IELTS Listening Sample Questions # Laugh

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Answer the following questions in NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

  1. What is the Mexican version of One Direction?
  2. What is the synonym of joke?
  3. Which phrase has been used to refer to the fact that you understand something?
  4.  Which Greek word means the study of laughter and its effects on the body?
  5. What term has been used to refer to the kind of comedy where a person performs in front of and talks directly to the audience?
  6. Which word is used to refer to someone who is too interested in themselves?
  7. What is someone who want to be successful in their chosen career called?
  8. What is the synonym of unusual?
  9. Which word is used to refer to the fact that one should keep on trying to achieve something even when it seems difficult?
  10. What phrase has been used to refer to the fact that to be successful you need to work harder than every body else?
  11. Which word describes people who are more interested in their own thoughts and feelings that in spending time with other people?
  12. What are the people who are lively and enjoy the company of others called?
  13. From which Greek word has been the word laughter derived?

ANSWERS

  1. Juan direction
  2. gag
  3. get something
  4. gelotology
  5. stand-up comedy
  6. Narcissistic
  7. aspiring
  8. unique
  9. perseverance
  10. outwork
  11. introverts
  12. extroverts
  13. gelos
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