Exercise 4 Open the brackets and make the dialogue complete. AN INTERVIEW WITH THE HEADMASTER Interviewer: Excuse me, may we (ask) you a few ques- tions? Headmaster: All right. Go ahead. Interviewer: Can you (speak) English? Headmaster: I'm afraid my English is not very good but I'd like all the pupils of the school (speak) good English. Interviewer: What were your favourite subjects and what subjects did you not (like) at school? Headmaster: Do you expect me (name) all the subjects? Interviewer: Oh, no. We would like you (mention) only a few. Headmaster: I liked French, literature and economics. I didn't like maths and physics. Interviewer: What did you want (be) when you were a boy and what did your parents want you (become)? Headmaster: I wanted (become) a teacher. And so did my parents as both of them were teachers.

Interviewer: Excuse me, may we ask you a few questions?
Headmaster: All right. Go ahead.
Interviewer: Can you speak English?
Headmaster: I'm afraid my English is not very good but I'd like all the pupils of the school to speak good English.
Explanation: The headmaster is expressing that although his own English skills may not be strong, he believes it is important for all the students in the school to have good English skills.
Interviewer: What were your favourite subjects and what subjects did you not like at school?
Headmaster: Do you expect me to name all the subjects?
Explanation: The headmaster is questioning whether the interviewer wants him to list all the subjects, as it would be a long list.
Interviewer: Oh, no. We would like you to mention only a few.
Explanation: The interviewer reassures the headmaster that they only want him to mention a few subjects, not all of them.
Headmaster: I liked French, literature, and economics. I didn't like maths and physics.
Explanation: The headmaster shares his favorite subjects from school (French, literature, and economics) as well as the subjects he did not like (maths and physics).
Interviewer: What did you want to be when you were a boy and what did your parents want you to become?
Headmaster: I wanted to become a teacher. And so did my parents, as both of them were teachers.
Explanation: The headmaster reveals that both he and his parents desired for him to become a teacher, as they were all involved in the teaching profession.