Listen for Untrue Conditions

1.

• The woman did not need to call him.

• The woman called to let him know about the meeting.

• He’s not glad that the woman called.

• He already knew about the meeting when the woman called.

2.

• The man often drives too quickly.

• The police do not stop the man too much.

• The man drove rather slowly.

• The police should not stop the man so often.

3.

• She’s so happy they don’t have to work on Friday.

• It would be nice if they could finish their work on Friday.

• She wonders if the man would be nice enough to come in to work in her place on Friday.

• It’s too bad they must work on Friday.

4.

• She did not put enough postage on the letter.

• The letter arrived last week.

• The letter did not need more postage.

• She did not put any postage on the letter.

5.

• He has a dog.

• He doesn’t pay attention to dogs.

• He wishes he had a dog.

• Dogs do not need much attention.

6.

• They knew they had to prepare for the exam.

• They didn’t prepare for the exam.

• As soon as they knew about the exam, they began to prepare for it.

• They knew that the preparation for the exam would take a lot of time.

7.

• It costs too much for him to go.

• He agrees to go with them.

• He is unworried about the cost of the restaurant.

• The restaurant is rather inexpensive.

8.

• When Joe saw the car coming, he tried to get out of the way.

• Joe was able to get out of the way because he saw the car coming.

• Joe jumped out of the way of the oncoming car.

• Because Joe didn’t see the car coming, he couldn’t get out of the way.

9.

• The woman didn’t come.

• The woman wanted to be there.

• The woman was going to leave immediately.

• The woman was not really there.

10.

• Kathy didn’t work as hard as possible because she didn’t know what the reward was.

• Kathy couldn’t have put more effort into the project to win the prize.

• Kathy won first prize because o f her hard work on the art project.

• Kathy worked so hard that she knew first prize was hers.