Read the following conversations carefully. ONE word is missing
in each conversation. Write the missing word against each number.
1. A: "Where you
going?"
÷: "I am going home."
2. A:" is the
station?"
B: "In Baker Street."
3. A: " are you from?"
B: "From Spain. I'm Spanish."
4. A:" you like to
travel round Europe?"
B: "Yes, I would."
5. A: "Have you been crying?"
B: "No, I ."
6. A: " he work in a
bank?"
B: "No, he works in a library."
7. A:" you ever had a
car accident?"
B: "Yes I have."
8. A: " you swim?"
B: "Of course, can't everybody?"
9. A: "Does he live in Wimbledon?"
÷: "I don't know he
lives."
10. A: "You were not at home yesterday."
B: "That's right, I
staying with my friends yesterday."
11. A:" does he go
to work?"
B: "By bus."
12. A: "Have you got my book? I gave it to you six weeks
."
B: "I'll bring it on Thursday."
13. A: "How are you
going to stay in America?"
B: "For a month."
14. A: "How long
you been in England?"
B: "Since last year."
15. A: "Do you like my new car?"
B: "Yes, I like it very
.
16. A: "Does water boil at 110œ C?"
B: "No, it
. It boils at 100œ C."
17. A: "The princess is attractive."
B: "Yes - she is
beautiful than her sister."
18. A: "Is Sylvia a good student?"
B: "Yes, Sylvia's good, and Susan is also good.
In fact Susan is than Sylvia."
19. A: "Have you
eaten Sushi?"
B: "No, never. What's Sushi?"
20. A: "What does she look
?"
B: "She has thick, curly hair and brown eyes."
21. A: "Have you been to Sweden?"
B: "Yes -1 lived there
two years!"
22. A: "Had the play already started when you arrived?"
B: "No, it
."
23. A: "How are
oranges?"
B: "90 pence a kilo."
24. A: "Have you enjoyed yourself?"
B: "Yes, it
been a lovely day."
25. A: "Is a table
in your room?"
B: "Yes. It's near the bed."
26. á:" you like to
see a film this evening?"
÷: "Perhaps. What's on?"
27. A: "My son like
school."
B: "Neither does mine."
28. A: "Can you run fast?"
B: "Not now. But I
when I was young."
29. A: "What you do
if you had a million pounds?"
B: "I'd stop working."
30. A: "Do you play tennis?"
B: "Yes, I've
playing since I was a boy."
31. A: "Why can't she walk?"
B: "She
broken her leg."
32. A: "Your father looks tired."
B: "Yes, he has working hard lately."
33. A: "I went to Singapore in April."
B: " you
often go abroad?"
A: "Yes - about ten
times a year.
34. A: "Where
Toyota cars made?"
B: "In Japan."
35. A: "I'm sorry, I forget - can you
me why you didn't go?"
÷: "I was ill."
36. A: "I like skiing."
B: "Oh yes!
do I!"
37. A: "Do you like this necklace?"
B: "Yes, but it's
expensive for me to buy."
38. A: "I weigh a hundred and forty pounds."
B: "No... no.
me the truth!"
39. A: "Where is your office?"
B: "It's
the seventh floor."
40. A: "Is it true that you come from a very poor family?"
B: "Yes. Life
very easy for us when I was young."
41. A: "When it happen?"
B: "In 1879."
42. A: "In some countries there's a law that says you
always carry
your identity card, wherever you go."
43. A: "What are the hotels in Rome
?
B: "Elegant and comfortable!"
44. A: "The man in
England will be 107 tomorrow."
B: "No-one will be older than that!"
45. A: "So you want to be a journalist. Can you tell me
which
newspaper you would
like to work ?"
B: "Er... for the Independent, I think."
46. A: "I've got three brothers."
B: " have
I!"
47. A: "My suitcase is heavy. Will you help me?"
B: "Yes,
carry it for you."
48. A: "There's nothing on this video-tape."
B: "You didn't switch the video-recorder
!"
49. A: "Where
President Kennedy shot?"
B: "Dallas."
50. A: "Did you hear the weather forecast?"
B: "Yes. They say it
definitely rain later."
51. A: "My book is
than yours."
B: "No it isn't, it's more expensive."
52. A: "What time
your husband go work today?"
B: "Today? ...He left at half past seven."
53. A: "I'll be ready in a minute."
B: "That's OK -
your time."
54. A: "Isn't he big! When is he
to go to school?"
B: "Next year."
55. A: "If I were you, I
go to see him."
B: "OK -I will."
56. A: "Do you if I
smoke?"
B: "Not at all. Go ahead."
57. A: " the milkman
brought the milk?"
B: "Yes, it's in the fridge."
58. A: "That's the club where I usually go."
÷: "I didn't know you liked to dance."
59. A: "There hasn't been
rain for weeks."
B: "Really? None at all?"
60. A: "I get headaches when I read."
B: "It's probably your eyes. I think you
see an optician."
61. A: "What will Anne be
?"
B: "A white blouse and a blue skirt. Yes, look
-there she is!"
62. A: "Why didn't you tell me?"
÷: "I would have told you if I
known."
63. A: "Would you helping me with
this?"
B: "Of course not - it will be a pleasure!"
64. A: "How do you feel now?"
B: "Much better, thanks, if I
been a bit quicker,
the bus would have
missed me."
65. A: That's a strange machine - what is it
?
B: It cuts holes in roads.
66. A: "It's raining. Don't we need to put
the garden party?"
B: "No, you shouldn't cancel it."
67. A: "Do you think we should wait?"
B: "No, there is no point in
for him."
68. A: "As soon as he woke up, he
up and had a shower."
69. A: "When I was young, I
to be shy."
B: "You certainly aren't now!"
70. A: "That radio is very loud! Could you turn it
a bit?"
B: "Of course. Is that better?"
71. A: "The train
already left by the time we got to the station."
72. A: "How's Ron these days?"
B: "He's in Japan, and
is Sue."
73. A: "Are you coming to Southampton with us?"
÷: "I wish I
the time to come with you."
74. A: "He have
gone away - nobody has seen him for weeks."
B: "Yes, I agree. I'm sure he's gone away."
75. A: "Is the party still going to be on Saturday?"
B: "No - they've
it off till Sunday."
76. A: "Is Rosemary tall or short?"
B: "She's
tall nor short - she's just medium."
77. A: "Have you got
for £5 ?"
B: "Sorry. I've only got a ten pound note."
78. A: "If known
you were coming, I'd have cooked something."
79. A: "Can I give you a
with the cooking?"
B: "That's very kind. Could you wash the
vegetables?"
80. A: "Where's your dishwasher?"
B: "It's
repaired."
81. A: "Try some of this!"
B: "I'd
not, if you don't mind."
82. A: "What have you done to your hair?"
B: "I've
it cut, that's all."
83. A: "Do you want tea?"
B: "Not really - I'd
have coffee."
84. A: "What's a 'stein'?"
B: "It's a kind of mug for drinking beer out
."
85. A: "I never buy new cars."
B: "Why not?"
A: "Because older cars cost much
than new ones."
86. A: "If people on the ship
seen him, he would have drowned."
87. A: "What was your childhood like?"
÷: "I remember
very happy as a teenager."
88. A: "How did you get on?"
B: "Very well, thanks. But if it
been for Alan, I would have failed."
A: "Why? What did he do?"
89. A: "When will my meal be ready?"
B: "It will be ready
the time you get home."
90. A: "Let's go to the cinema."
÷: "I won't go
you come with me."
A: "OK - I'll come."
91. A: "Did you really mean that?"
B: "No, I was only pulling your
."
92. A: "Look at the time!"
B: "Right - we had
go home."
93. A: "What was Arthur like?"
B: "Well - He would make personal telephone
calls, no who was
in the room with him."
94. A: "What shall we do this weekend?"
B: "If
you'd fix the car, we could go for a drive."
95. A: "Why are you going to the Napa Valley?"
B: "To see the wine
made. And to taste it!"
A: "Yes - they make excellent wine there."
96. A: "What was it like, coming from Edinburgh by bus?"
B: "Not bad. But it
longer than I had expected."
97. A: "I just saw Anne a minute ago."
B: "What? Still here? Then she
have gone on holiday."
98. A: "I didn't know it was this serious."
B: "Well, little
anyone else realize the seriousness
of the situation."
99. A: "What is the answer?"
÷: "I really don't know - I'm
my brains."
100. A: "What did she say about your singing?"
B: "She said it was unusual,
was not what I wanted her to say."