Informal language quiz 1

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If a friend was staying at your house and said, 'Do you mind if I crash out now?' They would want...
1. to go home.
2. to have something to eat.
3. to go to sleep.
'There are only three blokes in my office' means...
1. there are only three desks.
2. there are only three men.
3. there are only three women.
If someone was described to you as a 'couch potato', they would...
1. like eating potatoes.
2. be unfit and lazy.
3. like going to parties.
If you got a 'Dear John letter' from your girlfriend, she would...
1. want to get married.
2. want to get engaged.
3. have left you.
If somone asked you if you had a 'fag', they would...
1. fancy you.
2. want to fight you.
3. be asking for a cigarette.
If you asked a friend how s/he was, and the reply was 'totally gutted' they would be...
1. extremely unhappy.
2. extrememly tired.
3. extremely happy.
If a colleague told you the photocopier was 'on the blink', it would mean that
1. it had a special blink function.
2. it had just been repaired.
3. it was about to break down.
If a native speaker friend said it was 'a bit parky' , they would mean it was...
1. hot.
2. cold.
3. windy.
If you heard someone being described as posh, they would be...
1. dishonest.
2. upper class.
3. intelligent.
If someone was described as 'thick', they would be...
1. unfriendly.
2. unintelligent.
3. unattractive.
If you asked for the bill in a restaurant and a friend asked, 'What's the damage? they would mean...
1. They were offering to pay.
2. They wanted to know how much it was.
3. They wanted to complain about the bill.
If a friend said, I'm completely 'zonked', they would be...
1. tired.
2. confused.
3. ill.
If your boss told you to stop 'whinging' and get on with it, he would want you to...
1. stop wasting time.
2. stop complaining.
3. stop asking questions.
If a colleague told you that the staff in your office were 'having a whip round' for another colleague who was retiring, they would be...
1. having a party.
2. going hiking with the colleague who was leaving.
3. collecting money for the colleague who was leaving.
If a friend told you to 'chill', he would mean
1. relax
2. wake up!
3. go away!

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