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Exercises

26.8 What message could you say on the phone or write in a card to these people?
1 A friend. Next week is 25 December.
2 A friend who is 21 tomorrow.
3 A friend on January 1st or soon after.
4 A very good friend who has just passed some important exams.
5 A friend who is going to take his driving test in three days’ time.
6 A friend you know you are going to meet in the next few days/weeks.

26.2 Complete the conversations in a suitable way.

26.3 What could you say in these situations?
1 You are in a meeting. Someone enters the room and says you have an important telephone
call. What do you say as you leave?
2 Someone says something to you but you didn’t hear all of it. What do you say?
3 You met a new business client for the first time fifteen minutes ago, and now you are
leaving. What do you say?
4 You are in a crowded bus. It is your stop and you want to get off. What do you say to
other passengers as you move past them?
5 You are staying with some English friends. What do you say to them when you leave the
room in the evening to go to bed?
6 You are in the street. A woman walks past you and at the same time something falls out of
her bag. She has her back to you. What do you say?
7 A friend tells you they have just won a competition.
8 Another friend is going for a job interview this afternoon.

26.4 Here are some more special expressions. When do we use them and do you have equivalent
expressions in your own language?
hard luck say ‘cheese’ watch out I’ve no idea

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