53 Who said that? TEST YOUR VOCABULARY 4

TEST YOUR VOCABULARY 4

53 Who said that?

Who is the most likely person to say the sentences below adolescent accountant coach conductor detective DJ marketing consultant optician organic farmer pensioner physiotherapist pregnant woman priest software engineer victim of crime 1 ____ detective _____: ‘Do not touch anything at the crime scene. We have to collect evidence.’ 2 _________________: ‘This is a really cool track, a re-mix of a dance classic.’ 3 _________________: ‘I’ve had an ultrasound scan, but I still don’t know if it’s a boy or a girl.’ 4 _________________: ‘My parents are always, like, getting at me.’ 5 _________________: ‘Come on! Twenty press-ups, and twice around the pitch. Move!’ 6 _________________: ‘We can avoid higher tax rates if we classify some of your capital allowances as expenses.’ 7 _________________: ‘A little slower on the adagio, and then quicker when the cellos come in.’ 8 _________________: ‘You don’t even need to wash these. There’s no pesticide on them.’ 9 _________________: ‘Where exactly is the pain? Can you hold both arms up?’ 10 _________________: ‘’Please read the letters on the second line. No. Mr Prescott, it’s over here on the wall.’ 11 _________________: ‘You’re getting a conflict between these two programs. We’ll have to delete or modify one of them.’ 12 _________________: ‘Of course, in those days you didn’t go abroad o holiday. You were lucky if got a trip to the cinema and a bag of sweets!’ 13 _________________: ‘You must think hard about your relationship with God, Tracey. Prayer is a very powerful thing.’ 14 _________________: ‘Do we aim for the aspiring working-class female, or try to maintain the universal appeal of the product?’ 15 _________________: ‘Since it happened, I’ve been afraid to be in the house on my own.’

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