English Slang MCQ Test With Answers + PDF Exercise 04

Slang Test 04

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Question 1

I can't start work without my morning dose of coffee.

A	five
B	fix
C	flag

Question 1 Explanation:

A fix is slang for a dose of something you feel you need regularly, such as coffee or chocolate: I need my coffee fix. Here it replaces 'dose of coffee': my morning fix.

Question 2

He's too unreliable to keep that job.

A	flaky
B	forty
C	flexed

Question 2 Explanation:

Flaky is slang for unreliable: a flaky person forgets plans or doesn't do what they promise. He's too flaky to keep that job.

Question 3

He lost control of himself suddenly when he heard the news.

A	filled up
B	flopped
C	flipped out

Question 3 Explanation:

To flip out means to suddenly lose control because you are very angry, shocked or upset. He flipped out when he heard the news. Not flopped, which means 'failed badly'.

Question 4

You should listen to the other side of the argument before you decide.

A	flip
B	fox
C	five

Question 4 Explanation:

The flip side is the other side or opposite view of something. Listen to the flip side of the argument.

Question 5

I can't believe he called the police about the noise. He's such an old-fashioned person.

A	a fossil
B	a fish
C	a foam

Question 5 Explanation:

A fossil is slang for an old-fashioned person with old ideas. He's such a fossil.

Question 6

I really became interested in computers at school.

A	got into
B	gave out to
C	got off on

Question 6 Explanation:

To get into something means to become interested in it: I got into computers at school. Not got off on, which means 'got excitement or pleasure from' something and is very informal.

Question 7

I'm sorry, but I just don't understand.

A	get with it
B	go for it
C	get it

Question 7 Explanation:

Get it is informal for 'understand'. I just don't get it. Not get with it, which means 'hurry up' or 'become modern'.

Question 8

Hurry up and get busy. There is a lot of work to do.

A	Get with it
B	Go for it
C	Go get it

Question 8 Explanation:

Get with it tells someone to hurry up and start working seriously. Not Go for it, which means 'try it, do it!' as encouragement.

Question 9

Did you see the rock group's performance last night?

A	girdle
B	gig
C	giggle

Question 9 Explanation:

A gig is a live performance by a musician or band. Did you see the band's gig last night? Not giggle, which is a little laugh.

Question 10

She's so fashionable and glamorous. I can't understand why she's with him.

A	grass
B	glitzy
C	gifted

Question 10 Explanation:

Glitzy means fashionable, glamorous and attracting attention. Not gifted, which means very talented.

Question 11

Let me have a try.

A	gift
B	go
C	geezer

Question 11 Explanation:

Have a go means 'have a try'. Let me have a go.

Question 12

Stop acting so silly.

A	gravy
B	goofy
C	great

Question 12 Explanation:

Goofy is slang for silly or foolish. Stop acting so goofy.

Question 13

I've caught you and you can't get away.

A	Golfer
B	Goosey
C	Gotcha

Question 13 Explanation:

Gotcha is a short spoken form of 'I've got you', said when you catch someone. It can also mean 'I understand'.

Question 14

That car must have cost over twenty thousand dollars.

A	grand
B	grapes
C	guns

Question 14 Explanation:

A grand is slang for a thousand dollars or pounds. Twenty grand = 20,000. The word does not change in the plural.

Question 15

Nobody in the gang trusts him because they think he's a police informer.

A	grass
B	gravy
C	grease

Question 15 Explanation:

In British slang, a grass is someone who tells the police about other people's crimes. As a verb, to grass on someone means to inform on them. Not grease or gravy, which are about oil and sauce.

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