ET 6 OLD - UNIT 2 - I CAN’T AFFORD THIS BILL

What did Mrs. Thomson do to minimize the use of home appliances in order to save expenses?

• She increased the use of electricity

• She made more long-distance calls

• She used more water for cleaning and watering the yard

• She switched off the lights when she went to sleep

What is the main purpose of scanning a text?

• To look at specific details in the text

• To look at the general idea of the text

• To write a complaint

• To express disbelief

Which tense is used to express the idea that in the past you thought something would happen in the future?

• Past future tense

• Past continuous tense

• Simple past tense

• Present perfect tense

What is the expression used to show disbelief or surprise in the conversation between Ben and his mother?

• This is extremely unbelievable

• I can't believe it

• It has really taken me by surprise

• All of them

What did Ben suggest to his mother to do about the high electricity bill?

• Do nothing about it

• Increase the use of home appliances

• Ignore the bill and not pay it

• File a complaint to the Office of Electricity (PLN)

What did Mrs. Thomson hope for regarding the next month's house bills?

• She hoped the bills would not be as high as the current month

• She hoped the bills would be higher

• She hoped the bills would remain unpaid

• She hoped the bills would increase

What did Ben do when he found the Office of Electricity (PLN) closed?

• He left without doing anything

• He wrote a message on the form available in the office lobby

• He went to a different office

• He decided to pay the high bill without complaint

What did Mrs. Thomson ask Ben to do regarding the high electricity bill?

• She asked him to pay the bill without complaint

• She asked him to file a complaint to the Office of Electricity (PLN)

• She asked him to increase the use of home appliances

• She asked him to ignore the bill

By the time Sarah arrived at the airport, her flight ________.

• had already left

• will already leave

• is already leaving

• has already left

Last year, they ___ us that the new project ________ by the end of the month.

• telling / is being completed

• told / would be completed

• tell / will be completed

• tell / has been completed