Language Skills Quiz

He kept making rude comments, and it really started to _______ me __________.

• flick / off

• annoy / no end

• wince / constantly

• give / the cold shoulder

I'm not sure exactly, but _________, I think the answer is 42.

• steeple your hands

• furrow your brow

• off the top of my head

• wallow in self-pity

The actor was __________ happy to sign autographs after the premiere.

• only too

• in over his head

• wallowing in

• flicking his hair back

Decide if the statement uses the idiom correctly. She gave me the cold shoulder when I tried to talk to her at the party.

• True

• False

Decide if the statement uses the idiom correctly. I turned up my nose when I found out he got a promotion.

• True

• False

Decide if the statement uses the idiom correctly. Different strokes for different folks means that everyone agrees on the same things.

• True

• False

Fill in the blank with the correct word form. He was __________ when the dentist started drilling his tooth.

Fill in the blank with the correct word form. The __________ of the room made it feel cold and unwelcoming.

Fill in the blank with the correct word form. She tends to __________ her failures to bad luck.

Choose the correct version of the sentence. I’m sorry I yelled at you; I was in a bad mood and took it ____ on you.

• out

• up

• off