Where you are
You are outside class with two invitation messages on your phone.
Escenario 20 · Rol A
Your grandmother’s birthday dinner cannot move
Warm but firm. Your friend wants both of you at a music event. They start. About 6 turns · 4 minutes.
Your screen only. Don't show it. Explain the family dinner and send a clear answer to each invitation.
Tu información
You are outside class with two invitation messages on your phone.
You want to attend your grandmother’s birthday dinner at seven.
Both hosts continue waiting for your answer and do not know your plan.
Notas, no frases
| Now | Friday · 5:20 p.m. |
| Family dinner | Floridablanca · 7:00 p.m. |
| Reason | grandmother’s birthday |
| Your task | bring dessert · arrive 6:50 p.m. |
| Music event | Bucaramanga · 6:30 p.m. |
| Travel between events | about 45 minutes |
| Tonight decision | family dinner |
| Tomorrow option | coffee · 10:00 a.m. |
Palabras para esta situación
| Word | What it is | Here |
|---|---|---|
| accept | say yes to an invitation | your answer to the dinner |
| birthday dinner | a meal celebrating a birthday | the family event at seven |
| dessert | sweet food eaten after a meal | what you promise to bring |
| host | the person organizing an event | the person waiting for an answer |
| invitation | a request to join an event | each phone message |
| music event | a public activity with live music | the 6:30 invitation |
| prefer | like one choice more than another | your choice of family dinner |
| refuse | say no to an invitation or request | your answer to the music event |
Ayuda común
Use blocks 2, 4 [jargon], 5, 6 and 8. Say yes to one host and no to the other. Do not leave either invitation unanswered.
Solo para tu rol
| Purpose | Form | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| accepting the dinner | I’m going to the family dinner at seven. | state your final event choice |
| checking tomorrow | Can we have coffee tomorrow at ten? | offer a future meeting without changing tonight |
| explaining the promise | I need to bring dessert at 6:50. | give the fixed responsibility |
| giving your preference | I prefer the birthday dinner tonight. | make the choice direct |
| refusing the music event | Sorry, I can’t go to the music event. | close that invitation politely |
| verifying separate plans | You go to the music event; I go to dinner? | check that there is no shared plan tonight |
Cuándo terminar
Close without inventing one shared plan. Both people repeat:
Después de hablar
Para repasar
I’m going to dinner y I’m going to the event expresan los dos planes finales.
I like spending time with family y I like listening to music apoyan preferencias sencillas.
Tell me, invite her y send it back conectan respuestas, Paula y mensajes.
At 6:30, before 5:40 y tonight sitúan plazos de ambas invitaciones.
The dinner doesn’t move y the tickets don’t work tomorrow fijan los dos límites.
5:40, 6:30, 6:50 y 7:00 impiden combinar los eventos y ordenan mensajes.
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