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    The document provides instructions and a dialogue for practicing making a complaint in a retail setting. The dialogue models complaining to a sales assistant about a games console that is broken. In the dialogue, the customer states that the on/off button is broken. The sales assistant asks to see the receipt, but the customer threw it away. The sales assistant refuses a refund without the receipt, upsetting the customer who threatens to complain to head office.

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    The document provides instructions and a dialogue for practicing making a complaint in a retail setting. The dialogue models complaining to a sales assistant about a games console that is broken. In the dialogue, the customer states that the on/off button is broken. The sales assistant asks to see the receipt, but the customer threw it away. The sales assistant refuses a refund without the receipt, upsetting the customer who threatens to complain to head office.

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    9 Functional Language Practice: Making a complaint

    1 Complete the dialogue with the words and phrases below.


    broken ​give refunds ​going to write ​have my money ​
    not happy ​receipt ​there’s a problem ​what’s wrong

    Sales Assistant Hello, can I help you?


    Customer Yes, I bought this games console yesterday and
    1
    with it.
    Sales Assistant Oh dear, 2
    with it?
    Customer The on/off button is 3 .
    Sales Assistant Ah yes, I can see that.
    Customer Can I 4 back, please?
    Sales Assistant Have you got the 5 ?
    Customer No, I haven’t. I threw it away.
    Sales Assistant Well, I’m afraid we don’t 6 without
    a receipt.
    Customer I’m 7 about that. This console cost me
    £250 and now it doesn’t work.
    Sales Assistant I’m sorry, but that’s our policy.
    Customer I’m 8 to your head office. I think this
    is terrible!

    2 Act out the dialogue in pairs.

    3 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Practise a dialogue in a shop and then perform it to the class.
    Student A You are the customer. Choose one of the problems below or use your
    own ideas and complain to the sales assistant.
    •• A smartphone – the charger doesn’t work
    •• A laptop – the USB drive is broken
    •• A pair of jeans – they shrank (got smaller) after the first wash
    •• A camera – the lens is scratched
    •• A bag – the zip is broken
    •• An e-book reader – the screen is broken
    Student B You are the sales assistant. Find out when the item was bought.
    Ask if the customer has got a receipt. Offer to refund / exchange / repair the item.

    Solutions Third Edition Pre-Intermediate photocopiable © Oxford University Press

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