Conversation Gambits - Eric Keller, Sylvia T Warner 1988

52. The Love Test
3. Responding Gambits

Are you a hopeless romantic — willing to do anything for your love? Or are you a down-to-earth realist who accepts life with or without love?

Work in pairs and interview each other using the Love Test on the next page

Take it in turns to interview each other. One student asks the questions, the other chooses answers from the phrases in the lists. There is a special scoring system below.

Scoring

For questions 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, score as follows:

Strong agreement     1

Mild agreement     2

Indecision       3

Mild disagreement     4

Strong disagreement    5

For questions L 3, 5, 7, 9, score as follows.

Strong agreement     5

Mild agreement     4

Indecision       3

Mild disagreement     ӿ

Strong disagreement    1

Strong agreement

Of course I would!

I certainly would!

Mild agreement

I think I would.

I might.

I might consider it.

I think so.

Indecision

I don’t know.

I can’t decide.

I can’t make up my mind.

I’m not sure.

Mild disagreement

Probably not.

I don’t think so.

I doubt it.

Strong disagreement

Never in a million years!

Not on your life!

Not (even) if you paid me!

Not for all the tea in China!