Q.1
Which is the most strongly persuasive way of introducing this idea? ' ... ... stuck in the middle of nowhere on a dark wet windy night, just 'cos you'd missed the last bus.'
  • 'Don't get yourself ...
  • 'You wouldn't want to be ...
  • 'How daft to let yourself get ...
  • 'Only a gibbering idiot would get ...
Q.2
What would be the most emphatic NEGATIVE answer to this question? 'Who's coming swimming this afternoon?'
  • 'Not b****y likely!'
  • 'No chance.'
  • 'I'm not.'
  • 'Definitely not me.'
Q.3
In the modern-traditional version of the church Marriage Service, each person in the couple-to-be is asked, 'Will you take N. (= name) to be your lawful wedded wife/husband?' And the reply is : ...
  • 'I do.'
  • 'I will.'
  • 'I must.'
  • 'I shall.'
Q.4
Which of these comes across as the most forceful version?
  • You really oughtn't to go rummaging in the cellar.
  • It is categorically forbidden to access the basement.
  • I'm very much afraid that downstairs is out of bounds.
  • The lower floor is off-limits until further notice.
Q.5
Which is the most successfully, and persuasively, emphatic way to give a contradictory answer here? 'I don't suppose any of you has thought to bring along any relevant documents?' ...
  • I did.
  • As a matter of fact, I have.
  • No, I fear not ~ not in my case, at any rate.
  • Well, you'd be mistaken then.
Q.6
Which would probably be the most effective way of reminding someone of an important point you made earlier?
  • I need hardly remind you, surely, about what I said to you yesterday morning.
  • You haven't gone and forgotten my advice already, have you?
  • It sounds to me as though I'd been wasting my breath, warning you about this yesterday morning.
  • Just remember what I said, would you?
Q.7
What would be the most emphatic positive answer to this question? 'Who's coming swimming this afternoon?'
  • I.
  • I am.
  • Me.
  • I'm.
Q.8
In the heyday of the theatre-organ at the Tower Ballroom in the seaside resort of Blackpool, the resident organist (Reginald Dixon, 1930-70) used to play as his 'signature tune' an old music-hall song from 1907 whose chorus began with the words: 'Oh ~ I ... ...
  • ... enjoy being at the beach.'
  • ... love spending time beside the ocean.'
  • ... do like to be beside the seaside.'
  • ... 'm fairly fond of a seaside holiday, thank you very much.'
Q.9
Which is the strongest form of denial here? 'You've never been guilty of a criminal offence, have you?' ...
  • 'No.'
  • 'I never have.'
  • 'Categorically not.'
  • 'I never did.'
Q.10
Which of these reaches most forcefully towards the centre of the problem?
  • 'What seems to be the trouble?'
  • 'Whatever is the matter with Charlie?'
  • 'What on earth is going on in here all of a sudden?'
  • 'What's everyone been up to?'
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