SKILL 12 – SKILL 13

TOEFL EXERCISE 12

1.  (A) He’s sure about which chapters they are to

read
1. (woman) Are we supposed to read all ten chapters
(B) he thinks he knows what the assignment is before the exam?

(C) he has to tell her how far she should go (man) ___________________, we are.

(D) the professor told them to read the chapters (narrator) WHAT DOES THE MAN MEAN?
after the exam,

2. a.the man should take the pie out

(B) the man should try something else

2. (man) You're out of apple pie!
(C) the man should’t try cherry pie
(woman) Sorry. ________________try the cherry pie?
(D) the man should feel sorry (narrator) WHAT DOES THE WOMAN SUGGEST?

3.  3. (A) He knows the movie starts at 08.00

(B) he is not quite sure when the movie begins 3. (woman) Do you know when the movie starts?
(man) It starts at 8:00, ________________
(C) he thinks the start of the movie has been
changed (narrator) WHAT DOES THE MAN MEAN?.

(D) he will start the movie himself at 08.00

4.  4 (A) Not doing the dishes now
(B) leaving the house with the dishes
(C) leaving later so that they can do the dishes
now
4. (woman) We can't leave now. We have to do the
dishes.
(man) ________________the dishes until later
(narrator) WHAT DOES THE MAN SUGGEST?

(D) washing the dishes before they leave

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 5. (man) Do you think Matt has enough talent for the
role?
5.  
(woman)
5. (A) she’s told Matt he’ll go far
________________ (narrator) WHAT DOES THE
(B) Matt has far from enough talent WOMAN MEAN?
(C) she told Matt to roll farther

(D) she believes Matt has the ability for the part 6. (woman) Did you hear that Mary's in the hospital
with a broken leg?

(man) ________________.
6.  6. (A) They should go to the hospital
(narrator) WHAT DOES THE MAN SUGGEST?
(B) mary should visit the man

(C) the woman should try not to break her leg

7. (man) Where are the children?
(D) they should go on a trip with Mary
(woman) They've gone to the park to play ball,
________________?
7.  7. (A) She knows where the children are
(narrator) WHAT DOES THE WOMAN MEAN?
(B) the children have finished playing ball

(C) she’s going to the park to find the children

(D) she believes that the children are in the park

8. (man) I need some graph paper for my math
assignment.

8. 8. (A) The man should try to borrow some from a (woman) I'm all out. ________________with Tom
neighbor next door?

(B) the man should take a check to Tom (narrator) WHAT DOES THE WOMAN SUGGEST?

(C) the man should work on his math assignment

with tom

(D) the man should check behind the door

9. (woman) Is the utilities bill due on the first or the
fifteenth?

9.   9.  (A) He thinks the bill is due in the middle

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 of the month (man) On the fifteenth, ________________.

(B) the bill is approximately fiteen dollars (narrator) WHAT DOES THE MAN MEAN?

(C) he knows when they should pay the bill

(D) the bill is going to be fifteen days late 10. (man) We need to decide whether or not we're
going to buy that house.

(woman) It's such a big decision.

10.10. (A) They should postpone their decision until ________________before we decide.
morning
(narrator) WHAT DOES THE WOMAN SUGGEST?
(B) they should go to sleep in the new house

(C) they should not buy sucha big house

(D) they should decide where to go to sleep

SKILL 13
SCRIPT SKILL 13

1. 1. (A) Greg always comes to parties

1. (man) Greg should be here any moment.
(B) greg would come to the party later
(woman) ________________, he ________________to the
(C) greg was unable to attend the party party!

(D) greg would stay at the party for only a moment (narrator) WHAT HAD THE WOMAN ASSUMED?

2. (woman) My motorcycle is over there. That's how I got

2. 2. (A) The woman always rode her motorcycle to to school today.
school
(man) ________________ride a motorcycle.
(B) the woman was not coming to school today
(narrator) WHAT HAD THE MAN ASSUMED?
(C) the woman was an expert motorcycle rider

(D) the woman did not know how to ride a

motorcycle 3. (man) I'm having a few friends over for dinner tonight.
Would you like to come?

(woman) ________________how to cook!

3.  3.  (A) The man was not a very good cook
(narrator) WHAT HAD THE WOMAN ASSUMED?

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 (B) the man never invited friends over for dinner

(C) the man would never invite him over for dinner 4. (woman) I'm so tired from all that exercise.

(D) the man was an excellent cook (man) Then, you ________________this morning.

(narrator) WHAT HAD THE MAN ASSUMED?

4.   4.  (A) The woman had run more than three miles

b.the woman always got losts of exercise
(C) the woman ran for three hours in the morning
(D) the woman had not gotten much exercise
5. (man) I just spent five hours working on my research
project.
(woman) Bob, you ________________.
(narrator) WHAT HAD THE WOMAŃ ASSUMED
ABOUT BOB?

5.   5. (A) He had been somewhere else

(B) he had been in the library 6. (man) I just finished carrying the last piece of furniture.

(C) he had been working on his research project (woman) Then, you ________________a new apartment!

(D) he would start working on his project in five (narrator) WHAT HAD THE WOMAN ASSUMED
hours ABOUT THE MAN?

6.   6. (A) He had changed apartments

(B) he did not like his new apartment.
(C) he was still in his old apartment
(D) he had moved from a house to an apartment
7. (woman) Would you like to share some of this piece of
chocolate cake?
(man) So you ________________.
(narrator) WHAT HAD THE MAN ASSUMED?

7.   7. (A) The woman did not like desserts

8. (man) I'm studying now for my driver's license test
(B) the woman ate sweets regularly
(Woman) ________________the test this afternoon.
(C) the woman would not share her chocolate cake
(narrator) WHAT HAD THE WOMAN ASSUMED?
(D) the woman had eaten his piece of cake

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8.   8. (A) The man was going to study hard 9. (woman) I'm heading off to physics class now.

(B) the man already had a driver’s lisence (man) ________________for that course!

(C) the man would not take  the test (narrator) WHAT HAD THE MAN ASSUMED ABOUT
THE WOMAN?
(D) the man had already taken the test

10. (woman) The plumber just left.

9.  9  (A) She had registered in physics.
(man) ________________, the pipes ________________
(B) she would go to physic class later
(narrator) WHAT HAD THE MAN ASSUMED?
(C) she had already taken a physics class

(D) she had not enrolled in physics

1110. (A) The pipes were not clear

(B) the plumber would be late

(C) the plumber had already cleared  the pipes

(D) the pipes did not need to be cleared.

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