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Can you tell me how much a ticket is for Saturday’s performance of macbeth? The front stalls and the circle are the most expensive at 16.50. The middle seats in the stalls cost 15 and the back three rows cost 12.50 but the view isn’t so good. All seats are 10 for students. I’ll have one in middle please. I’m not a student. I’ve got my credit card here.

2.

It’s chips for lunch. What would you like with them? Not fish again, please! And we had chicken last night. Well, we’ve got plenty of sausages. But we’ve finished the eggs. I’m afraid. That’s decided then.

3.

Hi! Have you had a busy day at the office? Yes. Sorry I’m late. I didn’t get the bus because Pete offered me a lift. We didn’t realise the motorway was closed because of a lorry accident so it took much longer than normal. I’ll be even later tomorrow with the train strike.

4.

How was your holiday.John? We had a good time, but the weather was awful. We didn’t have one sunny day! Oh dear. A week in the rain, poor you. Well, that’s the funny thing. It never actually rained, it was just freezing cold and cloudy, we thought it might even snow.

5.

I’ve had an awful morning! I was really late for my hospital appointment. I just missed the 9 o’clock bus. And the next one didn’t come until 20 to 10. I was supposed to see the doctor at 10 past 10 but didn’t arrive until half past. He wasn’t very pleased.

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Did you get anything from duty – free shop? Then I looked for the Walkman I’d promised I’d get for Tony.  Fortunately, they’d sold all of them, so I had enough money for a lovely silk scarf for myself. I completely forgot about the chocolates I was supposed to get for Mary.

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It’s a bit crowded isn’t it worse than a football match! Can you see well enough from here? It doesn’t matter as long as I can hear and get down the important points of  what he says, it’s OK.

I’m going to the library after this. I want to get this report finished so that I can go to the cinema.