(3b) Its holiday time.
One of your wonderful children will call you
soon for help.
(4a) You want to take your wife/husband on a
trip this weekend. First, decide where you
want to go. Then, phone your travel agent to
reserve a plane ticket and hotel.
Also: ask for recommendations of things to do
there.
(4b) You are a travel agent. Try to sell Student
A one of the following travel packages:
Option 1: roundtrip, first class, $950. Hotel:
Hyatt, $250/night, *****
Option 2: roundtrip, economy class, $310.
Hotel: Bobs Inn, $99/night, ***
(5a) You are a recruiter for a headhunting
company. Youd like to recruit Student B, a
(5b) You are a senior accountant. You have
been with your company for 15 years.
ESL/EFL Role-play cards Set 2 - Copyright Matthew Barton of Englishcurrent.com
senior accountant, for a position at another
company. Call and ask if he/she is satisfied
with his/her job. Try to get him/her to have
lunch with you to discuss your offer.
Soon your phone will ring.
(6a) You are a web-designer. You need new
clients. Marcianos, an Italian restaurant, has
a horrible website. Call the restaurant, ask for
the manager/owner, and introduce yourself.
Explain why the company needs a good
website. Set-up a meeting where you can
present a sample of a new design.
(6b) You are a manager of an Italian
restaurant, Marcianos.
Your restaurant is not doing too well. You
need more customers. Your restaurant is
nearly bankrupt.
ESL/EFL Role-play cards Set 2 - Copyright Matthew Barton of Englishcurrent.com

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