Idioms Quiz 1

After going to the zoo, the mall, and the movies, Cassie was sick of bending over backwards to entertain her nieces.

• Cassie was doing very little to entertain her nieces.

• Cassie was making small efforts to entertain her nieces.

• Cassie was trying very hard to entertain her nieces.

• Cassie was not trying at all to entertain her nieces.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Bobby would have been playing ball until the cows came home if it hadn't been for Suzy dragging him home for dinner.

• Bobby was just about to stop playing.

• Bobby didn't even want to play ball to begin with.

• Bobby prefers nature to athletics.

• Bobby would have continued playing ball for a long time.

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Mr. Johnson was very particular about the arrangement of his classroom, so the thing he hated most was when his students caused a ruckus with their wild horseplay.

• Mr. Johnson hated when his students pretended to be animals.

• Mr. Johnson hated when his students played sports.

• Mr. Johnson hated when his students wrestled with each other.

• Mr. Johnson hated when his students made animal noises.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Eric wanted to fix his cousin's computer, but he was having problems setting up his Aunt's Wi-Fi network and he didn't want to open up a whole new can of worms.

• Eric was sick of spending his time helping his family.

• Eric wanted to go fishing instead of working on computers.

• Eric was having difficulties untangling the computer wires.

• Eric was not ready to begin working on a complicated new problem.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Even though Candace already had a new job, she submitted her two week notice and conducted herself in a professional way at her old job because she didn't want to burn any bridges.

• Candace didn't want to ruin her positive relationship with her old employer.

• Candace wasn't ready to start her new job.

• Candace was really going to miss her old job.

• Candace was waiting til her last day to rub it in everyone's face that she was leaving.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Janet gushed over the sculpture in the antique shop, but Kevin thought that the craftsmanship was merely run of the mill .

• Kevin thought the sculpture was exceptionally high quality.

• Kevin thought the sculpture was very creative.

• Kevin thought the sculpture was very expensive.

• Kevin thought the sculpture was ordinary or common.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

The prosecutor knew that the councilman had stolen public funds, but she wanted to get all of her ducks in a row before she charged him with a crime.

• She wanted to catch the councilman in the act.

• She wanted to take time to properly prepare her case.

• She had other business to take care of before going after the councilman.

• She had to finish lunch before returning to work.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Keisha started yelling at Ronnie and threatening him, but Ronnie didn't even flinch because he knew that her bark was worse than her bite.

• Ronnie thinks Keisha will get in trouble.

• Ronnie thinks Keisha has bad breath.

• Ronnie thinks Keisha is loud, but not dangerous.

• Ronnie thinks that Keisha has a crush on him.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Brad was accusing us of stealing his phone until he found it, and now he's trying to sweep it under the rug.

• Brad wants to pretend the incident never happened.

• Brad thinks his phone will be safer under the rug.

• Brad wants to do something to make up for his mistake.

• Brad is trying to locate a signal for his phone so he can use it.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Jose had a hard time comparing the iPhone to the Samsung phone because to him they were apples and oranges.

• Jose can hardly tell the difference between the two phones because they are so similar.

• Jose beleives the phone are so different they can not be compared.

• Jose doesn't know anything about phone so they misght as well be fruit.

• Jose is too hungry to think about phones at this time.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B