11. Shop Assistant: Can I help you?

Customer: Yes, I'd like to buy ___ trousers.

12. Mother: Where’s that fish I bought? It was on the table.

Daughter: Oh no! The cat ___ it.

13. Amanda: I like your new sofa.

Fahima: Thanks. It's ___ comfortable than the other one we had.

14. Alicia: I'm going to the supermarket. Do you want anything?

Peter: Could you get ___ milk, please?

15. Karina: When do you want to play football?

Aniqa: I ___ to play tomorrow, because I don’t need to go to work.

16. Manisha: What did you do at the weekend?

Nicola: I ___ tennis with my friend on Saturday.

17. Wife: Have we got any cheese in the fridge?

Husband: No, we haven't. I'm ___ buy some this afternoon.

18. 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.

19. Miriam: Are you coming to my party on Tuesday?

Brian: I'm really sorry, but I ___ to take my daughter to the airport.

20. Saif: Why do you like running?

Isabella: Because it's ___ way to keep fit.

21. Anna: Have you lived here a long time?

Stefan: Yes, over 40 years. I know ___ of people in this town.

22. 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.

23. Anna: That bird's on the garden table again. I think it's hungry.

Juliana: Yes, look! It ___ eat the bread we put there.

24. Sophie: How long ___ married?

Ying Yue: Two years. I met my husband when I was working in New York.

25. David: Have you ___ that new film yet?

Susanna: No, I haven't. We could go on Thursday if you like?

26. Shop Assisstant: Excuse me, please. Could I get past?

Customer: Oh, I'm sorry. I'm getting in the way, ___ I?

27. Wife: Advertising is a big business for musicians.

Husband: Yes, musicians ___ a lot of money for writing short pieces of music.

28. 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.

29. Juliana: Do you like Brazilian coffee?

Miriodere:: No I don't, because it's ___ strong.

30. Matthew: Would you like anything from the shop?

Alicia: Yes, I'd like one of ___ celebrity magazines, please.

31. 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.

32. Mother: ___ you packed your suitcase yet? We're leaving early tomorrow morning.

Son: I'll do it later. It won't take long.

33. Lucas: Do you play the piano, Natasha?

Natasha: Well, I ___ play when I was younger, but I’m not sure I remember now.

34. Martina: What did the doctor say about your stomach pains?

Padma: He asked me what I ___ for the last two days

35. Daughter: Everyone has arrived apart from Pamela.

Mother: Don't worry, she phoned me this morning and said she ___ be a bit late.

36. 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.

37. Ameena: What colour are you going to paint the living room?

Charlotte: I ___ probably choose something bright, like yellow.

38. 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.

39. Stephen: The concert was fantastic yesterday. You ___ have come.

Yuuto: I know. I wanted to, but I had to work late.

40. 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?

41. 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.

42. Assisstant: That meeting was really difficult. What would you have done if you ___ in my position?

Manager: Oh, I think you managed it very well.

43. Natalia: My new smartphone doesn't seem to work.

Katie: Oh dear! Perhaps you should take it ___ and ask for a refund.

44. 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.

45. 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.

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.