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Quiz topic: Notices
1. Which of the following would you see in a car park?
a) Reduce speed now
b) Pay and display
c) Do not alight whilst the vehicle is in motion
d) Nothing to declare
2. What might you read on a packet of cigarettes?
a) Please refrain from smoking in the theatre
b) No Smoking
c) You must be 16 to purchase cigarettes
d) Smoking kills
3. Which of these would you see plane?
a) Please give up this seat for the elderly
b) Your lifejacket is under your seat
c) Do not alight whilst the vehicle is in motion
d) Stopping
4. Which of these would you NOT see in a shop?
a) Shoplifters will be prosecuted
b) Please pay here
c) Fitting room
d) No Vacancies
5. Which sign means no children can come in?
a) No admission to minors
b) No animals allowed
c) Cyclists dismount here
d) Pedestrians only
6. Which sign might you see next to private land?
a) No vacancies
b) Flat to let
c) Admission to ticket holders only
d) Trespassers will be prosecuted
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Quiz topic: Notices
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1. Which of the following would you see in a car park?
a) Reduce speed now
b) Pay and display
c) Do not alight whilst the vehicle is in motion
d) Nothing to declare
This is telling you to slow down, there may be something dangerous ahead.
You should buy a ticket from the machine and put it in the car window.
Don’t stand up on the bus until it has stopped.
In the airport, you have nothing that you need to show customs.
2. What might you read on a packet of cigarettes?
a) Please refrain from smoking in the theatre
b) No Smoking
c) You must be 16 to purchase cigarettes
d) Smoking kills
Smoking is not allowed in the theatre.
Smoking is not allowed.
We will not sell you cigarettes if you are under 16.
These types of messages are getting stronger and stronger.
3. Which of these would you see plane?
a) Please give up this seat for the elderly
b) Your lifejacket is under your seat
c) Do not alight whilst the vehicle is in motion
d) Stopping
You should give your seat to an old person.
You should put on your lifejacket if the plane is going to crash in the sea!
This means the bus is stopping at the next stop.
Don’t stand up on the bus until it has stopped.
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4. Which of these would you NOT see in a shop?
a) Shoplifters will be prosecuted
b) Please pay here
c) Fitting room
d) No Vacancies
This means the shop will bring a legal case against you if you steal anything.
The cash desk is here.
This is where you change when you try on clothes in a shop.
A hotel may display this in the window to tell you it is full.
5. Which sign means no children can come in?
a) No admission to minors
b) No animals allowed
c) Cyclists dismount here
d) Pedestrians only
This means young people cannot go in.
This means you cannot take animals inside.
If you are riding a bike, you have to get off and push.
You can only go there if you are walking and not driving.
6. Which sign might you see next to private land?
a) No vacancies
b) Flat to let
c) Admission to ticket holders only
d) Trespassers will be prosecuted
A hotel may display this in the window to tell you it is full.
You might see this in a newspaper or shop window. Someone has a flat that they want to
rent out.
You can only go in if you have a ticket.
This tells you that the land is private and the owner will bring a legal case
against you if you enter.
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