Choose the most appropriate of the
three alternatives:
1) Well, that about does it.
a) Finishing a job
b) Offering someone a drink
c) When you find the tool
you need
2) Go ahead.
a) Telling someone to leave
the room
b) Insisting someone help
you
c) Telling someone it
is okay to do something
3) You don’t mind, do you?
a) Accusing someone of
indifference
b) Helping yourself to a
chip from your friend’s plate
c) Asking whether someone
remembers something
4) She doesn’t have a bean.
a) Describing someone very
stupid
b) Explaining that someone
is very poor
c) When it is obvious that
someone doesn’t know the answer
5) I blew it.
a) After you have succeeded
in something
b) Explaining that you have
broken something
c) After you have wasted an
opportunity
6) Beats me!
a)When you are unable to answer a
question or explain something
b)
Describing something you like very much
c)
Referring to someone who has a powerful emotional effect on you
7)There’ll be hell to pay.
a)
Warning that a restaurant bill will be very high
b)
Predicting that someone will be very angry
c)
Warning that a course of action will be extremely arduous
8)He’s very well off.
a)
Referring to someone a long way from your current location
b)
Describing someone in excellent health
c)
Referring to someone rich
9)Let’s hope they don’t get wind of it!
a)
When you are afraid that your food may have an unfortunate effect on your
dinner guests
b)
Expressing concern that an object might be thrown away
c)
When you are worried that a secret might be discovered
10)That’s neither here nor there.
a)
Describing something that you think lacks a clear identity
b)
Replying to an observation you consider irrelevant
c)
Expressing frustration about an object you can’t find
11) You’ve been led up the garden path.
a) Assuring someone that
they have had more help than they perhaps deserve
b) Reminding someone that
they have been treated especially well
c) Pointing out to someone
that they have been deceived
12) Smart arse!
a) Replying to someone who
is irritating you by displaying how clever they are
b) Expressing distaste for
small city cars
c) Passing comment on a
person you find attractive from behind
13) Fat chance!
a) When you are very
sceptical about the possibility of something happening
b) Commenting on a great
opportunity
c) Warning someone that the
food they are about to eat may be high in cholesterol
14) He’s lost his marbles.
a) Describing someone who
no longer seems to have any enthusiasm for life
b) Referring to a
politician whose reputation has been damaged
c) Describing someone who appears to have gone crazy
15) Step on
it!
a) Encouraging people to dance
b) Telling someone to move or to do something more
quickly
c) Urging someone to stop doing something
16) It’s a
rip-off!
a) Describing a dress you think is particularly beautiful
b) Referring to an item or service which is scandalously
overpriced
c) Describing an incredibly wild party
Soluzioni: 1)a; 2)c; 3)b;
4)b; 5)c; 6)a; 7)b; 8)c; 9)c; 10)b; 11)c; 12)a; 13)a; 14)c; 15)b; 16)b
