TOEFL

EXERCISE 15
UNTRUE
Number 1
Woman : I’m glad I called and told you about the
meeting.
Man : If you hadn’t called me, I wouldn’t have
known.

Question : WHAT DOES THE MAN MEAN?

Answer: B. The woman called to let him know
about the meeting.
Number 2
Man : I always seem to get stopped by the
police.
Woman : If you drove more slowly, the police
would not stop you so often.

Question : WHAT DOES THE WOMAN MEAN?

Answer: A. The man often drives too quickly.
Number 3
Man : Do you know that some officers are
closed next Friday?
Woman : Wouldn’t it be nice if we didn’t have to
work on Friday?

Question : WHAT DOES THE WOMAN

MEAN?
Answer: D. It’s too bad they must work on
Friday.
Number 4
Woman : I don’t think that the letter that I mailed
last week arrived.
Man : If you had put enough postage on it, the
letter would’ve arrived.

Question : WHAT DOES THE MAN MEAN?

Answer: A. She did not put enough postage on
the letter.
Number 5
Woman : Do you have a pet dog?
Man : I would like to have one if it didn’t
require so much attention.

Question : WHAT DOES THE MAN MEAN?

Answer: C. He wishes he had a dog.
Number 6
Man : Did the other students know we were
having a psychology exam today?
Woman : Had they known about the exam, they
would’ve prepared for it.

Question : WHAT DOES THE WOMAN SAY

ABOUT THE OTHER STUDENTS?
Answer: B. They didn’t prepare for the exam.
Number 7
Woman : We’re all going out to a great
restaurant tonight. Do you want to come with
us?
Man : If it didn’t cost so much, I would.

Question : WHAT DOES THE MAN MEAN?

Answer: A. It costs too much for him to go.
Number 8
Woman : Do you think Joe saw the car coming
around the corner so fast?
Man : Had he seen the car coming, he
would’ve been able to get out of the way.

Question : WHAT DOES THE MAN MEAN?

Answer: D. Because Joe didn’t see the car
coming, he couldn’t get out of the way.
Number 9
Woman : I really don’t want to be here now.
Man : If you didn’t want to be here, then why
are you here?

Question : WHAT DOES THE MAN ASSUME?

Answer: B. The woman wanted to be there.
Number 10
Man : Kathy couldn’t have known that the first prize in
the contest was a trip to Hawaii.
Woman : She would’ve worked harder on her art
project if she had known what first prize was.

Question : WHAT DOES THE WOMAN MEAN?

Answer: A. Kathy didn’t work as hard as possible
because she didn’t know what the reward was.