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Vocabulary I test 
1- “Let’s have a butcher’s hook” “trouble and strife” and “Adam and Eve” are examples of
. Cockney English
. Black English
. Redneck English
. Kiwi English
2- Which typical British expression would be the American equivalent of `There you have it`?
. Bob`s your uncle!
. That takes the biscuit!
. On your bike!
. Keep your pecker up!
3- The English used in NEWSPAPER HEADLINES usually makes use of what type of linguistic device?
. Puns
. Similes
. Hyperboles
. Metaphors
4- According to the article Do you speak Global?, scholars such as Erling (2005), Bhatt (2001), Jenkins (2006) and Kachru (1996) hold this view of English language teaching today
. It should be a means of intercultural communication.
. It should always privilege L1 varieties.
. It should be primarily a language of identification.
. It should be based on a blend of geographical varieties.
 5 - Historically tied to the UK and geographically close to the US. Reference is being made to
. Canadian English
. Caribbean English
. Spanglish
. Irish English
6- The idiom `I haven`t the foggiest` would probably be said by which group of NATIVE Speakers?
. British
. Australian
. Canadian
. American
7- A possible Portuguese equivalent for the HEADLINE `FOOTING THE BILL` would be. . .
. Pagando o pato
. Pagando mico
. Pagando caro
. Pagando pecados
8- Global English, International English, Globish, and English as a Lingua Franca are...
. different names for a globalized form of English.
. different dialects spoken in different parts of the world.
. used to refer to the same non-native forms of the language.
. weaker and less lexically complex forms of Spoken English.
9- Set expressions, metaphors, sayings, slangs/colloquialisms, proverbs and quotations are considered types of
. Idioms
. Euphemisms
. Noun phrases
. Compound words
10- The words below used in newspaper HEADLINES portray the meaning of agreement with the EXCEPTION OF . . .
. Go-ahead
. Bid
. Nod
. Ok