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Exercises

87.1 Pu t these sentences in a logical order.
I paid my bill.
DWH I checked in at reception.
I left the hotel.
I went up to my room.
OCONINN I booked a room at the hotel.
I spent the night in the hotel.
I had an early morning call at seven o’clock.

I went out for dinner in a local restaurant.
I arrived at the hotel.
10 I got up and had a shower.
11 I had breakfast.
12 I tipped the porter who carried my luggage upstairs.
87.2 What would you say in these situations?
1 You want to stay in a hotel for two nights next week with your husband/wife. You phone
the hotel. What do you ask or say?

You are at the hotel reception and you are planning to leave in about 15 minutes. What
could you ask the receptionist?

You want to wake up at 7 a.m. but you don’t have an alarm clock. What do you ask at
reception?

You have a drink in the hotel bar. The barman asks how you want to pay. What’s your
reply?

When you turn on the shower in your room, the water comes out very very slowly. What
could you say at reception?

You want to go to the nearest bank but don’t know where it is. What do you ask at
reception?

87.3 Yo u are staying in quite a good hotel (e.g. two-star or three-star) in your country. Would you
expect to have the following?
a room without a private bathroom
PR a hairdryer in the bathroom
PWN a colour television in the room

a telephone in the room
SDM writing paper in the room
a machine for making tea and coffee in the room
an electric trouser press (= a machine which presses/irons your trousers for you) in the
room
8 air conditioning in the room
If possible, compare your answers with someone from a different country.

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