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