Cover of the textbook Outcomes Pre-Intermediate - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 9

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 10 - Booking a room for the textbook Outcomes Pre-Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley from National Geographic Learning

Question

Work in groups. You have three minutes to write as many things as you can that a hotel employee might say to guests using I'm afraid. Which group can think of the most sentences? Which group has the funniest ones?

Answer

  • I’m afraid the restaurant is fully booked this evening.
  • I’m afraid there’s a ten-pound charge for that.
  • I’m afraid that’s not possible.
  • I’m afraid we don’t have any record of your booking.
  • I’m afraid we’re fully booked that weekend.