Conversation Quiz

Question 1

I think you should get a lawyer.

a) Giving advice
b) Asking for advice

Answer 1

I think you should …= giving advice

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Give advice = dar conselhos
Ask for advice = pedir conselhos

Question 2

What would you do in this situation?

a) Giving advice
b) Asking for advice

Answer 2

What would you do in this situation? = b) Asking for advice

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Give advice = dar conselhos
Ask for advice = pedir conselhos

Question 3

If I were you, I would tell her.

a) Giving advice
b) Asking for advice

Answer 3

If I were you, I would tell her. = a) Giving advice

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If I were you = Se eu fosse você

Question 4

What do you think I should do?

a) Giving advice
b) Asking for advice

Answer 4

What do you think I should do? b) Asking for advice

You can respond:
I think you should…

Question 5

Why don’t you ask your mom?

a) Giving Advice

B) Asking for Advice

Answer 5

Why don’t you…? a) giving advice

We usually use “Why don’t you…?” when making a suggestion.

Question 6

Correct or Incorrect

This weekend, I am going for a concert.

Answer 6

This weekend, I am going for a concert. ❌

“To” is used as a preposition if there’s movement, a transfer or a change in direction from one point to another.

✔️This weekend, I am going to a concert.

Question 7

True or False:

21 of December = twenty-one of December

Answer 7

21 of December = twenty-one of December ❌

When talking about the date we use ordinal numbers

✔️Twenty-first of December (British English)
December twenty-first. (American English)

Question 8

Life would be tough without electricity.

• *Tough** =
  a) easy
  b) difficult

Answer 8

Tough = difficult

Tough /tãf/

Question 9

Me: What could you live without?
You: I wouldn’t miss the TV.

Me: What could you not do without?
You: _______________________

Answer 9

I couldn’t do without my cellphone.

Alternatives:
I couldn’t survive without my computer.
I couldn’t live without the internet.
etc.

Question 10

People now live longer and are wealthier.

Wealthy =

a) rich
b) poor

Answer 10

Wealthy = a) rich

Wealthier /uél.thee.ãr/= richer
(*not more wealthy)

Question 11

The average child watches almost 3 hours of television per day.

Answer 11

average = av-ridj

Question 12

The school had 50 pupils in total.

Answer 12

pupils - /piu-plz/

Pupils = a student in school.

Question 13

The students were unacceptably late for the exam.

Answer 13

unacceptably /ãh·nak·sép·tãb·li/

Question 14

Thousands die of heart disease each year.

Disease =

a) illness
b) attack

Answer 14

• *Disease** /dã.zeez/=
  a) illness