Q.1.
Which of these would be the LEAST subtle way of opening an awkward topic in conversation?
Q.2.
Which is the most subtle ~ yet still clear ~ way of asking : ' ... ... your jacket this evening?'
Q.3.
Which is the most usual phrase that someone in a shop, or other 'public-facing role', would use when approaching another person that has newly come in?
Q.4.
In case the shop assistant (or whoever) has not already come to help you, what might you best say?
Q.5.
Which of these is the clearest, but firmest, polite request?
Q.6.
Pick the answer which fills the blank/s using the best and clearest accurate English. 'It would help to know whether or not we ... ... take our sixteen-year-old daughter into the pub.'
Q.7.
(...) And which of these would be the MOST gentle and sensitive way to steer the conversation towards your tricky question?
Q.8.
Which of these would be the most appropriate way to offer a suggestion to a friend who is 'feeling a bit sorry for himself'?
Q.9.
If one person finds it hard to believe, or accept, a piece of behaviour by someone else, the classic question in English is usually:
Q.10.
Which of these would be 'just about right' in a situation where you are at a table among quite a lot of English friends?