A: How do you sew a button on? Is it difficult? B: No, it’s ____. I’ll show you. A: I didn’t see the second half of the match. So, the score was 3-0 (3 nil) at half time. And then what happened? B: It went ____. A: Oh.. B: The final score was 5 – 0 (5 nil). A: What was the science homework like? B: It was ____. It only took me 20 minutes. A: Were you late for the football practice? B: No, I was there at 6, ____. A: Oh, that’s good. I was worried you were going to be late. "____ is going on in here?" A: You’ve really ____ now. Julie’s really upset. B: What do you mean? I only said we were going to see a film on Saturday. A: I know. But we forgot to invite her. A: What time is the next bus? We’ve been here for ages. B: Well, there’s no timetable, so it’s ____. A: So, you move from a big city to a small village in the country. What’s it like? B: Well, ____, it’s very nice, because the air is clean. That’s lovely countryside. And you can go on long walks and bike rides. But ____, it can be a bit too quiet. And it’s difficult to get to see your friends and go to cinema. A: Where’s John? B: I haven’t got ____. I haven’t seen him for ages. A: That storm at the weekend was really terrible. Lots of trees were blown down and some places were flooded. B: Yes, ____ we decided not to go camping. A: My brother was ____ all weekend. B: Why? A: He’s waiting to hear if he had a place at university to study medicine. B: What happened? A: He got in. B: That’s great. So those were some of the school’s achievements in exams, sports, arts, and drama this year. Now, ____, I would like to congratulate the students in year 8 for winning the prize for the best school jazz band. Take it away, year 8! A: What did your parents say when you told them you’d won first prize in the maths competition? B: They were ____. A: It really ____ when people are chatting and being silly in the class. It just wastes time. B: I agree. It’s so annoying. You can’t hear what the teacher says. I don’t eat many sweet things like cakes and biscuits. But ____, I have a chocolate ice cream. And I really enjoy it. A: Your little brother is so sweet. B: Yes, he is. But sometimes, he’s ____ especially when he wakes me up by jumping on my bed. A: Sir, can we watch a video today? It’s the end of the week and we’re tired. B: Sorry, no. ____. We’ve got a lot to get through this afternoon. A: What’s the matter, James? B: I was playing football, and accidentally broke my neighbor’s window. He ____. A: I thought we had to write out all the idioms without looking at the book. B: No, you’ve ____. We just have to read them and make sure we understand them. A: There’s a boy in our class who’s a good pianist. He practices for 3 hours every night. B: ____. I’m sure you don’t need to do that much. A: Shall we meet on Saturday or Sunday? B: I don’t mind. ____ I’m free on both days. A: I’ve given up my job and I’m going to paint. I’ve always wanted to be an artist. B: ____ what happens if you don’t sell any paintings? How are you going to live? A: Oh, something will turn up. It’ll be fine. A: Have you been to that new ice cream place in town? B: Yes, I have. ____. It’s the best ice cream I’ve ever tasted. A: I don’t think that everyone should have to do art at school. Because some of us are really bad at it and it’s a waste of time. B: ____, because I wasn’t very good at art when I was at school. But it gets more interesting when you start looking at painters and different types of paintings. Give it a bit more of a chance. A: Dad, can we go to New Zealand? B: Why? A: Because it’s really good for adventure sports like kayaking and bungee jumping. I’d love to do a bungee jump. Would you do one with me? B: ____. A: I’m not going into the central of town this afternoon. B: Why? What’s going on? A: Well, there’s a festival in the main square and there are loads of tourists in town. ____.

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