IELTS LRs: Decision Making/ Dream/ Ambition

Choose the correct phrase that best fits the definition:

"To either accept or reject sth."

• Take it or leave it

• Sit on the fence

• Take a back seat

• My way or the highway

Choose the correct phrase that best fits the definition:

"A job that you work during the office hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m"

• nine-to-five job

• manual work

• five-to-nine job

• white-collar

Choose the correct phrase that best fits the definition:

"Hopes or dreams that cannot be fulfilled."

• dream come true

• broken dreams

• in one's dreams

• dream sequence

Choose the correct phrase that best fits the definition:

"delay or avoid making a decision"

• Take it or leave it

• Sit on the fence

• Take a back seat

• My way or the highway

Choose the correct phrase that best fits the definition:

"To give the power to someone else and take a less important position"

• Take it or leave it

• Sit on the fence

• Take a back seat

• My way or the highway

Choose the correct phrase that best fits the definition:

"To do something late is better than to never do it at all."

• Take it or leave it

• Beat the clock

• Time flies

• Better late than never

Fill in the blank:

"I think they should .............. the pros and cons before passing judgement."

• Weight

• Weigh

• Weighed up

• Weightless

Fill in the blank:

"I didn't travel much in my twenties but I'm certainly .............. for lost time now."

• make up

• made

• making up

• making

Fill in the blank:

"He went the .............. mile just to make her feel special at the wedding."

• excel

• excellent

• extra

• extraorextraordinary

Fill in the blank:

"Seeing that talented singer once in my life is my dream ..........true."

• came

• comes

• went

• come