a: Was the factory tour interesting? b: It was actually____ frustrating because I couldn't hear the guide.
more or less
kind of
nearly
little
Yusuf says that 78 per cent of his email is junk mail. That's ______ three quarters!
as much as
more than
kind of
a little under
Rewrite the sentence: He had $5, 023.28 in his bank account.
A little over $5000/roughly/ etc
A: When do you want to meet? B: Three-_____?
so
approximately
thereabouts
ish
A: Who was that on the phone? B: _____ sales representative from an office supplies company.
some
any
that
kind of a
Correct the mistake:We have 600 employees, and thereabouts.
or thereabouts
My friends Jeremy gets *no more than* five or ten emails a day.
as much as
nearly
as few as
just over
There's an evening meeting at work, so I'll be home _______ again, I'm afraid.
lateish
kindly late
nearly
roughly late
I have 22 notifications on Facebook. I have ____ notifications on Facebook.
22 or so
nearly 20
just over 20
approximately 22
Rewrite the sentence: The trip took five hours and 55 minutes.
The trip took almost of six hours
The trip took a little under 6 hours
The trip took sort of 6 hours
The trip took as little as 6 hours
Correct the mistake:You can rent a room here for as few as £500 per month.
as little as
David gets ______ ten text messages a day from a gym he's not even interested in joining.
a liitle over
as little as
as many as
kind of
He was reading ______ or other about management, but it didn't help.
a sort of book
some sort of book
some book stuff
that book
Can you drop by my office at ________ for a quick meeting?
four-ish
sort of four
just over four
a little under four
If you buy your ticket in advance it can cost______ $30.
at least
as little as
some
just over
She spent ______ a month on the project. Three weeks and four days to be precise.
just under
just over
as little as
nearly about
We arrived at 6:05.
a little over 6pm
nearly 6pm
at least 6pm
six or so
Rewrite the sentence: I felt a little ill on the flight.
I felt kind of ill/ sort of ill
Choose the expression that is closest in meaning: Oh no! I left *my notebooks, pens and laptop* on the bus.
my stuff
my stuffs
my thing
almost my things
I thought it was _____ strange that the restaurant didn't have our reservation.
roughly
kind of
something
more or less
Some days, ____ two or three people visit the shop.
nearly
as few as
roughly
as much as
We expect 205 people at the conference.
200 or thereabouts people
200 people or thereabouts
200 thereabouts people
abouts 200 people or so
Correct the mistake: You can buy a good guitar for as few as $300, although they usually cost more.
as little as
How _____ do you usually take with you for an overnight business trip?
much stuff
much stuffs
many staffs
many stuff
Choose the expression that means the same: We need *98* chairs for the presentation.
A hundred-odd
a little before 100
98-odd
almost of 100
a: How many tickets do we need to buy to get a group discount? b: _____ ten, according to their website.
a little under
roughly
as few as
kind of
Choose the expression that means the same: *A man I don't know* keeps sending me contact requests on LinkedIn.
some guy
some friend
some colleague
That guy
I spend an average of *two hours and 26 minutes* a day dealing with text messages.
approximately 2 hours
two hours and nearly 26 minutes
about two-and-a-half-hours
roughly two hours and a half
Correct it! They bought a car that's a sort a yellow colour
sort of
We met at a pizza restaurant, but I've forgotten its name.
We met at some pizza restaurant.
We met at a kind pizza restaurant.
We met at a pizza-ish restaurant.
We met roughly at a pizza restaurant.
Rewrite the sentence: We drove 475 kilometres without seeing another car.
A little under 500km
I'd say he's __________, definitely over 1.80 metres.
more or less tall
just tall
kind of tallest
tallish
She spends ________ 13 hours a day online.
an average
as least as
sort of
around
Correct the mistake:Pietro is tall or so and will be wearing a blue suit.
kind of tall/ tallish