• Intermediate
  • Listening

Politeness of Britons

Listen and answer the questions.
Students discussing manners in a college courtyard.
Choose True or False
1 Lazlo thinks English people are too polite.
2 Lazlo: We were not surprised when some of us failed the exam.
3 Lazlo thinks English people should be more direct.
4 Paula does not think English people are too polite.
5 Melik thinks English people are too polite.
6 Melik thinks the English do not respect other people’s opinion.
7 Melik thinks that not all English people are polite.
8 Renata has never been to Britain.
9 Renata thinks the politeness of the English is deceptive.