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1. What will take place at Bill's house tomorrow?

A. a party
B. a game
C. a dance

2. Why does Hank have to work late?

A. He has to attend a meeting.

B. He has to write a report.

C. He has to close the office.

3. Why is Hank going to visit Lisa after work?

A. because she is sick in bed

B. because he has to return something

C. because he is going to take her to Bill's house

4. Where is Hank going to get the snacks to take to Bill's house?

A. from his house

B. from the store

C. from his work

5. What time will Hank most likely arrive at Bill's house?

A. 7:00 PM

B. 8:00 PM

C. 9:00 PM

1. Please leave me a _____________ in case I'm not home.

A.   ?    call

B.   ?    phone

C.   ?    message
 2. Mom called this morning, and she asked you to ______________ her call this evening.

A.   ?    make

B.   ?    return

C.   ?    find

3. I plan to ________ _________ her house on my way home from work.

A.   ?    drop on

B.   ?    drop by

C.   ?    drop beside

4. Please call and tell him that we will ___________ up this project by the end of the week.

A.   ?    do

B.   ?    wrap

C.   ?    come

5. Hi. May I _____________ to Nancy, please?

A.   ?    contact

B.   ?    connect

C.   ?    talk

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Matching Exercise

Match the items on the right to the items on the left by dragging them over. Your score is calculated by adding up
the scores for all the questions that have been answered so far (correct and wrong tries), and changing the result into
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Excuse me. Could I _________ a message?
Please let him know that I'll call him _________.
I have to _________ the store on my way home from work.
Please tell my dad that I will _______ for dinner. The traffic is really bad now.
leave
swing by
tomorrow
be late
[Phone ringing . . .]

Bill: Hey, this is Bill. I'm sorry I'm not in. Just leave a message.

[Beep]
Hey Bill. This is Hank. I'm just (1)  to let you know that I'll be a little late to the (2)

 tomorrow night. I have to work a few extra hours to (3)  a report. I should
wrap things up sometime between seven and eight, though. Oh, and then I'm planning on dropping by Lisa's (4)

for about an hour since she's been sick recently. Oh, yeah, one more thing. I'll swing by my

house to pick up some (5)  for the game See you then.

[Phone ringing . . .]

Bill: Hey, this is Bill. I'm sorry I'm not in. Just leave a message.

[Beep]

Hey Bill. This is Hank. I'm just calling to let you know that I'll be a little late to the game tomorrow night. I have to
work a few extra hours to finish a report. I should wrap things up sometime between seven and eight though. Oh,
then I'm planning on dropping by Lisa's house for about an hour since she's been sick recently. And, uh, one more
thing. I'll swing by my house to pick up some food for the game. See you then