Which of these is definitely true

The kitchen sink dramas

a) were often comedies.

b) were set in the north of England.

c) starred angry actors.

d) usually had happy endings.

Which of these is not true. Billy Liar is unhappy because

a) he doesn’t have a girlfriend.

b) his friends don’t understand him.

c) he hates the place where he lives.

d) he doesn’t like his job.

Which of these is definitely true

a) Billy doesn’t have a dressing gown.

b) Billy’s mum is rude to him.

c) Billy is often late for work.

d) Billy knows what his father is going to say to him.

4 Billy’s two fiancées don’t know about each other yet. c

5 Billy thinks that the way Lizzie lives her life is exciting. c

6 Billy decides not to leave with Lizzie because he likes his life at home. c

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Communication

1 Complete the dialogue with a word from the box in each gap.

too / so / serious / saying / wrong

spot / totally / did / right / may

convinced / hear / agree

Speaker: Fellow travellers. You’re tired.

I know that. Me ⁰____ too___. But we need to talk. Some people think that all children should be brought up away from their parents. Now I’m not ¹_______________ _______________ by this. I think children need their own parents. I know you want our new world to be fairer than the old one. I ²_______________ what you are ³_______________. I know you hated your life back in the old country and ⁴_______________ _______________ I. And I know that some of you think we should reject everything that we had before. You ⁵_______________ be _______________ but I don’t entirely ⁶_______________ with that. I think we should reject the things that were wrong and keep the ones that were right. What’s ⁷_______________ with accepting that some ways were correct? Are you saying that you want to reject everything because some of the rules and ideas were unfair? Surely you’re not ⁸_______________? Reject the bad, accept the good. What do you say to that?

Crowd: Excellent, Yes, ⁹_______________ on!

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TOTAL

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