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 is 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 is working in a factory in the opposite direction: so I'm queuing like you.
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 is speaking now.
Ann: Well, his girl friend comes from Japan too; so I suppose he is speaking Japanese.
10 It is 8.30. Tom and Ann are having breakfast. They both are opening their letters.
Tom: No one ever writes to me. All I get is bills! Do you have anything interesting? (Have you got anything interesting?)
11 Ann: I've got a letter from Hugh. He says he is coming to London next week and wants us to meet him for lunch.
12 Peter: Do you have traffic wardens in your country?
Pedro: No, I don't think so. You don't see them in my town anyway. What exactly does a traffic warden do?
13 Peter: He walks up and down the street and if a car stays too long at a parking place or parks in a no-parking area, he sticks a parking ticket to the windscreen.
14 Look! He is putting a ticket on Tom's car. Tom will be furious when he sees it. He hates getting parking tickets.
15 Customer: I want to buy a fur coat. Have you got any nice coats for about £500?
Assistant: I'm afraid we are just closing, madam. It's 4.55, and we always close at 5.00 sharp on Fridays as Mr Jones the manager doesn't want to miss his favourite television programme.
