WorksheetsFORM 3 - Idioms
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 9mins
"Are you pulling my leg? It's huge!"
Are you talking nonsense?
Are you lying to me?
Are you kidding?
"Hey, don't be such a wet blanket."
silly
an enemy
spoilsport
unreasonable
"Look! Your friend is making a beeline for the door!"
going straight for
running away
hunting
looking
"Don't spare the rod and spoil the child."
avoid punishing a child and ruin him
punish a child too often and ruin him
use the rod to hit a child and ruin him
"Well, birds of a feather flock together."
children are like birds
birds always fly in flocks
children like to mix around
people of the same sort always mix together
"Oh come on Grandpa, you know that all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy."
doing homework is dull
children must not do work
it is not healthy to work all the time
we must work and play at the same time
"I must say that raising my teenage daughter is not a bed of roses."
not sweet-smelling
not happy
not easy
not safe
"Sean sometimes makes me feel so annoyed. I don't want to clip his wings."
limit his freedom
punish him too often
lock him in the house
control his behavior
"Well, I've learnt to turn a deaf ear."
speak softly to them
shout at them
ignore them
"Well, is it necessary to discuss at the top of your voice?"
with so much enthusiasm
as loudly as possible
so aggressively
"If I hear you making noise again I'll have to put my foot down and punish the whole class."
to give one last chance
to be strict and firm
to be honest
to be fair
"Whew! That was a close call."
a narrow escape
a difficult situation
an unlucky occurence
a frightening encounter
