Below is a list of English instructions for an example role play question. Try and think of what you would say for an answer (use the clue if you need it - each letter represents the start of a word in the answer). Scroll to the bottom of the page for answers and more role plays.
English instruction
Clue
Say you'd like a table for four people
J V U T P Q P
Find out what the soup of the day is
L S D J, Q'E-C Q C'E?
Say you haven't got a spoon
J N'A P D C
Ask for the bill
L'A, SVP
Find out if there are any telephones
E-C Q'I Y A D T?
Ask if they sell mushrooms
V A D C?
Buy 250g of small mushrooms
D C C G D P C, SVP
Find out if there's a cake shop nearby
I Y A U P P D'I
Find out how much the strawberry tart costs
L T A F, C'E C?
Say it's too expensive
C'E T C
Say you're looking for a present for your father
J C U C P M P
Say you don't like the colour
J N'A P L C
Find out if they have the T-shirt in green
V A L T-S E V?
Say you'd like a woollen jumper
J V U P E L, SVP
Say you haven't any change
J N'A P D M
Find out what time the match starts
L M C A Q H?
Say you'd like three 50F tickets
J V T B A C F
Check it's the right road for Dijon
C'E B L R P D?
Ask the way to the castle
P A A C, SVP
Ask if you can help
J P A?
Ask if you can watch the cartoon at 9pm
J P R L D A A V-E-U H?
Find out what time the train for Paris leaves
L T P P P A Q H?
Ask what platform the train for Nice leaves from
L T P N P D Q Q?
Buy two return tickets
D A-R, SVP
Solutions:
Say you'd like a table for four people (J V U T P Q P)
Je voudrais une table pour quatre personnes
Find out what the soup of the day is (L S D J, Q'E-C Q C'E?)
La soupe du jour, qu'est-ce que c'est?
Say you haven't got a spoon (J N'A P D C)
Je n'ai pas de cuiller
Ask for the bill (L'A, SVP)
L'addition, s'il vous plaît
Find out if there are any telephones (E-C Q'I Y A D T?)
Est-ce qu'il y a des téléphones?
Ask if they sell mushrooms (V A D C?)
Vous avez des champignons?
Buy 250g of small mushrooms (D C C G D P C, SVP)
Deux cent cinquante grammes de petits champignons, s'il vous plaît
Find out if there's a cake shop nearby (I Y A U P P D'I)
Il y a une pâtisserie près d'ici?
Find out how much the strawberry tart costs (L T A F, C'E C?)
La tarte aux fraises, c'est combien?
Say it's too expensive (C'E T C)
C'est trop cher
Say you're looking for a present for your father (J C U C P M P)
Je cherche un cadeau pour mon père
Say you don't like the colour (J N'A P L C)
Je n'aime pas la couleur
Find out if they have the T-shirt in green (V A L T-S E V?)
Vous avez le tee-shirt en vert?
Say you'd like a woollen jumper (J V U P E L, SVP)
Je voudrais un pull en laine, s'il vous plaît
Say you haven't any change (J N'A P D M)
Je n'ai pas de monnaie
Find out what time the match starts (L M C A Q H?)
Le match commence à quelle heure?
Say you'd like three 50F tickets (J V T B A C F)
Je voudrais trois billets à cinquante francs
Check it's the right road for Dijon (C'E B L R P D?)
C'est bien la route pour Dijon?
Ask the way to the castle (P A A C, SVP)
Pour aller au château, s'il vous plaît
Ask if you can help (J P A?)
Je peux aider?
Ask if you can watch the cartoon at 9pm (J P R L D A A V-E-U H?)
Je peux regarder le dessin animé à vingt-et-une heures?
Find out what time the train for Paris leaves (L T P P P A Q H?)
Le train pour Paris part à quelle heure?
Ask what platform the train for Nice leaves from (L T P N P D Q Q?)
Le train pour Nice part de quel quai?
Buy two return tickets (D A-R, SVP)
Deux allers-retours, s'il vous plaît
French role plays. 5 further examples of french role plays (sorry - no solutions to these!)
* At the hotel
Request a room for 4 nights
Ask if the room has a shower
Find out how much breakfast costs and what time it is served at
* Taking the bus
Find out what time the bus arrives for Paris
Request a return ticket
Find out if you have to change trains and what platform your train will arrive on
* At the restaurant
Ask for the menu
Order some food and a desert
Request the bill
* At the post office
Ask to buy a postcard and a stamp to send it to England
Find out how much both are
Ask where the nearest post box is
In the town
Ask directions to the nearest tourist office
Find out how far it is
Ask if you can buy postcards there