1.Complete the gaps (1-5) in the dialogue with the phrases: please accept, my apologies, I’d like to make a complaint, I assure you that, what we can do, I was rather hoping. A: Hello Mr Abdulov, I’ve just inspected a sample of the black cotton trousers and 1)….. B. ms Taylor, what seems that there are some broken stitches on the lining of a number of the units. B: 2)…..some of my staff is quite new and still learning. I will have them add more stitches to each garment immediately. A: 3)….. you could sew the trousers from scratch. Each garment has to be perfect. B: That would be very time consuming. 4)……is have the trousers rest itched at no extra cost. 5)…..the result will be excellent. Would that be okay? A: That will be fine, thanks you.
2. He wondered what kind of newspapers I preferred.
3. He wondered if my family subscribed to any newspaper.
4. She wondered what two main types of newspapers were.
5. She wondered if I preferred to read broadsheets or tabloids.
6. He wondered what “quality”, “broadsheet” newspapers I knew.
7. He wondered what a “tabloid” meant.
8. She wondered if tabloid press was much more popular than the quality press.
9. He wondered if I followed sports news in newspapers.
10. She wondered if I read reviews of new films and books.
11. She wondered if I liked to read articles on politics and finance.
12. He wondered if I read any newspaper in English.
13. She wondered if I looked through my local newspaper.
14. He wondered if some newspapers included “colour supplements”.