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Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 40mins
I'm tired. Let's go to bed.
There is trouble ahead.
I have a problem.
"It's raining cats and dogs."
What is the actual meaning of this idiom?
It is raining cats and dogs, watch out!
It is raining really hard
it isn't raining at all
It is raining on only cats and dogs
"It'll cost you an arm and a leg"
What's the meaning of this idiom?
You need to give an arm and a leg away
you need to not buy it
Buying it will not be good
it will cost a lot of money
"You hit the nail on the head!"
What does this idiom mean?
You got that right!
That hurt
You missed
You are completely wrong
I was about to go on stage and had BUTTERFLIES IN MY STOMACH.
sick
bugs crawled inside of me
mad
nervous
After I made an A on the test, I felt like I was ON TOP OF THE WORLD!
excited
upset
disappointed
confused
You're talking a HUNDRED MILES A MINUTE!
jumbled
slow
fast
I only get to visit my grandparents ONCE IN A BLUE MOON.
once a while
every year
whenever I want
all the time
William will keep his room clean WHEN PIGS FLY.
he always keeps it clean
his room is never clean
he likes to clean
he asks his sister to clean
Jim told his daughter that she was the APPLE OF HIS EYE.
They make apple pie and put it in their eyes.
They eat apples together.
He doesn't like being with his daughter.
She is extremely important to her dad.
Sam's sister was always STEALING HER THUNDER on the dance floor.
taking away the attention
getting struck by lightning
stealing her clothes
working together
BREAK A LEG!
Don't cheat!
I hope you break your bones.
Good luck!
Watch where you are walking.
Helen was feeling UNDER THE WEATHER.
happy
confused
excited
sick
Those shoes COST AN ARM AND A LEG!
they are expensive
they are yellow
they go on both feet
they are cheap
She memorized something.
If you take something with a pinch of salt,
you don't completely believe something because you think it's probably not true
you like your food to be salty
you think something might bring you bad luck
If you hit the sack,
you win the lottery
you give up a sport because you feel you are not good enough
you go to bed because you are very tired
If you cut corners when doing something,
you accomplish two different things at the same thing with very little effort
you do it badly or cheaply at the expense of high standards
you do it straightaway
If you are over the moon,
you become serious about something
you are very pleased about something
you are very angry with someone
If you speak/talk of the devil,
you say something bad about someone
you talk directly about a hot issue
the person you are talking about unexpectedly appears
If you go the extra mile,
you are willing to make a special effort to achieve something
you walk a bit more although you are tired just to prove that you can
you put yourself in a tough position in order to support someone
If you let the cat out of the bag,
you accidentally reveal a secret
you create a problem
you pretend to be someone you are not and you are discovered
If you hear something on the grapevine, you hear it...
from an authoritative or dependable source
from someone who heard it from someone else
while shopping at the greengrocer's
What's on your bucket list? Your bucket list is:
a list of things you need to pack for your holidays
a list of things you want to do before you die
a list of things you need to buy because you have run out of them
He did not want the talk to get out of hand.
inside the classroom
out of control
The needed to pull together. Then they could out on a great play.
waited in line
worked as a team
Luz made up her mind to play Henny Penny.
understood
decided
The play was a big hit!
was a success
was very long
I crossed my fingers with anticipation!
good luck
pointed at something
I told the students to get their act together.
behave properly
acting out in a play
It all sounded like a bunch of mumbo jumbo! I couldn’t understand what the teacher was saying!
To call something total nonsense
it was massive
A little birdie told me that the test would be next week!
Someone told me a secret
a small bird
When some says "I feel like a fish out of water" what do they mean?
not knowing how to swim
having a hard time breathing
uncomfortable situation that you are not used to
feeling trap
What does "I have a frog in my throat" mean?
repeating a noise over and over
unable to use your voice
when your tongue turns green
when you eat something weird
To be "all ears" means...
listen attentively
when you have more than one earring
when you wear a silly hat with other ears
when you are not listening
When we are all "in the same boat" it means that....
when you are going fishing with a friend
singing "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"
being in a kayak together
share the same unfortunate situation as another person
What does "sick as a dog" mean?
when you bark like a dog
when you ate dog treats
to be extremely ill or sick
when you have a lot of energy
"Time flies" means __________________.
when a fly lands on a clock
when time going very moving slowly
your watch flies off your wrist
time goes by very quickly
