A house with a history: a haunted-house role play
A beautiful house is for sale cheaply because locals say it's haunted; students read the situation and role cards, learn negotiating language and hold a meeting between the seller, the buyers and the estate agent.
B2Adults50 minRole play
About this lesson
A B2 speaking lesson (role play). Warm-ups, role plays and discussion tasks — get the whole class talking.
- Level
- B2
- Skill
- Speaking
- Type
- Role play
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 50 minutes
- Topic
- Halloween
- Activities
- Key words, Speaking / writing task, Reading text, True / False, Multiple choice, Matching
- Key words
- asking price, pull out, inherit, estate agent, survey, compromise, meet halfway
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Negotiate diplomatically: make offers, refuse and suggest compromises
- Disagree politely and reassure someone who is worried
- Reach and summarise an agreement