Choose the best alternative conversational English. Choose the most appropriate answer.

1) You want to know the time.
What time?
How long is it?
Have you got the time?
Are you having the time?

2) A friend is visiting. You offer him a cup of coffee.
Are you wanting a cup of coffee?
Do you want any cup of coffee?
Do you like a coffee?
Would you like some coffee?

3) You want to buy sugar. What do you say to the shop assistant?
Give me some sugar.
I want to buy some sugar.
Can I have some sugar?
Let's have some sugar.

4) You break a vase in a friend's house. Apologise.
I'm so sorry.
Please forgive my mistake.
Pardon, I've broken your vase.
I apologise for breaking it.

5) You want to find a bank. Ask someone in the street for help.
Where is the bank?
Excuse me, is there a bank near here?
I'm sorry, how far away is the bank?
Have you seen a bank anywhere?

6) Tell a friend how to get to the post office.
Go down this street, and turn right at the end.
Walk through this street, and then go right at the end.
Take this way, then take right at the end.
Pass up the street, and go right at the end.

7) A friend arrives late, and apologises. Accept his apology.
Don't worry, it's all right.
Don't mind me.
Don't be late again.
Don't be sorry.

8) Your teacher says a word (budgie) you don't know. Ask for an explanation.
What was budgie?
How do you say budgie?
What word is budgie?
What does budgie mean?

9) Ask a friend for help.
Pass me the phone book.
Pass me the phone book, will you?
Would you be so awfully kind as to pass me the phone book?
Do you think you would mind passing me the phone book?

10) You want to know the price of something.
How much does this cost?
How much money is this?
How much is the price?
How much does it pay?

In the dialogues below, choose the best response.
11) On the phone.
John: Can I speak to Mary.
Mary:
I am Mary
Here is Mary
Speaking Mary
This is Mary

12) In the office.
Mr Smith: Miss Jones, could you help me with this letter?
Miss Jones:
I'm afraid I'm busy at the moment.
I couldn't. I'm busy at the moment.
I'm sorry for being busy at the moment.
I mind being busy at the moment.

13) At the airport.
Attendant: The plane leaves at 9 o'clock.
Passenger:
And how long is the flight?
And how much time is the flight?
And how often is the flight?
And how far is the flight?

14) At a hotel.
Receptionist: The room is £60 a night.
Guest:
Is breakfast included?
Can we eat breakfast for free?
Is the price with breakfast?
Does breakfast take part?

15) At a school.
Secretary: And of course there are tests.
Mother:
How often do you have them?
How much time do you spend?
How many times do they come?
How wide are they?

16) In a restaurant.
Waiter: Anything else?
Customer:
The accounts, please.
Just the bill.
Only how much.
Yes, the sum.

17) In a clothes shop.
Shop assistant: This is a nice colour.
Customer:
Can I wear it?
Can I dress it up?
Can I experiment?
Can I try it on?

18) In a train.
Passenger 1: Do you mind if I smoke?
Passenger 2:
I'd rather you didn't.
I wish you didn't.
I'm afraid I don't.
I don't like it.

19) In a meeting.
Mr Jones: I think we should raise our prices.
Mr Smith:
I couldn't agree more.
I think so.
I approve of you too.
I really accept your plan.

20) At a friend's house.
John: I'll see you at my birthday party on Friday.
Mary:
I'm expecting it very much.
I'm hoping to be there extremely.
I'm anxious to be there.
I'm looking forward to it.

Grammar. Choose the right answer.
21) John and Mary ___ doctors.
am
are
is
be

22) Where ___ Peter live?
is
are
do
does

23) They play football, ___ they?
are
aren't
does
don't

24) I can ___ French.
speak
speaks
speaking
to speak

25) There is ___ bread on the table.
a
any
some
many

26) They saw ___ in the cinema.
we
us
our
your

27) Remember Peter and John? ___.
They always play football
They play always football
They play football always
Always they play football

28) Is this car ___?
they
them
their
theirs

29) They ________ the house yesterday.
Buy
Bought
Have bought
Will buy

30) Nobody answers the phone. He ___ be at home.
can't
mustn't
shouldn't
doesn't have to

31) If James ___ a girlfriend, he would be happier.
has
had
will have
would have

32) Coffee ___ in Brazil.
is producing
has been producing
is produced
was been produced

33) ___ to the United States?
Are you ever been
Did you ever been
Have you ever been
Will you ever been

34) I sent ___.
the letter him
the letter to him
to him the letter
for him the letter

35) They liked ___.
the house very much
too much the house
the house very many
so much the house

36) John: I didn't like the film.
Mary: ___.
So did I
I did too
I didn't too
Nor did I

37) I suggested ___ home.
to go
going
him to go
him going

38) My father makes me ___ to bed early.
go
to go
going
gone

39) I'm fond of ___ football.
play
to play
playing
played

40) They expected ___ the test.
passed
passing
to pass
having passed

Vocabulary
41) Bananas are ___.
yellow
blue
red
pink

42) He has a big ___ in his face.
thumb
shoulder
nose
toe

43) You can buy medicine at the ___.
baker's
butcher's
chemist's
grocer's

44) Please buy a ___ of bread.
jar
box
loaf
tin

45) She likes to wear a ___ because she has nice legs.
shoe
scarf
skirt
stocking

46) I keep the biscuits in the ___.
sink
cupboard
shower
stairs

47) My father is a bank ___.
coach
assistant
manager
player

48) This room is a mess. Please ___ it.
comb
sleep
fly
clean

49) I ___ my holidays at the beach.
pass
buy
spend
give

50) We are going to the club ___ the afternoon.
at
by
in
on

51) I don't have any money. Can I ___ some?
borrow
own
lend
shake

52) I loved the film! It was ___!
boring
wonderful
awful
tiring

53) I'm looking ___ my wallet. Do you know where it is?
at
after
for
with

54) He lies a lot. He's always ___ stories.
taking off
handing in
sending away
making up

55) You play tennis on a tennis ___.
court
field
ground
park

56) She's great. She's so ___.
amusing
annoying
stubborn
strict

57) Peter was ___ of murder.
charged
blamed
remanded
convicted

58) His leg was in plaster, so he had to ___ all the way home.
stroll
stride
limp
sprint

59) I think he has a speech impediment. He ___ a lot.
screams
stutters
grumbles
whistles

60) The driver ___ the bus.
overpassed
overtook
overplayed
overdid