A bark and a cry

ALWAYS SELECT THE GRAMMATICAL AND CONTEXTUAL CORRECT OPTION

How do you feel?

• I'm ugly

• I'm upset

• I feel mood

• I feel champion

Why?

• I won the lottery!

• My dog barked last night

• Because I'm a champion

• Because I'm sad

And you didn't sleep well, did you?

• No, it wasn't so late, but my niece wake up and my parents had problems to make her sleep again.

• No, I don't.

• Yes, I do.

• Yes, I slept warm, cozy and comfy and now I feel refreshed.

But it wasn't your fault, why are you so concerned?

• Because my dog is silly and dogs resemble their owners.

• You are right, I'm not worried.

• Actually, it was my fault, I didn't feed the dog in time.

• Actually, it was my fault, I had spent much time with my dog and then he was so relaxed that nobody would even notice he was there.

So, your parents had __________ with you...

• empathized

• to empathize

• argued

• an argument

I could do _______, I ______ was at my friend's party

• nothing / still

• nothing / yet

• anything / already

• anything / yet

And why did they bother? Knowing that you _______ feed your dog because you had been outside, they shouldn't mind.

• couldn't have

• weren't able to

• hadn't been able to

• didn't manage to

Because I had told them I was staying at my room studying! I was about to come back for dinner with my parents, but then it was too late, my niece was already sleeping. My plan was a failure because I forgot to feed my dog at the usual time and he asked for his food, then my parents noticed I wasn't at home. It was my fault.

• The dog eats before the rest of the family

• The dog eats after the niece but before the rest of the family

• The dog eats at the same time than the family

• The dog eats later than the rest of the family

My life has always been a ___'s life

Answer explanation

A miserably unhappy existence, as in "He's been leading a dog's life since his wife left him." This expression was first recorded in a 16th-century manuscript and alludes to the miserable subservient existence of dogs during this era. By the 1660s there was a proverb: “It's a dog's life, hunger and ease.”

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