English 8 Loyal - Practice Drill

Choose the sentence that applies the correct use of the idiomatic expression found in the picture.

• I nee to two cents to buy this new product.

• When my friend asked me what I thought about her new haircut, I gave her my two cents.

• Gina owes me two cents.

• The teacher provided a mathematical equation to test if two cents will be the answer.

Where did the idiom 'two cents worth' come from?

Another possible origin of the idiom can be traced back to American colonial times when people would pay two pennies (or two cents) to have their opinions published in local newspapers. This practice became known as offering one’s “two cents worth.” As newspapers became more widespread, so did this expression.

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Choose the sentence that applies the correct use of the idiomatic expression found in the picture.

• "It was a nice piece of cake," the woman said after tasting the canned cake from one of Japan's vending machines.

• Hanna finishes her marathon and says, "It was a piece of cake"

• My father loves to bake cakes. He always give me a piece of cake after finishing his new recipe.

This idiom means something is easily done.

Type easy if you get it.

Choose the sentence that applies the correct use of the idiomatic expression found in the picture.

• Jimmy is yawning. He needs to hit the sack.

• Jimmy will hit the sack out of frustration.

• Jimmy is hitting the sack for a new sport in their town.

Where did hit the sack come from?

• It is probable that "hit the sack" originates from the practice of stuffing sacks with hay to make mattresses. This is also the likely origin of hit the hay, but detractors of this theory assert that "hit the hay" comes from the practice of sleeping in haystacks. The word sack is military slang for sleeping bag.
  
  Type hit it if you get it.

Choose the sentence that applies the correct use of the idiomatic expression found in the picture.

• Dan stop doing things and say lets call them a day.

• Let us call them a day.

• I can’t call it a day I need to work more for a couple of hours.

The meaning and origin of the idiom "call it a day", means to stop doing something, especially working, and go home.

if you get it, type Let's call it a day.