An Inspector Calls: Act 1 Exam
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I don't pretend to know much about it. - ✔✔I should jolly well think so, Gerald. I'd hate
you to know all about port- like one of these purple faced old men.
Here, I'm not a purple faced old man. - ✔✔No, not yet. But then you don't know all
about port- do you?
Special occasion, you know, eh? - ✔✔Yes, go on, Mummy. You must drink our health.
And I'm sure he won't object. - ✔✔Go on, Gerald- just you object!
Of course she does. - ✔✔Yes- except for all last summer when you never came near me,
and I wondered what had happened to you.
And I've told you- I was awfully busy at the works all that time. - ✔✔Yes, that's what
YOU say.
Quite, quite. - ✔✔I don't believe I will. So you be careful.
Oh, I will, I will. *Eric laughs* - ✔✔Now- What's the joke?
I don't know- I just suddenly felt I had to laugh. - ✔✔You're squiffy.
If you think that's the best she can do- - ✔✔Don't be an ass, Eric.
I don't think you ought to talk business on an occasion like this. - ✔✔Neither do I. All
wrong.
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, Thank you. - ✔✔Chump! I can't drink to this, can I? When do I drink?
You can drink to me. - ✔✔All right, then, I drink to you.
and hope I can make you as happy as you deserve to be. - ✔✔You be careful- or I'll start
weeping.
Well, perhaps this will help to stop it. - ✔✔Oh-Gerald- you've got it- is it the one you
wanted me to have?
Yes- the very one. - ✔✔Oh- it's wonderful! Look- Mummy! Isn't it a beauty? Oh-
darling-
Steady, old girl! The buffs. - ✔✔I think it's perfect. now I really feel engaged.
Be careful with it. - ✔✔Careful! I'll never let it out of my sight for an instant. Look, Eric.
Are you listening Sheila? This concerns you too. - ✔✔I'm sorry, Daddy. Actually, I was
listening.
No, she didn't exactly go on the streets. - ✔✔What's this about streets? Oh- sorry. I
didn't know. Mummy sent me in to ask you why you didn't come along into the
drawing room?
I've just told you that. - ✔✔What's all this about?
... there isn't the slightest reason why my daughter should be dragged into this
unpleasant business. - ✔✔What business? What's happening?
... and died, after several hours of agony, tonight in the infirmary. - ✔✔Oh - how
horrible! Was it an accident?
That might have statyed it. - ✔✔Did you, Dad?
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Questions and Answers 100% Pass
I don't pretend to know much about it. - ✔✔I should jolly well think so, Gerald. I'd hate
you to know all about port- like one of these purple faced old men.
Here, I'm not a purple faced old man. - ✔✔No, not yet. But then you don't know all
about port- do you?
Special occasion, you know, eh? - ✔✔Yes, go on, Mummy. You must drink our health.
And I'm sure he won't object. - ✔✔Go on, Gerald- just you object!
Of course she does. - ✔✔Yes- except for all last summer when you never came near me,
and I wondered what had happened to you.
And I've told you- I was awfully busy at the works all that time. - ✔✔Yes, that's what
YOU say.
Quite, quite. - ✔✔I don't believe I will. So you be careful.
Oh, I will, I will. *Eric laughs* - ✔✔Now- What's the joke?
I don't know- I just suddenly felt I had to laugh. - ✔✔You're squiffy.
If you think that's the best she can do- - ✔✔Don't be an ass, Eric.
I don't think you ought to talk business on an occasion like this. - ✔✔Neither do I. All
wrong.
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, Thank you. - ✔✔Chump! I can't drink to this, can I? When do I drink?
You can drink to me. - ✔✔All right, then, I drink to you.
and hope I can make you as happy as you deserve to be. - ✔✔You be careful- or I'll start
weeping.
Well, perhaps this will help to stop it. - ✔✔Oh-Gerald- you've got it- is it the one you
wanted me to have?
Yes- the very one. - ✔✔Oh- it's wonderful! Look- Mummy! Isn't it a beauty? Oh-
darling-
Steady, old girl! The buffs. - ✔✔I think it's perfect. now I really feel engaged.
Be careful with it. - ✔✔Careful! I'll never let it out of my sight for an instant. Look, Eric.
Are you listening Sheila? This concerns you too. - ✔✔I'm sorry, Daddy. Actually, I was
listening.
No, she didn't exactly go on the streets. - ✔✔What's this about streets? Oh- sorry. I
didn't know. Mummy sent me in to ask you why you didn't come along into the
drawing room?
I've just told you that. - ✔✔What's all this about?
... there isn't the slightest reason why my daughter should be dragged into this
unpleasant business. - ✔✔What business? What's happening?
... and died, after several hours of agony, tonight in the infirmary. - ✔✔Oh - how
horrible! Was it an accident?
That might have statyed it. - ✔✔Did you, Dad?
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