Where you are
You are the named leaseholder of a two-bedroom apartment. Your roommate says a cousin needs to stay for six weeks during an internship.
Escenario 10 · Rol A
quien figura en el contrato
A six-week stay could put the apartment lease at risk
Esta ficha es solo tuya. La otra persona tiene objetivos y datos distintos. No intercambien pantallas hasta terminar.
Respectful and firm. Your roommate announces a long family visit. They start. About 10 turns · 9 minutes.
Your screen only. Don't show it. Distinguish hospitality, building registration, shared costs and the lease limit.
Tu información
Lo que sabes y lo que necesitas
You want
You want to support a reasonable visit without violating the lease, losing privacy or transferring hidden costs to the household.
You can't
- Approve six unregistered weeks.
- Give the guest a building access card or copy of the apartment key.
- Accept a plan with no contribution, quiet hours or final move-out date.
Only you know
- The lease allows guests for fourteen nights unless management registers a temporary occupant.
- Temporary registration requires identity documents, a 90,000-peso fee and landlord approval.
- The landlord has approved one temporary occupant before when the stay was thirty days or less.
If you finish with nothing
The cousin arrives without a valid plan, and you carry the lease risk while the household absorbs six weeks of extra use.
Notas, no frases
Datos duros
| Leaseholder | role A |
| Normal guest limit | 14 nights |
| Temporary-occupant route | management registration + landlord approval |
| Registration fee | 90,000 pesos |
| Documents | identity document · internship letter · dates |
| Past landlord approval | 30 days or less |
| Access card | no extra card available |
| Key copy | lease prohibits unauthorized copies |
| Extra utility estimate | about 120,000 pesos for 30 days |
| Quiet hours | 10:00 p.m.–7:00 a.m. |
Palabras para esta situación
Vocabulario
10 palabras| Word | What it is | Here |
|---|---|---|
| access card | an electronic card used to enter a building | an item the guest cannot receive |
| household contribution | money paid toward shared costs at home | the guest’s part of utilities and supplies |
| lease violation | an action that breaks a rental contract rule | the risk of an unregistered long stay |
| leaseholder | the person legally named in a rental agreement | the person carrying the contract risk |
| move-out date | the final date a person will leave a home | a fact that must be written in the plan |
| quiet hours | times when residents agree to keep noise low | the 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. rule |
| temporary occupant | a person approved to live in a home for a limited period | the possible registration category for the cousin |
| unregistered guest | a visitor staying without required building or lease records | the status that cannot continue for six weeks |
| utility estimate | an expected amount for services such as water, gas and electricity | the additional 120,000 pesos for thirty days |
| written house plan | a shared record of dates, costs, access and behavior | the evidence needed before the cousin arrives |
Ayuda común
Caja de herramientas B1
Use blocks 1, 2, 3 [receives], 4 [jargon], 5, 6, 7 [grants] and 8. Do not use the lease as a vague threat; explain the valid registration route.
Solo para tu rol
Expresiones útiles
8 opciones| Purpose | Form | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| asking for the full plan | What exact dates, work hours and alternative housing does your cousin have? | collect facts before discussing permission |
| clarifying the lease rule | The lease allows fourteen nights unless a temporary occupant is approved. | distinguish ordinary visit from registered stay |
| explaining the shared cost | Thirty days would add about 120,000 pesos in utilities. | make the household impact concrete |
| holding the access boundary | I can’t authorize a copied key or an extra access card. | protect building and lease control |
| offering conditional approval | I could agree to a registered stay if the landlord approves the dates in writing. | keep a valid route open |
| proposing the house rules | We need a move-out date, quiet hours and a contribution before arrival. | turn general consent into verifiable conditions |
| requesting a second housing plan | Please identify where the final weeks will happen if approval stops at thirty days. | prepare for the known registration limit |
| summarizing the agreement | The registered stay ends …; the contribution is …; the remaining nights are at … | check duration, money and alternative housing |
Cuándo terminar
Closing criterion
Close when both people record the same eight details:
- The registered apartment dates, maximum 30 days.
- The documents and approval owners.
- The 90,000-peso registration fee.
- The 210,000-peso household contribution.
- Quiet hours, cleaning and kitchen expectations.
- The no-card/no-key access method.
- The hostel dates and deposit deadline.
- The final apartment move-out date.
Success: You do not approve an unlawful six-week stay or hidden access. You offer the registration route, protect privacy and costs, and record where every night occurs with a final move-out date.
Después de hablar
Conversen sobre cómo les fue
- ¿Qué diferencia hubo entre recibir una visita y registrar a una ocupante temporal?
- ¿Cómo repartieron costos y responsabilidad sin convertir el acuerdo en un subarriendo?
- ¿Qué cambió cuando apareció el límite exacto de treinta días?
- Resuman las seis semanas como dos periodos con fechas y lugares.
Para repasar
Gramática que sostiene este escenario
- First Conditional en Inglés B1b1
If management approves y if the hostel is not reserved conectan autorizaciones y plazos reales.
- Time Clauses en Inglés B1b1
Before she arrives, once approval is received y until day 30 organizan el plan futuro.
- Will y Going To en Inglés B1b1
Will contribute, is going to move y will accompany expresan compromiso y plan.
- Relative Clauses en Inglés B1b1
The cousin who starts an internship y the hostel that has space precisan personas y opciones.
- Must, Have To, Should y Ought To en Inglés B1b1
Must register, cannot copy y has to move distinguen regla, prohibición y necesidad.
- Conectores y Cohesión en Inglés B1b1
Provided that, however, while y therefore permiten construir el acuerdo en dos periodos.
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