Birthday Chaos & Life
Lessons

Instructions:

Listen to the video carefully and answer the following questions. Choose the best answer for each question. Click “Submit Answers” when you’re done to see your results.

Birthday Chaos & Life Lessons – Listening Comprehension Exercise

Birthday Chaos & Life Lessons – Listening Comprehension Exercise

Instructions:

Listen carefully and choose the best answer for each question.

1. What are they doing at the start of the video?
  • Counting down from ten
  • Singing Happy Birthday
  • Playing a board game
  • Opening gifts
2. What do they say after counting down?
  • They blow out candles
  • They start eating cake
  • They begin singing
  • They do a physical challenge and catch something with their legs
3. What strong reaction does someone shout during the activity?
  • "Yes, we did it!"
  • A loud curse word
  • "I give up!"
  • "Call for help!"
4. What does one person say to Dee?
  • "I don't like you."
  • "You need to clean up."
  • "Please sit down."
  • "You mean a lot to everyone here."
5. What job does someone jokingly say they want?
  • Firefighter
  • Teacher
  • Doctor
  • Pilot
6. What do they say they will buy to protect their hands?
  • Gloves
  • Hanes t-shirts
  • Bandages
  • Towels
7. What do they say they will do to the fire?
  • Avoid it
  • Run away from it
  • Kick its ass
  • Call for help
8. How do they describe how they felt the next day?
  • Relaxed and calm
  • Very energetic
  • Completely fine
  • Hungover and in pain
9. What happened to their car?
  • It got towed
  • It was stolen
  • It broke down
  • They lost the keys
10. What physical injury do they mention?
  • A sprained ankle
  • A cut on the leg
  • A bruised arm
  • A headache only
11. What advice do they give at the end?
  • Never drink water
  • Don't eat birthday cake
  • Don't do drugs
  • Don't celebrate birthdays
12. What final lesson do they share about life?
  • Avoid fun completely
  • Always party as hard as possible
  • Stay home and never go out
  • Enjoy things in moderation

Your Results

Birthday Challenge – Vocabulary & Expression Quiz

Birthday Challenge – Vocabulary & Expression Quiz (B1 Level)

Instructions:

Choose the best answer for each question. There is only one correct answer per question.

1. What does "catch them and drop them" mean in this context?
  • to throw something across the room
  • to buy new equipment
  • to hold something then let it go
  • to hide things quickly
2. What does "lift it forward and you catch in your legs" mean?
  • push something away with your hands
  • move something forward and stop it with your legs
  • place an object on the floor
  • run around in a circle
3. What does "Final Round!" mean here?
  • the first stage of a contest
  • the time to rest
  • the part where people practice
  • the last part of a game or contest
4. What does "hung over" mean when he says "how fking hung over I'd be"?
  • feeling bad the next day after drinking alcohol
  • being very tired from exercise
  • having a cold or flu
  • feeling extremely happy and energetic
5. What does "I have a cut on my leg" mean?
  • the leg is very tired from walking
  • the leg needs exercise
  • the leg is broken
  • there is a small wound or scratch on the leg
6. What is a "tow-away zone"?
  • a place to sleep in the city
  • a place where cars are removed if parked illegally
  • a parking spot you can use for free
  • a zone where you can wash your car
7. What does "don't do drugs kids" mean in this context?
  • instructions for cooking safely
  • a suggestion to try all medicines
  • a warning advising children not to use illegal substances
  • a game idea for children
8. What does "enjoy everything in moderation" mean?
  • stop enjoying life completely
  • only enjoy things once a year
  • enjoy things but not too much
  • enjoy everything all the time
9. What does "kick the fire's ass" mean when a kid says they want to be a firefighter?
  • to build a fire in the yard
  • to fight or defeat a fire (informal slang)
  • to learn how to start a fire
  • to avoid fires at all costs
10. What does "Guaranteed" mean in the sentence "Guaranteed."?
  • it might not happen
  • it's a shopping discount
  • it's a question to ask later
  • it will definitely happen or be true
11. What does "I woke up this morning and remembered" imply in the context?
  • he wrote a note before going to bed
  • he forgot to sleep the whole night
  • he suddenly recalled something after sleeping
  • he planned his whole day before sleeping
12. What does "don't get to a point where you're being an idiot" mean?
  • always follow what other people say
  • don't act so foolishly that it causes problems
  • stop thinking about others completely
  • try to be as loud and silly as possible

Your Results

-So you catch them and drop them. -Yeah, I got it.

(Laughing)

(laughing)

Ten…

Nine… Eight…

Seven…

Six… five… four…

Three… two…

One…

Lift it forward and you catch in your legs.

Now bring your leg back up and catch with your hands.

F**k you…

Uuugghhh!!! F**k you! (laughter)

Hey, Dee. I just wanna like tell you that uhh..

You mean a lot to everyone that’s here. Umm… Happy Birthday. Umm…

Dee Just askshmarmdrghm… I wanna be a fire fighter.

-I was like I’m going to be lawyer. -I wanna get in a fight with fire.

And I’m going to have a black lab.

I will go buy ummm… Hanes t-shirts… that I will rub around my hands.

They won’t burn that f**k quickly.

If I knew what being a lawyer… like what… when I was back.

Listen!!! I will kick the fire’s ass.

Guaranteed.

Final Round!

Goooldman… dolphin cop!

One thing I didn’t even taken into consideration when we were doing this is how f**king hung over I’d be the day after.

I feel pretty good, I slept really, really well.

My head hurts, my body hurts.

I have like a cut on my leg and I have no idea how I got it…Oh my God! haha.

I woke up this morning and remembered that I had parked my car in a tow away zone and the car got towed.

Any thing else you want to add? Don’t do drugs kids?

Yeah, that’s a good one.

So I, uh… I think no matter what.. enjoy everything in moderation.

and ahh… don’t get to a point where you’re being an idiot.

Because… as you can see it really really sucks either way.