Homework. Copy all the information below.

Skill 2: Anticipate the questions.

Example:

(A) In the airport
(B) In the Library
(C) In the dormitory
(D) In the travel agent's office.

You try to anticipate the question.

Where does the conversation probably take place?

1. Question: ____________________________________________

(A) Find work on the campus.
(B) Work in the employment office.
(C) Help students find jobs.
(D) Ask the woman questions.

2. Question: ____________________________________________

(A) In the library.
(B) In the classroom.
(C) In a campus office.
(D) In an apartment.

3. Question: ____________________________________________

(A) No more than ten.
(B) At least twenty.
(C) Not more than twenty.
(D) Up to ten.

4. Question:_____________________________________________

(A) Every morning.
(B) Afternoons and weekends.
(C) When he's in class.
(D) Weekdays.

5. Question:_____________________________________________

(A) Fill out a form.
(B) Give her some additional information.
(C) Tell her some news.
(D) Phone her.

6. Question:_____________________________________________

(A) Just before a vacation.
(B) Just after the end of a school semester.
(C) At the end of the summer.
(D) Just after a break from school.

7. Question:_____________________________________________

(A) Three hours.
(B) Three complete days.
(C) Three classes.
(D) Three weeks.

8. Question:_____________________________________________

(A) A trip to visit the Eskimos.
(B) A trip the woman is planning to take.
(C) A trip the man has already taken.
(D) A camping trip the man and woman took.

More Idioms!

1. Now you have to find the menaning of the next idioms and study carefully all of them because you are going to take a quiz next week.

-burn the candle at both ends

-put someones foot in his mouth

-look out for number one

-kill two birds with one stone

-miss the boat

-jump out of the frying pan and into the fire

2. Copy the next sentences and choose the meaning that best fits.

1. She's buying a lot of new furniture before she even has a job. She is putting the cart before the horse. _____

2. He's not telling me exactly what happened. He's beating around the bush._____

3. She wanted to get that man's telephone number, but she wasn't sure of his last name or where he lived. It was like looking for a needle in a haystack.____

4. He's always too fast and out of control on his motorcycle. He's playing with fire.____

5. She keeps asking if I was the one who was speading rumors about her, but I wasn't. She's barking up at the wrong tree. _____

6. She's been working on that assignment for over two months, and I don't think she's ever going to finish it. She's taking forever and a day. ______

a. doing something dangerous

b. speaking indirectly

c. doing things in the wrong order

d. taking a really long time

e. making a mistake

f. doing something difficult