2. Write one word only in each gap. Some words can be used more than one time.
Try; not; to; start; let; him; me
JUDITH Hello, you're home early. How did the meeting go?
ALEX Awful! It all started to go wrong when the car broke down. I didn't want
(0) ................get my suit dirty so I gave up (1)...................to fix it after a few
minutes..
JUDITH So then what did you do?
ALEX You know I hate (2)...................getting to a meeting on time ... so I took a taxi.
JUDITH Alex! That must have been really expensive!
ALEX I didn't intend (3)...................go all the way by taxi - just to the station as I knew there was a train at about nine o'clock. But there was an accident on the way, and I missed the train anyway.
JUDITH So you went all the way by taxi?
ALEX Yes, the driver didn't want (4)...................take me because he had another
appointment, but I persuaded (5)...................to. Of course he made (6)..................
pay the whole fare, and extra because he'd missed his appointment.
JUDITH Oh, Alex.
ALEX Then at the office they said I couldn't give my presentation because I was late
-I didn't (7)...................them see I was annoyed, but I was! They were angry, too
- they had hoped to (8)...................the meeting on time so that they could finish
by lunchtime, and they had waited for me for over an hour. It was a completely
wasted day.
JUDITH And a really expensive one!