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1. Ann sees Paul putting on his coat and says: Where are
you going, Paul?
Paul: I’m going to buy some cigarettes. Do you want an
evening paper?

2 Ann: No, thanks. You are always buying cigarettes, Paul. How
many do you smoke a day?
Paul: I don’t smoke very many —perhaps 20. Jack
smokes far more than I do. He spends £10 a week on
cigarettes.

3 Mary sees Peter standing at the bus stop.

Mary: Hello, Peter. What bus are you waiting for?
Peter: Hello, Mary. I’m waiting for a 9 or a 14.

4 Mary: You usually go to work by car, don’t you?

Peter: Yes, but the car belongs to my mother and she
sometimes wants it. She’s using it today to take Tom to the
dentist.

5 Mary: I usually go by car too. Jack takes me because he

passes my office on his way to the factory. But this week he’s
working in a factory in the opposite direction: so I’m queueing
like you.

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6 Peter: Here’s a 9 now. Are you coming on it or are you
waiting for a 14?
Mary: I think I’ll take the 9. If I wait for a 14, I may be late,
and if you are late at my office, everyone looks at you.

7 Mary and Ann are waiting outside a telephone box. Inside the
box a boy is dialing a number.
Mary: Do you know that boy?
Ann: Yes, he’s a friend of my brother’s. He phones his girl
friend every day from this box.

8 Mary: Where does he come from?

Ann: He comes from Japan. He’s a very clever boy; he
speaks four languages.

9 Mary: I wonder what he’s speaking now.

Ann: Well, his girl-friend comes from Japan too; so I suppose
he’s speaking Japanese.

10 It is 8.30. Tom and Ann are having breakfast. They are

both opening their letters.
Tom: No one ever writes to me. All I get is bills! Do you have
anything interesting? (or Have you got …?)

11 Ann: I’ve got a letter from Hugh. He says he’s coming to

London next week and wants us to meet him for lunch.

12 Peter: Do you have traffic wardens in your country? (or

Have you got …?)
Pedro: No, I don’t think so. You don’t see them in my town
anyway. What exactly does a traffic warden do?