Buy a Banana Challenge

A1–A2 · Shopping English

It is nearly nine in the evening and the corner shop is about to close. You have 3 minutes to talk to the seller and walk out with a banana. Say the right thing at the right moment.

The whole conversation is in English — what the seller says, and what you say back. Only these instructions are in your language.
3 things you could say appear over your head, only one fits. Tap a bubble, or press 1, 2 or 3.
The wrong ones are perfectly good English — just not an answer to what was asked. Say the wrong thing and the seller will not understand you. That costs you 5 seconds.
Manage to buy the banana in the time you have, before the strip at the top runs out.

Banana is yours

You bought the banana!

Thirteen exchanges, start to finish, all in English.

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Out of time

The shop is closing.

You never got the banana. The seller shrugs and starts stacking crates.

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