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How Good a Liar are you in English?


1. You: Hi I’m the new manager. ...32.
  I have
  I’m
  I am age
  I
   
2. You: I think she really.... . Go and say hello.
  you like
  she likes
  likes you
  to like you
   
3. You: I’m sorry I’m late. My alarm clock...this morning.
  no went off
  not go off
  no go off
  didn’t go off
   
4. You: I’m afraid you can’t speak to Mr. Hobart. He’s...his office at the moment.
  out
  not in
  not at
  outside of
   
5. Caller: Could you put me through to Ms. Davies, please.
You: I’m sorry. She’s...left for a meeting. She won’t be
  since
  yet
  almost
  already
   
6. You: I have a lot of experience in this area. ...working with these computers for 5 years.
  I have been
  I have
  I am
  I have had
   
7. You: Your birthday? No, of course I didn’t forget. I thought it would be better to celebrate at the weekend. None of our friends were free tonight.
  its your birthday
  you will celebrate at the weekend
  you are not free tonight
  it’s better not to celebrate
   
8. You: Sorry I didn’t call you before, but our CEO arrived without warning and demanded a department meeting.
  you tried to call earlier
  your CEO did not want a meeting
  you always have a meeting at this time
  no-one knew the CEO was coming
   
9. Ticket Inspector: Tickets please.
You: I don’t have one. The ticket machine was out of order this morning and there was no member of staff selling tickets.
  the ticket machine didn’t work this morning
  your forgot to buy a ticket
  only one member of staff was selling tickets
  you bought the wrong ticket
   
10. You: I can’t believe that you haven’t received the payment. ...at least 5 working days ago.
  It is sent
  It was sent
  I sent
  It has sent
   
11. You: It wasn’t my... The man driving the other car was going much too fast. I didn’t have a chance.
  fault
  error
  problem
  mistake
   
12. You: I’d love to come to the party but I have another commitment that night. If you made it Friday rather than Saturday, it’d be fine.
  you are busy Saturday
  you are busy on Friday
  the party is planned for Friday
  the weather will be good on Friday
   
13. You: I’m sorry I haven’t written but I’ve been very busy at work. I think I may have lost your address but it could be at home somewhere.
  you are certain that you’ve lost the address
  you are sure that the address is at home
  the address might be at home
  you’ve been writing letters at home
   
14. You: I thought I was allowed to park here on Sundays.
Warden: I’m afraid not. You used to be able to park here on the weekend but that’s not been the case since 1995.
  you are not allowed to park here
  you could park here in 1995
  you were never allowed to park here
  the law about parking here has changed
   
15. You: I couldn’t ...the game. They were short of people and I didn’t feel I could say no.
  play
  get out of
  excuse
  take part
   

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