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. Son: Are you OK, Mum? You don’t seem very relaxed.
Mother: I just wish I______ an aisle seat so that I could get up
and walk around more easily.

47. 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!

48. 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.

49. 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.

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

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

52. 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.

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

54. 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.

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

56. 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.

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

58. 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.

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

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

61. 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.

62. 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.

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

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

65. 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 __________ .

66. 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.

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

68. 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.

69. 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.

70. 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.

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