TASK DEFINITION: In this task you are given a small conversation between two persons and 4 options on how the conversation should continue. Your job is to choose the most reasonable option. The conversation and the options are separated by a newline character. Each dialogue in the conversation are separated by a comma. F and M indicate female and male, respectively.
PROBLEM: F: Have you seen this story in The Herald? It says The Times is closing down in three months' time. ,M: Ben, that's good news. That newspaper is terrible. I won't miss it.
(A) F: Why do you feel disappointed about The Times? It is not going to close down. (B) F: Why do you feel joyful about The Times? It is closing down in two months. (C) F: You must feel joyful as The Times is going to close down in three months. (D) F: Just a minute! I do not quite follow what you are saying, would you mind repeating that?

SOLUTION: C

PROBLEM: F: Are you doing anything special this weekend? ,M: I wanted to go to the music festival in the National Park. But one of my friends invited me to her house for dinner. So I'm going to the dinner on Saturday night instead. What about you? Are you going to the festival? ,F: I was planning on going with my sister, but she got a phone call from her boss and found out that she has to work so she can't drive me there.
(A) M: So, your sister still can drive you there? Okay, I see. I will attend a music festival on Saturday night. (B) M: Well, as one of my friends invited me to her school for dinner, I will visit my friend on Saturday night. (C) M: Well, I will visit my friend on Saturday night as one of my friends invited me to her house for dinner. (D) M: I am really sorry, I did not catch that. Would you slow down, please?

SOLUTION: C

PROBLEM: M: Anna, your wedding day is this weekend. Are you ready? ,F: Yeah, I think so, except for one thing. I'm supposed to wear some special things to the wedding for good luck. ,M: I've thought you were planning to wear a wedding dress. ,F: I am of course, but it says that to have a happy marriage, I have to wear something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue. ,M: I've never heard about that. So what are you going to wear? ,F: Well, for something old, I'm wearing my grandmother's diamond ring. And my wedding dresse is something new and I'm wearing blue flowers in my hair.
(A) M: I am afraid I did not quite catch what you were saying. Please repeat it. (B) M: Congratulations on getting a diamond ring from your grandmother. (C) M: Ah, I have heard about that, then the diamond ring you have got from your grandmother is something old. (D) M: Wow, you mean you have got blue flowers from your grandmother and the flowers will in your dress, yes?

SOLUTION:
B