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