1. You have found what seems to be a very cheap souvenir shop, where you buy a little ceramic model of a British landmark (or perhaps a London bus). The model has a small motor inside, which makes something go round and round on the top. You show this to your friends, and it suddenly stops working.
'What did you expect?' asks one of the friends.
What does this question really mean?

2. Your English friend contacts you during the day, to cancel an appointment that you had for later on: you had planned to go out together somewhere on a trip or activity. He tells you, 'I'm not feeling too well this morning.'
What does he probably mean?

3. Another English friend has invited you for an evening drink. Her flat, furnishings, decorations, clothing and makeup (if any) are all in a style that you simply do not like; but apart from that, she has been really kind and friendly and generous. After a while she asks your opinion of some new thing she has bought ~ an ornament, curtains or whatever ~ which, personally, you consider horrible or perhaps just ridiculous. What do you say?

4. At the table with your English hosts, some food that you have never seen before is brought in proudly to be served. Your friends are clearly hoping that you are looking forward to trying the food. What do you say?

5. You have found what seems to be a very cheap souvenir shop, where you buy a little ceramic model of a British landmark (or perhaps a London bus). The model has a small motor inside, which makes something go round and round on the top. You show this to your friends, and it suddenly stops working.
'What did you expect?' asks one of the friends.
What does this question really mean?

6. Out at a pub or party with English friends, you 'have a go' at a game that is quite new to you ('Aunt Sally', perhaps ~ look it up!). Your English friend casually describes your effort as 'not bad'.
What do you think they really mean?

7. You see a local advertisement for a restaurant specialising in food from your own original part of the world (South-East Asia, or wherever you happen to be from): you suggest taking British friends there, to show them some of your own style of food. One of them tells you:
'Oh yes, I've heard that place has gone seriously downhill since it changed hands a few months back.'
What do you understand from this?

8. Out at a pub or party with English friends, you 'have a go' at a game that is quite new to you ('Aunt Sally', perhaps ~ look it up!). Your English friend casually describes your effort as 'not bad'.
What do you think they really mean?

9. You see a local advertisement for a restaurant specialising in food from your own original part of the world (South-East Asia, or wherever you happen to be from): you suggest taking British friends there, to show them some of your own style of food. One of them tells you:
'Oh yes, I've heard that place has gone seriously downhill since it changed hands a few months back.'
What do you understand from this?

10. You suggest a trip or outing that you would enjoy; one of your English friends says, 'Yes, that might be quite fun to do, some day or other, while you're here.'
What do you believe this really meant?