WorksheetsChapter 10 - Speaking and Speech
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
"To be on parole" means
being trustworthy
being someone whose words you can trust
being released before the official end of a prison sentence (provided the criminal's behaviour is good)
being confident
"to mumble" means "to utter words ...
with a low inarticulate voice
with a soothing tone
with a humming
in discontent
Find the odd-one-out:
vernacular
unpronouncable
slangy
formal
Find the odd-one-out:
hoarse
shrill
high-pitched
piercing
Where's the stress in the word "exclamatory"?
EXclamatory
exCLAmatory
exclaMAtory
exclamaTOry
A howl is an unrestrained outcry but how do you pronounce the vowel sound?
like "bowl"
like "coal"
like "roll"
like "foul"
Tick the odd-one-out:
small talk
little chat
chichat
talks
If someone is being ironical, he is :
silver-tongued
tongue-in-cheek
smooth-tongued
a glib talker
The phrase to suggest someone remains silent is :
to keep dad
to keep mum
to keep daddy
to keep numb
Which element is meant to be positive?
to talk something through
to talk at somebody
to talk through one's hat
to talk someone down
