TOEFL Listening Skill 4: Passives

What does the woman mean

• Her family just arrived

• She must pack to go visit her family

• She opened the door to greet her family

• The box from her family was opened

What does the man imply

• He completed the report

• He's coming to work on the report

• The report is due tomorrow morning

• The report still needs an infinite amount of work

What does the woman mean

• The parents are in bed now

• The children were allowed to stay up

• The parents stayed away from the children

• The children have gone to bed

What does the man mean

• He got lost

• The door was not in front of the house

• He did not need a key to the door

• The key was lost

What does the man mean

• He picked out some flowered wallpaper for the dining rom

• The dining room table has flowers painted on it

• The flowers were placed on the table

• The flowers were grown in the dining room

What does the woman mean

• Nothing is really the matter

• She stole some money

• She left her purse in the store

• Someone took her purse

What does the man mean

• He's quite scared

• He likes her pets

• He would like to pick up a little snake

• He frightens the snakes

What does the woman mean

• She wrote directions in a letter

• Instructions were followed exactly

• A new director has been appointed

• She would follow the man to the housing project

What does the man mean

• They can cook supper in no time

• He doesn't know how to play tennis

• He's a super cook

• Dinner needs to be prepared

What does the woman mean

• The exam really is tomorrow

• There was a change in the content of the exam

• The professor moved the exam to another day

• They have to change their plans for tomorrow