Many people enjoy testing their ability or knowledge by answering short quizzes.
Here’s one to try in English.

Decide which option best suits the situation described.

1. You meet a colleague for the first time and you say:
a. How do you do?
b. How’re you doing?
c. How are you?
d. How are you feeling?
Choose a. / b. / c. / d.

2. You want to say ‘goodbye’ to a colleague you’ve met for the first time so you say:
a. Nice to meet you.
b. Nice meeting you.
c. Nice to see you.
d. It was an honor to meet you.
Choose a. / b. / c. / d.

3. You are saying ‘goodbye’ to a senior colleague who has accepted your invitation for dinner later that same day and say:
a. I expect to see you this evening.
b. I hope to see you this evening
c. I look forward to seeing you this evening
d. See you later.
Choose a. / b. / c. / d.

4. You have some guests from abroad who are visiting your office for the first time one morning.
You want to offer them something to drink so you say:
a. Do you want to drink anything?
b. Can I suggest you something to drink?
c. Want a drink?
d. Won’t you have something to drink?
Choose a. / b. / c. / d.

5. You are visiting a colleague’s office aboard and you are asked whether you’d prefer to have tea or coffee. Both are OK so you say:
a. Never mind.
b. I don’t mind.
c. I don’t care.
d. Don’t mind me.
Choose a. / b. / c. / d.


In my next post I’ll give the answers to the quiz and analyze why, in each situation, 3 of the 4 options would be inappropriate to use.
Lola