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TV/Media for English Learning

Friends S1E1
Practice Exercise


At the beginning of the show what are the topics of conversation?
1 Monica has a date with a co-worker and Chandler has a weird dream.
2 Monica has nothing to talk about, neither does Chandler.
3 Chandler's in love with a woman who looks like his mother.
If someone says "There's nothing to tell", It can mean that
1 There is nothing interesting to say or that they don't want to talk about something.
2 That is not what you said.

When Ross enters the coffee shop it is obvious that he is _____.
1 happy
2 depressed
Phoebe tries to cleanse Ross's aura. 
Aura is : 
1 The northern lights
2   The field of energy that surrounds a person.
1 Ross likes being married.
2 Ross likes being single.
Why did Ross's wife leave him? 
1 because she realized doesn't like Ross.
2 because she realized that she is a lesbian.
Why is Rachel wearing a wedding dress when she enters the coffee shop?
1 She was inviting everyone to her wedding.
2 Because she suddenly realized, on her wedding day, that she didn't really lovey Barry.
When Rachel says "this guy with a big hammer" who is she referring to?
1 A construction worker.
2 The maintenance man at Monica's apartment complex.
What is Rachel and Monica's relationship?
1 Partners
2 Classmates
3 Sisters
What is Joey and Chandler's relationship?
1 brothers
2 roommates
3 co-workers
What is Monica and Ross's relationship?
1 cousins
2 lovers
3 siblings
1 Monica wasn't invited to Rachel's wedding.
2 Monica didn't want to go to Rachel's wedding.
"I was hoping that wouldn't be an issue" is the same as:
1 I knew you would do that.
2 I was hoping that wouldn't be a problem.
1 Rachel decided to move in with Monica.
2 Monica invited Rachel to be her new roommate.
Rachel tells her father that she doesn't need his ____.
1 love
2 money
When Monica asks Joey to stop hitting on Rachel, she means:  
1 Stop trying to be her new boyfriend.
2 Stop beating on Rachel.
When Chandler say's: "Ooh, this is a Dear Diary moment." He means:
1 it's a special moment.
2 he doesn't care.
Monica offers 1 her date with Paul 2 Rachel.
A honeymoon is a 1 you take right 2 the wedding to have 3 with your new spouse.
You got screwed means:
1 you got a bad deal.
2 you are hammered.
Monica's new boyfriend was 1 that he was 2 in bed.
Chandler thinks dating girls is like eating 1 so he tells Ross to "grab a 2 ."
When Rachel said, "You look like you slept with a hanger in your mouth." She meant:
1 Monica's smile is very big.
2 Monica's face is wrinkled.
Monica 1 that Paul was lying about having troubles 2 .
Joey tells Monica: "Of course it was a line." Line in this case means:
1 people waiting to buy something.
2 something a man says to get a woman to date him or sleep with him.
"Is it me? Is it like I have some sort of beacon that only dogs and men with severe emotional problems can hear?" 
Monica means that:
1 The best men find me and date me.
2 The worst men find me and date me.
RACHEL: Are you kidding? I'm 1 for nothing! I was laughed out of twelve 2 today.
CHANDLER: And yet you're surprisingly 3 .
When Rachel went shopping, how did she pay?
1 her father's credit cards.
2 her own money.
MONICA: C'mon, you can't 1 your parents your 2 life.
RACHEL: I know that. That's why I was getting 3 .
Rachel's friends 1 her to 2 her credit cards so she can be 3 .
Monica 1 on Paul's 2 and 3 it.
Ross tells Rachel he used to have a crush on her. That means:
1 he liked her a lot.
2 he didn't like her much.

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