4. [Student initiates] You are in a park in Puerto Rico. I am a young child. I am crying. You try to help. You start the conversation.

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1 1. [Teacher initiates] You are an exchange student in Spain. I am your host parent. You have just returned from a party. We talk about your evening. I will start the 2. [Teacher initiates] I am an airline ticket agent in Mexico. You are about to take the next scheduled flight, but you cannot find your ticket. You ask for assistance. I will start the 3. [Student initiates] You are an exchange student at a school in Ecuador. I am your teacher. You are having trouble with one of your classes. You would like me to help you. You start the 4. [Student initiates] You are in a park in Puerto Rico. I am a young child. I am crying. You try to help. You start the 5. [Teacher initiates] I am a classmate. I am interested in knowing what you do after school. I will start the 6. [Teacher initiates] I am the clerk in a gift shop. You want to buy something special for your friend and you need advice. I will start the 7. [Teacher initiates] I am a neighbor of your host family in Spain. I want to know about your hometown. I will start the 8. [Teacher initiates] I am a teacher in Mexico. You are an exchange student in my school. You come to me looking for information for a report about Mexico. I will start the 9. [Teacher initiates] I am your host parent in Colombia. We are talking about opportunities for teenagers to work in your country and mine. I will start the

2 10. [Teacher initiates] I am your host parent in Chile. We will discuss your favorite pastime. I will start the 11. [Teacher initiates] I am your neighbor. I have been out of town for a while. We will talk about what has been going on while I was away. I will start the 13. [Student initiates] You are in Spain and you must be at the airport in half an hour. I am your taxi driver, and we are stopped in traffic. You start the 14. [Student initiates] I am your friend. There is an event at school tonight. I have no way of getting there. We will talk about it. You start the 15. [Teacher initiates] I am your friend in Argentina. I want to invite you to a sporting event. I will start the 16. [Student initiates] I am your friend. I hurt myself playing a sport. You rush over to help me. You start the 17. [Teacher initiates] Tomorrow is your birthday. I am your friend, and I want to know what you would like to do to celebrate. I will start the 18. [Student initiates] You are an exchange student at a school in Bolivia. I am your friend. You are going to accompany me to a meeting of the club I belong to. We talk about it. You start the 20. [Student initiates] You are an exchange student in Paraguay. I am a friend. We are talking about our plans for the summer. You start the

3 21. [Student initiates] I am a Spanish passenger seated next to you on a plane. Our plane left more than two hours late. You start the 23. [Teacher initiates] I am your friend. We are hungry. We discuss what to do about eating. I will start the 24. [Teacher initiates] I am your friend. I come to your home and I notice that you are not feeling well. I will start the 25. [Teacher initiates] I am a new Spanish-speaking exchange student in your school. I have to write a composition and am looking for a topic. You offer to help me. I will start the 28. [Student initiates] I am your host parent in Ecuador. You come to me for permission to do something. You start the 29. [Student initiates] I am your friend. We are at a party and you have just seen someone you would like to meet. You ask for my help. You start the 30. [Student initiates] I am your friend in the Dominican Republic. We are talking about things to do. You want to know what types of entertainment are available in my country. You start the 31. [Teacher initiates] I am an officer of the Spanish club. We are discussing what activities we want to do this year. I will start the 32. [Teacher initiates] You have just arrived in Spain. I am the customs officer, and I'm going to inspect your luggage. I will start the

4 33. [Student initiates] I am a member of your host family in Guatemala. The weather has been bad all week. You are upset about it. You start the 34. [Student initiates] I am a receptionist in a doctor's office in Costa Rica. You do not feel well. You start the 36. [Teacher initiates] I am your friend in Honduras. We are discussing similarities and differences between my school in my country and your school in the US. I will start the 37. [Teacher initiates] I am your friend. We are planning a party. We will talk about what each of us will do to prepare for it. I will start the 38. [Teacher initiates] I am a new student from Mexico in your school. I would like to know more about after school activities. I will start the 39. [Teacher initiates] I am a Mexican friend. I have heard about a special show on TV tonight. We will talk about whether we should watch it. I will start the 40. [ Student initiates] I am your friend in El Salvador. We have been working on an important school project all afternoon and you would like to stop for the day. You start the 41. [Teacher initiates] I am your host parent in Uruguay. I want to have an "American-style" birthday party for you. We discuss the party. I will start the 42. [Teacher initiates] I am your friend. I am going to have lunch at a restaurant with some of my other friends. I would like to know if you are interested in joining us. I will start the

5 43. [Teacher initiates] I am your friend. We are camping out and the weather changes. You start the 45. [Student initiates] I am an exchange student from Spain living in your home. We have to do some work on the house. We will talk about who will do what. You start the 48. [Teacher initiates] I am your friend. We have just left a party and we are discussing some interesting people we met there. I will start the 49. [Student initiates] I am your Spanish teacher. We are on a school trip in Mexico and you have lost your money. You start the 50. [Student initiates] I am your friend. We are taking a walk and you get hungry. You start the 51. [Student initiates] I am your host parent in Chile. You are leaving tomorrow to return to the US. We are reminiscing about your experiences with our family. You start the 52. [Teacher initiates] You are on a school trip to (country). You go to a department store to buy something you forgot to bring with you from home. I am the salesclerk. I will start the 53. [Student initiates] You are on vacation in Madrid. You stop to ask for directions. You start the 54. [Student initiates] You are at the airport in Mexico, ready to board the plane to return home. You hear an announcement that your flight will be delayed. I am the airline representative. You want to talk to me about this situation. You start the

6 56. [Student initiates] You are an exchange student in Guatemala. You want to know about the school. You start the 57. [Student initiates] I am your friend. While we are at the beach, you notice some dark clouds in the sky. You start the 58. [Teacher initiates] I am your friend. I would like you and some other friends to go on a picnic with me. I will start the 60. [Teacher initiates] I am your host parent in Spain. I want to prepare a special meal for your birthday. I will start the