mr birling

Question 1

Perhaps we may look forward to the time when Crofts and Birlings are no longer …………… but are working together – for lower costs and higher prices.  (Act 1)

Answer 1

Perhaps we may look forward to the time when Crofts and Birlings are no longer competing but are working together – for lower costs and higher prices.  (Act 1)

Question 2

As a …………………………………, who has to take risks and know what he’s about – I say, you can ignore all this …………………………….. talk (Act 1)

Answer 2

As a hard-headed business man, who has to take risks and know what he’s about – I say, you can ignore all this silly pessimistic talk (Act 1)

Question 3

I gather there’s a very good chance of a ……………………– so long as we ………………..ourselves, don’t get into the police court or start a scandal – eh?(Act 1)

Answer 3

I gather there’s a very good chance of a knighthood – so long as we behave ourselves, don’t get into the police court or start a scandal – eh?(Act 1)

Question 4

you’d think everybody has to look after everybody else, as if we were all mixed up together like ………………………… – community and all that nonsense. (Act 1)

Answer 4

you’d think everybody has to look after everybody else, as if we were all mixed up together like bees in a hive – community and all that nonsense. (Act 1)

Question 5

Still, I can’t accept any …………………….. If we were all responsible for everything that happened to everybody we’d had anything to do with, it would be very …………………wouldn’t it? (Act 1)

Answer 5

Still, I can’t accept any responsibility. If we were all responsible for everything that happened to everybody we’d had anything to do with, it would be very awkward, wouldn’t it? (Act 1)

Question 6

Rubbish! If you don’t come down ……………..on some of these people, they’d soon be asking for the …………….. (Act 1)

Answer 6

Rubbish! If you don’t come down sharply on some of these people, they’d soon be asking for the earth. (Act 1)

Question 7

(angrily) Inspector, I’ve told you before, I don’t like the …………… nor the way you’re ……………………………..(act 2)

Answer 7

(angrily) Inspector, I’ve told you before, I don’t like the tone nor the way you’re handling this inquiry.(act 2)

Question 8

You must give me a list of those ……………… I’ve got to ……………………………… as soon as I can. (act 3)

Answer 8

You must give me a list of those accounts. I’ve got to cover this up as soon as I can. (act 3)

Question 9

(angrily) […]There’ll be a ………………………… (act 3)

Answer 9

(angrily) […]There’ll be a public scandal. (act 3)

Question 10

(angrily) Drop that. There’s …………………….. for what both your mother and I did (Act 3)

Answer 10

(angrily) Drop that. There’s every excuse for what both your mother and I did (Act 3)

Question 11

That …………….. obviously didn’t like us. He was …………………..from the start. Probably a ………………(Act 3)

Answer 11

That fellow obviously didn’t like us. He was prejudiced from the start. Probably a socialist (Act 3)

Question 12

(triumphantly) […] The whole story’s just a lot of ……………………… Nothing but an ………………………….. sell! (Act 3)

Answer 12

(triumphantly) […] The whole story’s just a lot of moonshine. Nothing but an elaborate sell! (Act 3)

Question 13

(jovially) But the whole thing’s different now. Come, come, you can see that, can’t you? (Imitating Inspector in his final speech.) You………………………. her. (pointing at Sheila and Eric, and laughing.)and I wish you could have seen the……………………………..when he said that. (Act 3)

Answer 13

(jovially) But the whole thing’s different now. Come, come, you can see that, can’t you? (Imitating Inspector in his final speech.) You all helped to kill her. (pointing at Sheila and Eric, and laughing.)and I wish you could have seen the look on your faces when he said that. (Act 3)

Question 14

(pointing to Eric and Sheila) Now look at the pair of them – the famous ……………………….who know it all. And they can’t even …………………….- (Act 3)

Answer 14

(pointing to Eric and Sheila) Now look at the pair of them – the famous younger generation who know it all. And they can’t even take a joke- (Act 3)