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Language quiz

10-11

1) I’m starving! I could eat a(n)

a. cow b. pig c. elephant d. horse

If you are hungry, we say “I’m starving! I could eat a horse”.

2) On stepping on the moon, Neil Armstrong said “That's one small step for man, one ________ leap for mankind ”

a. huge b. enormous c. giant d. massive

c) giant

3) What does the following mobile text (cell phone SMS) abbreviation mean? cu2nite

a) See you later

b) See you tonight

c) See you soon

d) See you at 2 o’clock

b) See you tonight

4) Match money with their slang names

1. £1

2. £10.

3.  £1,000

4. £100

a) a "ton“

b)  a "grand“

c) a quid

d) a "Darwin “

  £1 –a Quid

£10- a"Darwin“

  £1,000 - 

a "grand“

£100-

a "ton"

5) The idiom for “get married “ _______ the knot

a) make

b) have

c) bind

d) tie

'Tie the knot' is a very common phrase which means 'to get

married'.

5.

6) The police _______ him for hours about the murder.

a) chopped

b) washed

c) diced

d) grilled

d) grilled

7) Which adjective is the odd one out?

a) redundant

b) unemployed

c) sacked

d) promoted

d) promoted

8) If you were in Amsterdam, what language would you hear?

a. Dutch

b. Deutsch

c. Hollandaise

d. Netherlish

Amsterdam is the capital of Holland, where they speak Dutch.

9) I know they're not very good books. But I want to read something light, easy, funny and romantic. Sometimes __________ is just what I need.

a) children's stories

b) chick-lit

c) tea-time book

d) a cook book

b) Chick-lit describes a type of book, where the stories are written by women, about women,

for women to read .

10) In a modern marriage the family of the bride and groom are likely to pay for the wedding together. Which expression below is the odd one out?

a) Go halves

b) Split the cost

c) Foot the bill

d) Go Dutch

If you offer pay for something on your own, you 'foot the bill'.

  11 ) If you are in the black

  a. you are owed money   b . you owe money   c . You don't owe money

You don't owe money

12) A teenager who spends all day in front of a computer screen is called a ____________.

a) screenager

b) cybersickness

c) ciberwidow

d) e-cash

a) screenager

Well done!