Test

1. Emily: What do you do at the weekends, Yara?
Yara: My sister and I  _____ going to the cinema.

2. Manager: Where’s Mr Davidson?
Assistant: Oh, he’s ___ London today.

3. Amirah: Do you like cats?
Chris: No, but there ____ lots of other animals I like.

4. Andrew: Where ____  Alicia come from?
Martin: I think she’s from the United States.

5. Teacher: Tell me something about your parents, Lucas.
Student: My mother and father ____ both very tall.

6. Ayla: That’s a nice table, Sophie! Is it new?
Sophie: Oh no, it’s my _____ old dining table.

7. Emma: What do you do after school?
Chloe: I see my friends. Do you visit people, too?
Emma: No, I _____ go out.

8. Katie: Is Charlotte at school today?
Laura: No, she ____ . She’s not well today.

9. Alex: I’d like to make a cake._____ eggs have we got?
Andrea: Three, I think. Let me check.

10. Ifrah: Which bus goes to the hospital?
Antonia: ____ the 236. It stops outside.

11. Father: Are we ready to go?
Daughter: No, Mum can’t find _____ hat.

12. Shop Assistant: Can I help you?
Customer: Yes, I’d like to buy _____ trousers.

13. Mother: Where’s that fish I bought? It was on the table.
Daughter: Oh no! The cat _____ it.

14. Amanda: I like your new sofa.
Fahima: Thanks. It’s _____ comfortable than the other one we had.

15. Alicia: I’m going to the supermarket. Do you want anything?
Peter: Could you get _____ milk, please?

16. Karina: When do you want to play football?
Aniqa: I ____ to play tomorrow, because I don’t need to go to work.

17. Manisha: What did you do at the weekend?
Nicola: I ____ tennis with my friend on Saturday.

18. Wife: Have we got any cheese in the fridge?
Husband: No, we haven’t. I’m _____ buy some this afternoon.

19. Laura: Where _______ you last Tuesday? I tried to phone you.
Beatriz: Oh, I was visiting my grandmother. I didn’t have my phone with me.

20. Miriam: Are you coming to my party on Tuesday?
Brian: I’m really sorry, but I _____ to take my daughter to the airport.

21. Saif: Why do you like running?
Isabella: Because it’s ______ way to keep fit.

22. Anna: Have you lived here a long time?
Stefan: Yes, over 40 years. I know _____ of people in this town.

23. Josef: Why didn’t you come to the cinema last week?
Chloe: I wanted to but I couldn’t. I ______ studying for that test we had on Monday.

24. Anna: That bird’s on the garden table again. I think it’s hungry.
Juliana: Yes, look! It ______ eat the bread we put there.

25. Sophie: How long ____ married?
Ying Yue: Two years. I met my husband when I was working in New York.

26. David: Have you _____ that new film yet?
Susanna: No, I haven’t. We could go on Thursday if you like?

27. Shop Assistant: Excuse me, please. Could I get past?
Customer: Oh, I’m sorry. I’m getting in the way, _________I?

28. Wife: Advertising is a big business for musicians.
Husband: Yes, musicians _________ a lot of money for writing short pieces of music.

29. Son: Mum, I’d really like a guitar. Can I have one?
Mother: OK, but if we buy one you _______ have to practise playing it.

30. Juliana: Do you like Brazilian coffee?
Miriodere: No I don’t, because it’s ________ strong.

31. Matthew: Would you like anything from the shop?
Alicia: Yes, I’d like one of __________celebrity magazines, please.

32. Daughter: Mum, my computer is broken again. I really need a new one.
Mother: I _____ buy one if we had the money, but it’s not
possible right now.

33. Mother: ______ you packed your suitcase yet? We’re leaving early tomorrow morning.
Son: I’ll do it later. It won’t take long.

34. Lucas: Do you play the piano, Natasha?
Natasha: Well, I ____ play when I was younger, but I’m not sure I remember now.

35. Martina: What did the doctor say about your stomach pains?
Padma: He asked me what I ______ for the last two days.

36. Daughter: Everyone has arrived apart from Pamela.
Mother: Don’t worry, she phoned me this morning and said she _____ be a bit late.

37. Vincent: Did you see the weather forecast? It’s going to be extremely hot this weekend.
Pauline: I know, I can’t believe it! It ________ since Monday.

38. Ameena: What colour are you going to paint the living room?
Charlotte: I _____ probably choose something bright, like yellow.

39. Victor: I’d love to go back in history to see how people lived hundreds of years ago.
Simon: Me too! If I _____ choose, I’d probably travel to ancient Rome.

40. Stephen: The concert was fantastic yesterday. You ________have come.
Yuuto: I know. I wanted to, but I had to work late.

41. Katie: Would you like to go sightseeing or to the beach this afternoon?
Matthew: I don’t mind, I’ll let you decide.
Katie: OK, let’s go sightseeing, ______we?

42. Amanda: It said on the news that the president also owns all the national newspapers.
Andrew: That ______ be right! I don’t think that’s true.

43. Assistant: That meeting was really difficult. What would you have done if you _______ in my position?
Manager: Oh, I think you managed it very well.

44. Natalia: My new smartphone doesn’t seem to work.
Katie: Oh dear! Perhaps you should take it _____ and ask for a refund.

45. Chris: I wish I could be with our cousins ...
Alison: Me too! By this time tomorrow they _____ on a Greek beach while we’re revising for our history test.

46. Nicola: I love this picture, but won’t it cost a fortune?
Victor: No, it’s just a copy. The original, ________ is a portrait of the artist’s friend, sold for €4 million!

47. Laura: I can’t believe how talented this artist was.
Emily: I know, it’s amazing. ______ he was almost 90 when he did them, his paintings are beautiful.

48. Andrea: I want to buy some new shoes for the winter.
Shan: Well, I _______ looking for a new pair of boots for weeks, but I can’t find anything I like.

49. Client: I don’t have much money – just enough to _____
Accountant: Well, let me suggest a way of helping you save more.

50. Pablo: In April next year I ____ here for ten years exactly.
Alison: Wow! It really doesn’t seem that long.

51. Student: Is it true that it took Bell and Watson ages to invent the telephone?
Teacher: Yes. When they finally succeeded, they _____ on it for about 30 years.

52. Rachel: This would be a lovely place to sit on a dry day.
Natasha: Yes, I know. I just wish the rain ______.

53. Student: What’s today’s lesson going to be about?
Teacher: Today we’re going to learn about a tribe ______ descendants live in Lima, the capital of Peru.

54. Andrea: Did your town have a good market?
Katie: Yes. When I was young we ______ there every Saturday looking for bargains.

55. Daughter: Joanna has been really supportive. I’m so lucky to have her as a friend.
Mother: Yes. Just think – if you hadn’t sat next to her in class at school, you _____ so close now.

56. David: Did you see the headline this evening?
Nicola: Yes – the Prime Minister was ______ to resign today.

57. Student: I’m concerned about the chemical test results I’ve just had from the river.
Professor: It _____ be a good idea to check the acid levels as well then.

58. Aamir: They’ve just announced that our train has been delayed.
Laura: That’s annoying. We ______ have rushed to get here after all.

59. Liam: So, your Dad’s got a laptop!
Cian: Yes, I bought it for him last year – until then he ______ a typewriter!

60. Isabella: The flight is fully booked, so I won’t be able to go to Barbados next week.
Safia: If you ______ the ticket sooner, you’d have found a seat.

61. Receptionist: You _____ taken a taxi to the hotel since you arrived so late.

Customer: It was OK, actually. There was a direct bus service from the airport.

62. Sophie: Have they finished interviewing for the manager’s position yet?
Rafi: No, but they _____ all the candidates by next Friday.

63. Athlete: ______ hard I try, I can’t run any faster.
Coach: You’ve improved a lot. I wouldn’t worry about it.

64. Laura: That’s a really beautiful painting. The colours are so vivid.
Jeremy: Yes, it’s amazing to think it was lost for years and ______ .

65. Charlotte: I saw the photos from the film festival. Was that you with the actor from The Hobbit?
Niall: Yes, it was! _____ did I imagine I would ever actually meet him.

66. Pauline: I hear you got soaked on the golf course this morning.
Chris: Yes. I wish I _____ listened to the weather forecast.

67. Laura: How was the meeting?
Ricardo: It finished late because Victor didn’t arrive until 5 pm. He told me he ______  been given the wrong directions.

68. Andrew: I picked up some of that cat food you wanted.
Pedro: Oh good. Once _______ to these new cat biscuits, they won’t want to go back to the other stuff.

69. Antonia: Has your son done well in his exams?
Phillip: Yes. Only once ______ he wasn’t sufficiently prepared, but he can take that one again.

70. Son: I had a bit of a stomach ache this morning.
Mother: Oh dear! Well, I did say you ______ eaten that chicken last night.