Cool to pierce?

This task is about using different types of words.
Students' comments on body piercings

 
Read the page of students' comments about body piercing to do the following tasks.
 
a)
Next to each word listed below, write a word or phrase (from the students' comment page) that has a similar meaning. 
 
i)
acceptable  ______________________
 
ii)
 
 thin  ______________________
iii)
get angry      ______________________
 
iv
trouble   ______________________
 
b)
Write the meanings of the following colloquial (informal) words or phrases.
 
 
 i) 
 
ii) 
 
iii)
 you're cool   ___________________________________________________________ 
 
downside    ____________________________________________________________ 
 
dorky            ___________________________________________________________
 
c)
Who or what do the underlined words refer to in each of the following phrases? One has been done for you as an example.
 
 
 i) 
 
ii) 
 
iii) 
 
iv)
 
 People do it to upset their parents.   get pierced     
 
They'd have a cow.  _______________ 
 
You're not allowed any in your nose.  _______________ 
 
It can get infected.  _______________
 
d)
What class of words do "they", "it", and "you" belong to?
 

(A) conjunction     (B) pronoun     (C) noun     (D) adverb