Historias y Humor: The Two Ronnies (listening comprehension exercise)

I invite you to listen again to The Optician's by the Two Ronnies, and then fill in the gaps in the text below (the first half of the sketch): 


Client: Hello? (1)------- there?

Client: Ah! Good morning!

Client: I'm sorry I meant...

Client: (2)------! sorry, sorry, sorry, I meant to..., I meant to...

Optician: Good morning, Miss Prindergast, you're (3)------!

Client: Ah, good morning.

Optician: Oh, I'm sorry. Good morning, sir.

Client: Good morning. Erm, (4)------ I have 2 pounds of potatoes please?

Optician: No,no,no sir, this is an (5)------, sir.

Client: Eh what?

Optician: Opticians. Look, it says (6)------ over the door.

Client: Oh sorry, so it (7)-----!

Client: Well it doesn't (8)------, because I was coming here anyway. I've got it down on my list: (9)----- and opticians. You see?

Optician: Oh, I see, yes.

Client: It was the (10)----- idea, actually.

Optician: Oh yes, well, do sit down, (11)----- you?

Client: Thank you very much!...You're...you're (12)----- here, aren't you?

Optician: Yes, I've been here about 6 (13)------, yes.

Client: Yes, I thought I hadn't (14)---- you before.

Optician: The other lady left to (15)------- married.

Client: But, you're not a lady, (16)------ you?

Optician: No, no,no, I just (17)----- her job.

Optician: Would you (18)------ for a cup of tea? I've just made one.

Client: That's very (19)-----, yes.

Optician: Now tell me, what's a...what seems to be the (20)------?

Client: Well, I've just got the feeling that my (21)----- isn't quite what it used to be.

Optician: Yes? Whatever (22)------- you think that?

Client: Well, I started (23)----- into people at the office, you know? - people I work with.

Optician: Oh, really?

Client: Yes.

Optician: Yes, what (24)----- of people?

Client: Well, the people I (25)----- the office with, you see? I kept bumping into them and I (26)----- I hadn't seen them properly for a long time.

Optician: Oh, dear...Do you (27)------ sugar?

Client: No, no sugar (28)------- me thank you.

Optician: Right, here we are then, you have that. Do sit down and we'll see if we can work something (29)----- for you, shall we?

Client: Thank you very much. It can be (30)----- inconvenient, you know?, spectacles. I don't know, do you (31)---- them at all?

Optician: Er...well I must confess, yes I do I wear them, yes - but only for reading and for (32)---- things, you know?

Client: Yes, well I...I was passing by, so I thought I'd just sort of (33)---- in, you know?

Optician: Yes, yes, well you obviously (34)---- something a lot stronger.

Client: Yes, I (35)----, thank you very much!

Optician: Well, I tell you (36)---- we'll do.

Client: Yes?

Optician: We'll just have a look at some eye (37)----, shall we? And we'll just (38)---- your eyes.

Client: Right, yes.

Client: Is there a.....is there a (39)---- in here?

Optician: No, no, no, that was me. I was just...well I was just (40)---- myself, you know?

KEY

(1) anybody; (2) Oops; (3) early; (4) could; (5) opticians; (6) so; (7) does; (8) matter; (9) greengrocer's; (10) wife's; (11) will; (12) new; (13) months; (14) seen; (15) get; (16) are; (17) took; (18)  care; (19) nice; (20) trouble; (21) sight; (22) makes; (23) bumping; (24) sort; (25) share; (26) realised; (27) take; (28) for; (29) out; (30) rather; (31) wear; (32) seeing; (33) pop; (34) need; (35) do; (36) what; (37) charts; (38) test; (39) dog; (40) scratching