Detailed Instructions: 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: Hello, George. I wanted to speak to you yesterday, but you weren't at your usual place for lunch. ,M: No, I had a free day from the newspaper office, because I worked so much overtime last week. ,F: Oh, I see. You had a holiday. ,M: Well, I stayed at home and looked after the baby. ,F: What? You took care of the baby? Whose baby? ,M: Oh, it was my sister's baby. She wanted to go shopping in the morning, so I stayed at home and did a lot of useful things. ,F: Oh? ,M: Yes, I mended my radio, washed a shirt and some socks and cleaned out the drawers of my desk. ,F: I don't call that a holiday. I wanted to ask you to a concert last night. The one at the town hall near where we lived. ,M: That's funny. My officer called me in the afternoon and asked me to go and write an article about the concert. I notice that you weren't there, but your friend Mary was.
(A) F: I want to invite you to dinner at my home. (B) F: I want to ask you to a concert, but I noticed you were there, too. (C) F: I am sorry. You spoke so rapidly that I did not catch the meaning of what you said. Could you repeat that? (D) F: I want to ask you to a concert.
Solution:
D