Situational Expression Advanced Level Test – Quiz (Online Exercise With Answers) 3

When you are in a hurry, preparing to leave for work, a nice university student knocks at your door and asks you to participate in his social research for his graduation thesis. You check the time and notice that you are about to miss the train to be at work on time. You don’t want to offend him but you have to reject his request by saying:

Your son has just moved to a new school which he must attend at least for a semester and on the first day of school, he telephones you to say that he is very lonely since he hasn’t got any friends. You’re trying to comfort him and you say:

You have a student who is in her last year of high school education. This year she’s going to graduate and she wanted some help from you regarding her future job choice. She likes to work on her own and she’s interested in ideas. She likes to be free and also she’s fond of reading. While guiding her, you say:

Your friend has some problems with her boyfriend. She consistently complains that her boyfriend always brings his best friend with him and so they can never go out on their own. And she feels sad about this. You want to assist her and you say:

Your cousin thinks he’s got a terrible problem. He’s got some spots on his face and because of this, he doesn’t want to go out. You want to tell him that it’s a minor problem and he shouldn’t care about it that much. You say:

Your nephew has been seeing a girl for a long time. But his mother doesn’t like her and thus she doesn’t approve of this relationship. Now, your nephew and his girlfriend meet each other in secret. Your nephew wants some useful advice from you concerning their situation. You want to show him the right way and you say:

One of your friends wants you to give him a suggestion about where to go for his summer holiday. You spent your last summer enjoying yourself in Alanya. So you say to him:

Your brother has been listening to music loudly in his room for at least three hours. You can’t bear the noise anymore and you are worried about the possible bad reactions of the neighbours. So you come into his room and say to him in an ironic way:

You are a teacher of English and you have observed that one of your students has fallen asleep in your lessons lately. You know that he is a hardworking and attentive student. You don’t know what has been going wrong with him, but you have an idea that there may be a problem with his sleep at night. You want to be sure before doing something and ask him during the break:

Mary was rather sad for a long time because of her physical appearance. She had always eaten much more than anybody of her age. Last year she decided to lose weight, and she started to visit a dietician. After a few weeks, she stopped eating so much. And you saw her at a party last week. She’d got rather thinner and fitter in appearance. You want to compliment her:

You’ve just arrived at the hotel where you’ll spend your whole vacation. As soon as you enter the reception area, you see that everything is covered in dirt and dust. And nobody helps you carry the luggage. You get angry and say to the receptionist:

On your way to London, you have had a flat tyre. This is the first time you have faced such a problem, and you don’t know what to do. You stop a car and say:

Since your friend didn’t get a good score in the maths exam, it is unlikely that he will graduate from the university at the end of this semester. This state of affairs bothers him so much that he is about to decide to postpone his graduation to the next year. You think that it isn’t too late and say encouragingly:

Your teacher has shouted insults at you without any reason in front of your classmates. You hate being insulted in public. What is worse is that this is not the first time he has done such an inexcusable thing. After the lesson you ask him to have a private word and warn him but not in an intimidating way:

Your friend needs to borrow an amount of money from someone. He comes to you and explains the situation. Actually, this is not the first time he has broken his promise. At first you are unsure whether to give him one more chance or not, but later you think that it would be wise not to lend any and tell him decisively:

You are shopping with your wife in a department store. One of the shop assistants is following you wherever you go, so you can’t comment on prices to your wife comfortably. To show your displeasure you say ironically:

You are working in a big firm. Due to an economic recession, your firm is said to be going bankrupt. The staff manager calls you and says that they will not dismiss you, considering your great past performance. Having heard this great news, you express your gratitude and say:

Bill really has made a big mistake this time. He has forgotten to turn in his research paper. He couldn’t do it because he had to spend most of his time at the funeral of an old friend of his. At first, he tried to explain his excuse, but it wasn’t found reasonable. Bill doesn’t give up and says, this time quite convincingly:

Your brother is doing an English course. He has just been given a test. He has had an awful score on it, so he has been feeling very sad since the time he received the results. As his older sibling, you think that not everything is over and try to comfort him by saying:

You feel you are being unfairly criticized for negligence and feel you have every right to protest. You say:

There has been an unusually heated board meeting. One of the younger members, quite out-of-character, has really been rather rude to one of the senior members. You feel he ought to apologize though really he isn’t entirely to blame. You say:

Ted is thinking about buying your car. As he is an old friend you want him to have the first option. But he’s been hesitating about it for ten days or more, and you are losing patience as you want to get the transaction finished. You tell him quite openly:

A friend of yours is under great pressure at work and the strain is showing. You really want to get him to relax for one evening at least. You’ve fixed an evening out with mutual friends and ask him to join you. You want the invitation to seem casual but be tempting. You say:

In a large department store, one of the assistants has really been very rude to an old lady. True, the old lady was slow to make up her mind about what she wanted and in fact seemed rather confused altogether, especially about how much she could afford to pay. After she has gone you turn to the assistant and, hoping to change her attitude, say:

A friend is worried about his son because he’s been getting really poor marks at school. Your friend’s manner is rather too authoritarian and you think he is being too hard on the boy. Rather tentatively you say: