Watch the video. Listen and repeat to improve your pronunciation. Complete the exercise below.
have been looking • to cover • to write • without recording • catching up on • could have bought • hate driving • about to call • such a bad • cheque I wrote • at least they're nice • enough money • joint account • straighten it out • said I could • to record • was returned • take a look at • there wasn't • I'd better go
Click and Drop: click on a word in the box above and then in the correct space. Check your answers. What is your score?
| ALI: Hi, Mansoureh. |
| MANSOUREH: Oh! Hi, Ali, you're back from work early. |
| ALI: Yeah, well, the traffic wasn't so bad today. It only took me twenty-five minutes. |
| MANSOUREH: Twenty-five minutes! Well, that's good. I know how much you in traffic. |
| ALI: Yeah! Busy? |
| MANSOUREH: Yeah, I'm just some letters to my family. |
| ALI: How are they going? |
| MANSOUREH: Not bad. I even managed a letter to your sister. |
| ALI: Good! I am letter writer. |
| MANSOUREH: Oh, I'll say. Oh, no! |
| ALI: Is there something wrong with the mail? |
| MANSOUREH: I just got a notice for an NSF cheque. The to the grocery store bounced. I guess there wasn't in our account. |
| ALI: Let me take a look at this. You looked at the chequebook record before you wrote the cheque, didn't you? |
| MANSOUREH: Yes. I don't understand. I thought we had about $200 (two hundred dollars) in our . |
| ALI: Well, let's just the record. I'm sure it's just a mistake. Oh! I remember, I forgot the car repairs. |
| MANSOUREH: The car repairs! Well, how much did you spend? |
| ALI: About $160 (one hundred and sixty dollars). |
| MANSOUREH: Well, that's the problem. When I wrote the cheque for the groceries, they came to about $180 (one hundred and eighty dollars). So I guess enough money in our account to cover it. |
| ALI: Well, I'll take some money out of the savings account tomorrow and deposit it in our chequing account. |
| MANSOUREH: Okay. And I'll phone the grocery store and apologize. in tomorrow and pay them cash. |
| ALI: Good. Sorry about the mistake. |
| MANSOUREH: No problem! At least we can . |
| ALI: Hmm. |
| MR. SMILEY: Smiley's Grocery. Can I help you? |
| MANSOUREH: Hi, this is Mansoureh Ran. I wrote you a cheque last week and I've just received notice from my bank that there wasn't enough money in the account the cheque. |
| MR. SMILEY: Yes, the cheque to the store today. I was you. |
| MANSOUREH: My husband and I have a joint account, and he wrote a cheque it. I'm very sorry about this. I'll come in tomorrow and pay you cash. |
| MR. SMILEY: That's fine, Mrs. Ran, but you know we have a $5 (five-dollar) charge on any returned cheques. |
| MANSOUREH: Yes. I understand. I'll see you tomorrow? |
| MR. SMILEY: Okay. Bye now. |
| MANSOUREH: Thanks. Bye-bye. |
| ALI: So, what did they say? |
| MANSOUREH: Oh, Mr. Smiley come in tomorrow and pay cash. |
| ALI: Well, about it. |
| MANSOUREH: Unfortunately they're going to charge us $5 (five dollars) for the returned cheque. |
| ALI: Oh, that's too bad. I guess the bank will probably charge us something, too. |
| MANSOUREH: That's right. You me flowers instead! |
| ALI: I know! But I bought you this book by your favorite writer. |
| MANSOUREH: Oh, Ali, that's wonderful! I for this book for ages! |
| ALI: Uh-huh, I know. |
| MANSOUREH: Ah, $8.50 (eight dollars and fifty cents)! |
| ALI: Hey, hey, hey. I paid for it in cash. |
This exercise has been made using a free generator and script at Random Idea English Video courtesy TRU University – Open Learning Division
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