ENGLISH 7 IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS

You’ve got to have some work experience under your belt before you can hope to get a stable job.

• have obtained enough financial resources to unwind

• have attained more talent to manipulate interview results

• have acquired experience or have satisfactorily achieved something

• have gained a lot of friends from high places who can help you get the job

2. Now here’s this week’s quiz. It’s time to put your thinking caps on.

• to think with deep meditation

• to consider with much deliberation

• to solve a problem or create an idea by thinking

• to feel bombarded and heavy with a difficult task

3. Black gold is primarily found in the Middle East.

• camel

• oil

• sand

• illegal money

4. When he tried to put the blame on Pedro, he was sent away with a flea in his ear.

• being exiled

• being banished

• being punished

• being reprimanded

To live in grey existence would mean to live a colorless life.

• hectic, busy

• exciting, full

• dull, monotonous

• confused, at a loss

Reporters avoid clichés because they

• a. require too much originality, thought and time.

• b. have been used so often they have lost their impact.

• c. almost always shock or offend readers and viewers.

• d. generally cannot be understood by readers and viewers.

What is the problem with the following sentence? “The car collided with a sign next to the road.”

• a. The emphasis is on the car, not the driver.

• b. It does not say what kind of sign collided with are.

• c. For two things to collide, both must be in motion.

• d. It does not say what kind of sign collided with are.

Jodi's grandmother spent months knitting a sweater for Jodi. When Jodi took a look at it, she really disliked the colors. She couldn't tell her grandmother that, so she told a little white lie instead.

• a. truth

• b. lie

• c. huge made up story

• d. lie that is told to avoid someone’s feeling

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

• a. Eric was having difficulties untangling the computer wire

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

• c. Eric was ready to begin working on a complicated new problem.

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

Ms. Sanchez was very particular about the arrangement of her classroom, so the thing she hated most was when her students caused a ruckus with their wild horseplay.

• a. Ms. Sanchez hated when her students play sports.

• b. Ms. Sanchez hated when her students made animal noises.

• c. Ms. Sanchez hated when her students are not reciting in the class.

• d. Ms. Sanchez hated when her students wrestled around with each other.