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Appearance
For each of the six questions choose the one correct answer.

1. They look ridiculous together – he’s really short and she’s so ___________.
a) high
b) tall
c) great
d) large

2. When I saw her on her wedding day she looked absolutely ____________.
a) pretty
b) beautiful
c) handsome
d) ugly

3. If you could change one thing about your appearance, what _____________?
a) would you have changed
b) would you change
c) will you change
d) do you change

4. You shouldn’t judge a book by its ___________.

a) cover
b) plot
c) main characters
d) first page

5. Have you seen Celia’s new boyfriend, he’s tall, dark and ____________.
a) handsome
b) gorgeous
c) good-looking
d) beautiful

6. A: ___________________ B: He’s tall and blonde with blue eyes.

a) What does he like?
b) How does he look?
C) What does he look like?
D) How is he?

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Quiz topic: Appearance

Answers:

1. They look ridiculous together – he’s really short and she’s so ___________.
a) high - Use ‘high’ to describe buildings not people.
b) tall - Tall is the opposite of short. Correct
c) great - Great usually means ‘really good’.
d) large - To say someone is ‘large’ is a polite way of saying they are fat.

2. When I saw her on her wedding day she looked absolutely ____________.
a) pretty - If you say ‘absolutely’ it must be followed by an extreme (strong) adjective.
b) beautiful - If you say ‘absolutely’ it must be followed by an extreme (strong)
adjective. Correct
c) handsome - Use ‘handsome’ to describe men.
d) ugly - If you say ‘absolutely’ it must be followed by an extreme (strong) adjective.

3. If you could change one thing about your appearance, what _____________?
a) would you have changed - Use ‘would you have changed’ to talk about unreal
situations in the past.
b) would you change - Use ‘would change’ to talk about unreal situations in the
present or future. Correct
c) will you change - Use ‘will change’ to talk about a situation which you think is
possible in the future.
d) do you change - Use ‘do change’ to talk about things which happen regularly.

4. You shouldn’t judge a book by its ___________.

a) cover - This expression means you shouldn’t judge someone’s character by
their appearance. Correct
b) plot - You shouldn’t judge someone’s character by their appearance – which word
suggests ‘appearance’?
c) main characters - You shouldn’t judge someone’s character by their appearance –
which word suggests ‘appearance’?
d) first page - You shouldn’t judge someone’s character by their appearance – which
word suggests ‘appearance’?

5. Have you seen Celia’s new boyfriend, he’s tall, dark and ____________.
a) handsome - ‘Tall dark and handsome’ is a fixed expression (it cannot be
changed). Correct
b) gorgeous - Which word completes the fixed expression ‘tall dark and ________’?
c) good-looking - Which word completes the fixed expression ‘tall dark and
________’?
d) beautiful - Which word completes the fixed expression ‘tall dark and ________’?

6. A: ___________________ B: He’s tall and blonde with blue eyes.

a) What does he like? - Use this question to ask about someone’s likes and dislikes.
b) How does he look? - This question is not correct.
c) What does he look like? - Use this question to ask about someone’s
appearance. Correct
d) How is he? - Use this question to ask about someone’s health.

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