Parking in London

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Intermediate

Task 1: Parking in London

1. Choose the best answer (a, b or c) for each of the following questions.
(1) How does Lesley look?

a. Excited. b. Exhausted. c. Foolish.
(2) What happened to her today? a. She failed to remember where she parked her car. b. She could not find where the Tube Station was. c. She had a terrible fight with a traffic policeman.
(3) Why didn't she find her car? a. Because she was frightened by the policeman. b. Because it was the first time she went to London. c. Because she didn't know at each exit of the Tube Station there was a car park.
(4) Why did Lesley say "Sorry" all the time? a. Because the policeman got very angry. b. Because she needed the policeman's help. c. Because she ran into the policeman.

2. True or False Questions.
(1)
Lesley parked the car in central London.
(2)
Lesley went to London by Tube.
(3)
Lesley's car was green.
(4)
The policeman was old and wore new uniform.
(5)
There was only one car park at the Tube Station.
(6)
The policeman was friendly to Lesley all the time.

3. Fill in the blanks in the following sentences with what you hear on the tape.
(1) I'm
someone.
(2) I thought I'd be very
, so I'd drive down to the Underground
London.
(3) And was he ever so
?
(4) He
at me.

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Task 1: Parking in London

1. Choose the best answer (a, b or c) for each of the following questions.
(1) How does Lesley look?

a. Excited. b. Exhausted. c. Foolish.
(2) What happened to her today? a. She failed to remember where she parked her car. b. She could not find where the Tube Station was. c. She had a terrible fight with a traffic policeman.
(3) Why didn't she find her car? a. Because she was frightened by the policeman. b. Because it was the first time she went to London. c. Because she didn't know at each exit of the Tube Station there was a car park.
(4) Why did Lesley say "Sorry" all the time? a. Because the policeman got very angry. b. Because she needed the policeman's help. c. Because she ran into the policeman.

2. True or False Questions.
(1)
Lesley parked the car in central London.
(2)
Lesley went to London by Tube.
(3)
Lesley's car was green.
(4)
The policeman was old and wore new uniform.
(5)
There was only one car park at the Tube Station.
(6)
The policeman was friendly to Lesley all the time.

3. Fill in the blanks in the following sentences with what you hear on the tape.
(1) I'm
someone.
(2) I thought I'd be very
, so I'd drive down to the Underground
London.
(3) And was he ever so
?
(4) He
at me.