053b Advanced Conversation Quiz #3 March 31, 2006

Name:

I. Matching. Match the definitions to the slang words and phrases.

_I___ 1. get the show on the road a. huge success

_H___ 2. sellout b. phrases in the script

_B___ 3. lines c. promoting

_C___ 4. plugging d. success after starting slowly

_E___ 5. two thumbs up e. high praise / very good

_A___ 6. blockbuster f. can't act well at all

_F___ 7. can't act their way out of paper bag g. complete failure

_J___ 8. write-up h. no tickets left

_D___ 9. sleeper i. start

_G___ 10. bomb j. review

II. Pronunciation.
Circle the word in each group that is pronounced with the [
] sound.

11. young kitchen graduate judge

12. future bridge yellow college

Circle the word in each group that is pronounced with the [

] sound.

13. that mother thumb breathe

14. think then bathe clothing

Circle the word in each group that is pronounced with the [

] sound.

15. because washing education television

16. vacation musician pleasure machine

III. Reduced Forms. Rewrite these reduced forms into grammatically correct written
English.

17. must'a = must have

18. shouldn'a = should not have

19. would'a = would have

IV. Dictation. You will hear reduced forms, but write the words in grammatically
correct written English.

20. If they had called, they could have come with us.
21. He must have been too busy to answer the phone.
22. Could you hurry up? Let's get this show on the road.
23. That movie must have been a bomb.
24. I wouldn’t have done that if I were you.
25. She doesn't want to go now.