TOEFL EXERCISE 15 - UNTRUE CONDITION

1. TOEFL
EXERCISE
15
UNTRUE

2. Number 1
Woman : I’m glad I called and told you about
the meeting.
Man : If you hadn’t called me, I wouldn’t
have known.
Question : WHAT DOES THE MAN MEAN?
Answer : B. The woman called to let him
know about the meeting.

3. Number 2
Man : I always seem to get stopped by the
police.
Woman : If you drove more slowly, the police
would not stop you so often.
Question : WHAT DOES THE WOMAN
MEAN?
Answer : A. The man often drives too
quickly.

4. Number 3
Man : Do you know that some officers are
closed next Friday?
Woman : Wouldn’t it be nice if we didn’t have
to work on Friday?
Question : WHAT DOES THE WOMAN
MEAN?
Answer : D. It’s too bad they must work on
Friday.

5. Number 4
Woman : I don’t think that the letter that I
mailed last week arrived.
Man : If you had put enough postage on it,
the letter would’ve arrived.
Question : WHAT DOES THE MAN MEAN?
Answer : A. She did not put enough
postage on the letter.

6. Number 5
Woman : Do you have a pet dog?
Man : I would like to have one if it didn’t
require so much attention.
Question : WHAT DOES THE MAN MEAN?
Answer : C. He wishes he had a dog.

7. Number 6
Man : Did the other students know we
were having a psychology exam
today?
Woman : Had they known about the exam,
they would’ve prepared for it.
Question : WHAT DOES THE WOMAN SAY
ABOUT THE OTHER STUDENTS?
Answer : B. They didn’t prepare for the
exam.

8. Number 7
Woman : We’re all going out to a great
restaurant tonight. Do you want to
come with us?
Man : If it didn’t cost so much, I would.
Question : WHAT DOES THE MAN MEAN?
Answer : A. It costs too much for him to
go.

9. Number 8
Woman : Do you think Joe saw the car
coming around the corner so fast?
Man : Had he seen the car coming, he
would’ve been able to get out of
the way.
Question : WHAT DOES THE MAN MEAN?
Answer : D. Because Joe didn’t see the car
coming, he couldn’t get out
of the way.

10. Number 9
Woman : I really don’t want to be here now.
Man : If you didn’t want to be here, then
why are you here?
Question : WHAT DOES THE MAN ASSUME?
Answer : B. The woman wanted to be
there.

11. Number 10
Man : Kathy couldn’t have known that the
first prize in the contest was a trip to
Hawaii.
Woman : She would’ve worked harder on her
art project if she had known what first
prize was.
Question : WHAT DOES THE WOMAN
MEAN?
Answer : A. Kathy didn’t work as hard as
possible because she didn’t
know what the reward was.