Уровень: Средний (7-9 классы)
Quiz
Level: Intermediate.
A. Decide if you know English slang
1. If someone goes to the “loo” in a bar, where are they going ?
- The bar
- The vending machine
- Talk to someone
- The toilet
2. Which of the following doesn’t mean money ?
- Dosh
- Brass
- Loot
- Freebie
3. What’s the problem? We better take John home, he’s absolutely legless.
- He’ s drunk
- He’s tired
- He’s ill
- He’s upset
4. How does she feel? When she said she’s leaving, I was gobsmacked.
- upset
- shocked
- happy
- worried
5. If you have belly ache, where is the pain ?
- In your head
- In your leg
- In your stomach
- In your back
6. Which is the odd out?
- Lad
- Bloke
- Guy
- Lass
Working with Idioms
An idiom is a group of words with special meaning
B. Match the idioms with their meanings
1. see red |
a. feel sad |
2. feel blue |
b. become very angry |
3. see things in black and white |
c. very pale |
4. yellow (green)with envy (jealousy) |
d. extremely jealous of something |
5. as white as a ghost |
e. can’t see other opinion |
C. Fill in the idioms of colour
- That boy! He never does what I tell him to do. Yesterday he made me so angry I ___________.
- I don’t know why I felt like that. I just ________ this morning, so I decided that a visit to the hairdresser would cheer me up.
- She’s always such a snob, so I was really happy last night when nobody looked at her. She was yellow _________ when she saw people looking at my outfit, not hers.
- I thought I was alone in the house and then all of a sudden I heard a noise. It was only my father, but I was really scared. He said I was ___________.
- He doesn’t understand that there’s more than one side to the story. He always ________.
Keys:
A.
1. The toilet
2. Freebie (free)
3. He’s drunk
4. Shocked
5. In your stomach
6. Lass (a girl)
B. 1b, 2a, 3e, 4d, 5c
C.
1. saw red
2. felt blue
3. yellow with envy
4. as white as a ghost
5. sees things in black and white