Question

1) Only one of the sentences below is correct. Which one is it?
a) I think you owe me an explanation
b) I am thinking you are owing me an explanation
c) I think you are owing me an explanation
d) I am thinking you owe an explanation to me


2) Which of the alternatives is grammatically correct?
a) Would you have hired him if he told the truth about having done time?
b) Would you have been hiring him if he had told the truth about having done time?
c) Would you have hired him if he tells us the truth about having done time?
d) Would you have hired him if he had told the truth about having done time?


3) When the phone rings, the first thing to do (1) __________. Sometimes there are problems during the conversation. For example, (2) ______________. It is important to explain to the caller that (3) _____________. When you finish the call, then (4) ____________

a) (1) is to attend the telephone, (2) the line may be cut off, (3) you did not hang up on the person, (4) you can hang up

b) (1) is to answer the telephone, (2) the line should be cut off, (3) you did not turn off the telephone, (4) you can hang up

c) (1) is to attend the telephone, (2) the line can be cut off, (3) you did not hang the person, (4) you can turn down

d) (1) is to answer the telephone, (2) the line may be cut off, (3) you did not hang up on the person, (4) you can hang up

Answer 1

1. a) I think you owe me an explanation

2. d) Would you have hired him if he had told the truth about having done time?

3. d) (1) is to answer the telephone, (2) the line may be cut off, (3) you did not hang up on the person, (4) you can hang up