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Idioms/phrasal verbs for interactive communication

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Come on, let's not _____________.

a)

beet around the bush

b)

beat around the bush

c)

bit around the bush

d)

bitt around the bush

2.

My husband and I ___________on most issues.

a)

don't drink a cup of tea

b)

don't sit on the fence

c)

don't put in a nutshell

d)

don't see eye to eye

3.

I am ___________ you on the question of global warming.

a)

at odds with

b)

eye to eye with

c)

sitting on the fence with

d)

on the ball with

4.

You _______________ when you said that the key to success was determination.

a)

beat around the bush

b)

rang a bell

c)

saw eye to eye

d)

hit the nail on the head

5.

Just give me the facts _____________.

a)

on the head

b)

at odds

c)

in a nutshell

d)

on the ball

6.

If you want to get a high score in the IELTS listening test, you will have to _____________.

a)

see eye to eye

b)

be on the ball

c)

beat around the bush

d)

ring a bell

7.

________________ and tell me frankly what you think of my boyfriend.

a)

Don't ring a bell

b)

Don't see eye to eye

c)

Don't be on the ball

d)

Don't beat around the bush

8.

Sorry, I couldn't ___________ what you were saying.

a)

make up

b)

make off

c)

make up for

d)

make out

9.

I am sorry, that topic ______________.

a)

doesn't ring a bell

b)

doesn't make out

c)

doesn't beat around the bush

d)

doesn't sit on the fence

10.

Doing jigsaw puzzles isn't ________.

a)

around the bush

b)

my cup of tea

c)

on the ball

d)

on the head

11.

We have to ____________ a solution to this problem.

a)

come out with

b)

come with

c)

come up with

d)

come down with

12.

I usually just _________________ what she says to avoid arguments.

a)

go along

b)

go with

c)

go around with

d)

go along with

13.

A: Who was cooler, Mike or Bill?

B: I won't tell you. I prefer to ____________.

a)

be at odds

b)

sit on the fence

c)

hit the nail

d)

be on the ball

14.

The Prime Minister __________ the President.

a)

was by all odds with

b)

was by odds with

c)

was at odds with

d)

was over the odds for