¿En qué puedo ayudarle? Formal and informal 'you' and 'your'
I can prepare brief, accurate answers to a role-play in a restaurant.
¿En qué puedo ayudarle? Formal and informal 'you' and 'your'
I can prepare brief, accurate answers to a role-play in a restaurant.
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Key learning points
- When preparing answers to role-plays, it's important to answer using short phrases or sentences.
- You must avoid giving one-word answers in role-plays.
- Role-play answers must be kept brief. Overcomplicating answers runs the risk of introducing ambiguity.
- In a role-play, you are likely to be addressed as 'usted'. As such, questions will contain 3rd person language.
Keywords
Role-play - task in which the student responds to several prompts in the format of a role-play
Usted - formal way to address 'you'
Su - your (formal)
3rd person - form of pronouns and verbs used to refer to 'she, he, it, they', or 'you (formal)'
Common misconception
It is important to use a range of verb tenses and complex language in role-play answers.
Role-play answers must consist of short words or phrases. Overcomplicating answers runs the risk of introducing ambiguity through grammatical error.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
you (informal)
your (informal, singular)
your (informal, plural)
you (formal)
your (formal, singular)
your (formal, plural)
barato
frío
limpio
pequeño
Exit quiz
4 Questions
spoon
knife
starter
ice cream
dessert
fork