Where you are
You are at home with prepared sandwiches, fruit and a large cake. Heavy rain started at seven, two hours before a community picnic.
Escenario 20 · Rol A
quien tiene la comida
The food is ready, but the park is wet
Esta ficha es solo tuya. La otra persona tiene objetivos y datos distintos. No intercambien pantallas hasta terminar.
Warm and practical. Twenty people expect a message soon. You start. About 8 turns · 6 minutes.
Your screen only. Don't show it. Protect the food and compare travel, cover and timing.
Tu información
Lo que sabes y lo que necesitas
You want
You want the group to meet today in a dry place without wasting the prepared food.
You can't
- Keep the sandwiches safely until tomorrow.
- Carry the cake on a public bus in heavy rain.
- Host twenty people in your apartment.
Only you know
- Your brother can drive the food after 10:00 a.m.
- The community room near the park costs 120,000 pesos and is free from 11:00 to 2:00.
- Six guests already said they cannot attend after noon.
If you finish with nothing
The food spoils, guests travel toward a wet park without instructions, and the group pays for last-minute individual meals.
Notas, no frases
Datos duros
| Now | Saturday · 8:30 a.m. |
| Original picnic | park · 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. |
| Guests | 20 · 6 must leave by noon |
| Food | 20 sandwiches · fruit · cake · ready now |
| Food limit | sandwiches should be eaten today |
| Transport | brother’s car available after 10:00 a.m. |
| Community room | 11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. · 120,000 pesos |
| Message deadline | group expects update by 9:00 a.m. |
Palabras para esta situación
Vocabulario
8 palabras| Word | What it is | Here |
|---|---|---|
| community room | an indoor shared place people can reserve | the dry option near the park |
| forecast | information about expected weather | evidence for changing the plan |
| heavy rain | a large amount of rain falling strongly | the transport and safety problem |
| indoor | inside a building | the kind of location the food needs |
| prepared food | food already made and ready to eat | the reason postponing loses value |
| reservation fee | money paid to use a place at a set time | the 120,000 room cost |
| to spoil | to become unsafe or unpleasant to eat | the risk for the sandwiches |
| weather alert | an official warning about dangerous weather | information that may close park shelters |
Ayuda común
Caja de herramientas A2
Use blocks 1, 2, 5, 6 and 7 [grants]. Start with rain and food; do not make the community room sound free.
Solo para tu rol
Expresiones útiles
7 opciones| Purpose | Form | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| changing the plan | We can’t use the park, so we need … | state the reason before proposing a new place |
| comparing times | Eleven is later, and six people have to leave by … | show who loses time under the indoor option |
| explaining the food limit | The sandwiches won’t be good tomorrow. | make postponing carry a real cost |
| offering transport | My brother can take the food after … | connect the venue time to a possible delivery |
| putting a cost condition | I can book the room if everyone pays … | make the fee shared and explicit |
| requesting a quick decision | Can we decide by nine and message everyone? | protect guests from travelling without information |
| verifying the final plan | So the food arrives at … and the room opens at … | confirm the transport and venue clocks together |
No tienes carta. Sigue conversando cuando la otra persona abra la suya.
Cuándo terminar
Closing criterion
Send the group message only after both organizers confirm:
- The safe indoor place, entrance and bus-stop information.
- The start and finish time.
- Who transports the food and when it arrives.
- The contribution per person, payment method and message sender.
Success: You protected the prepared food, stated the room fee and did not ask guests to travel before a decision. The agreement includes place, time, food transport, shared cost and message owner.
Después de hablar
Conversen sobre cómo les fue
- ¿Qué opciones desaparecieron por seguridad, costo o acceso? Clasifiquen cada una.
- ¿Qué dato privado de cada rol fue necesario para cerrar la sala comunitaria?
- Escriban por separado el mensaje de grupo en cuatro líneas y comparen si dice lo mismo.
Para repasar
Gramática que sostiene este escenario
- Comparativos en Inglés A2a2
Closer, cheaper y safer permiten comparar acceso, costo y riesgo sin reducir la decisión a una sola ventaja.
- Going to en Inglés A1a1
El lugar, transporte de comida y mensaje forman el nuevo plan basado en la alerta y la disponibilidad.
- Should para recomendaciones en Inglés A2a2
La alerta transforma recomendaciones de seguridad en razones para descartar el parque y elegir una alternativa.
- Can y can’t en Inglés A1a1
Can transport, can pay y can’t host separan recursos de cada organizador y límites del grupo.
- Cuantificadores en Inglés A2a2
Twenty guests, eighteen contributions, each person y no one conectan el costo de sala con toda la lista.
- Preguntas en presente simple en Inglés A1a1
Who brings the food, when does the room open y does everyone know verifican la operación antes del mensaje.
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