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1. If someone asks you what you are doing this 'arvo'. They want to know what you are doing .
a. during the holidays
b. at lunch time
c. this afternoon
Answer c

2. If someone invites you to a 'barbie', they are inviting you to .
a. a bar to drink some beer
b. a barbecue
c. a doll competition
Answer b

3. If someone offers you 'a cuppa', they are offering you .
a. a cupboard
b. an Australian cake
c. a cup of tea
Answer c

4. If someone tells you to 'take a load off', they mean, .
a. help them unload a car/truck
b. clear the table
c. sit down
Answer c

5. If someone offers you 'a tinny', they are offering you .
a. tin for your roof
b. a can of beer
c. food
Answer b

6. If someone asks you what you are doing 'in the hols', they mean what are you doing .
a. in a shopping centre
b. at home
c. during the holidays
Answer c

7. If someone tells you to 'ava good weegend', they mean, .
a. be careful because bad weather is forecast
b. drive carefully
c. have a good weekend
Answer c

8. If someone is 'yapping', they are .
a. talking a lot
b. crying like a dog
c. making something out of wood
Answer a

9. If someone tells you to 'take one for Ron', they mean .
a. give one to the man called Ron
b. take another one for later on
c. please don't take any more
Answer b

10. If someone tells you that they are 'fair dinkum', they mean they .
a. are telling you the truth
b. were born in Australia
c. they are overweight
Answer a

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