TEST
HIRING A PUBLIC ROOM
OFFICIAL: Hello?
WOMAN:
Oh, hello. I wanted to enquire about hiring a room in the Village Hall, for the evening of
September the first.
OFFICIAL: Let me just see … Yes, we have both rooms available that evening. There’s our Main Hall
– that’s got seating for
200
Example
people. Or there’s the Charlton Room …
WOMAN: Sorry?
OFFICIAL: The
Charlton
Q1
Room – C-H-A-R-L-T-O-N. That’s got seating for up to one hundred.
WOMAN:
Well, we’re organising a dinner to raise money for a charity, and we’re hoping for at least
150 people, so I think we’ll go for the Main Hall. How much would that cost?
OFFICIAL: Let’s see. You wanted it for the evening of September 1st?
WOMAN:
Yes, that’s a Saturday.
OFFICIAL: So from six pm to midnight that’d be
£115
Q2
– that’s the weekend price, it’s £75 on
weekdays.
WOMAN:
That’s all right.
OFFICIAL: And I have to tell you there’s also a deposit of £250, which is returnable of course as long
as there’s no damage. But we do insist that this is
paid in cash
Q3
, we don’t take cards for
that. You can pay the actual rent of the room however you like though – cash, credit card,
cheque …
WOMAN:
Oh, well I suppose that’s OK. So does the charge include use of tables and chairs and so
on?
OFFICIAL: Oh, yes.
WOMAN:
