WorksheetsV06. Advanced idioms
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
What does “it’s raining cats and dogs” really mean?
Pets are falling from the sky.
I see lots of cats and dogs outside.
It’s raining hard today!
Jose had a hard time comparing the iPhone to the Samsung phone because to him they were apples and oranges.
a. Jose can hardly tell the difference between the two phones because they are so similar.
b. Jose believes that the phones are so different from one another that they cannot be compared
c. Jose doesn’t know anything about phones so he may as well be thinking about fruits.
d. Jose is too hungry to think about phones at this time.
You are talking a hundred miles a minute! What does "talking a hundred miles a minute" mean?
being really confused
talking really fast
talking very slow
Ryan has a major sweet tooth. What does "to have a sweet tooth" mean?
he has a cavity
he has a toothache
he really loves sweets
He knew the test would be hard, so he decided to hit the books.
throw his books away and give up
study hard
Joe was going to the amusement park and having a pizza party for his birthday! He was on cloud nine.
What does the text in red mean?
to be very tall
to be very happy
not clear
to rain a lot
Read the following passage.
Nalia was unsure what to do. Her teacher had put her in charge of organizing the classroom bulletin board. It was an easy enough task, but she realized that there wasn’t enough space to post everyone’s latest art project. Nalia decided to ask Mr. Willis for help. “Here’s what I’d do,” he explained. “Layer everyone’s projects on top of one another a little, like a collage. It’ll be like art made out of art!” Nalia smiled. She knew she could trust the advice that she got from Mr. Willis, who’d been teaching for 15 years.
Which detail from the passage could be rewritten using the idiom “straight from the horse’s mouth”?
“Nalia was unsure what to do.”
“...an easy enough task...”
“...from Mr. Willis, who’d been teaching for 15 years.”
“Her teacher had put her in charge of organizing the classroom bulletin board.”
Complete the passage below with the correct idiom:
Carla was very impressed by the fireworks show. It _____________________.
blew her away.
killed two birds with one stone.
bit off more than it could chew.
cut corners.
Trini's co-worker tells her about a problem that may happen. Trini says, "let's cross that bridge when we get to it." What does that mean?
They should deal with the problem now.
They should walk over the bridge.
They should deal with the problem when it happens.
They should build a bridge.
Identify the meaning of the idiom “Can’t judge a book by its cover.”
It is easier to read a book than to protect the pages.
It is hard to tell how something is simply from its outward appearance.
A book’s ending can’t always be guessed by how it begins.
It takes a long time to really know someone.
Susan's family is poor. Her parents have to work hard to _____________________.
make ends meet
keep a low profile
see the light of day
kill two birds with one stone
Chun Yit was the most mischievous boy in school. He bullied and stole things from this classmates. After the incident, he had learnt his lesson and _______________________.
let his hair down
turned a blind eye
beat around the bush
turned over a new leaf
Larry is burning the midnight oil because he's having an exam tomorrow.
What does the idiom mean?
Larry is cooking at midnight.
Larry is burning something.
Larry is playing with fire.
Larry is studying late at night.
My computer shut down unexpectedly while I was writing that essay, and I had to start again from scratch.
From where the computer was scratched
From the beginning
The cat scratched me
Scratches all over
After having tons of fun at Family Fun Night, winning the bike was the icing on the cake. Winning the bike was...
disappointing.
a big mess.
fun.
Great news on top of something that was already awesome!
Identify each idiom's true meaning from the sentence below.
I've been working hard. Having 2 weeks off at Christmas will give me time to recharge my batteries before we start school again.
To attempt to be friend's with someone
To rest in order to gain back strength and energy
To have too much to do
To be in a risky situation
I'm sorry I didn't attend the meeting. It slipped my mind.
forgot
postponed
causing stress
I don’t believe that he didn’t take the money, but I will give him the benefit of the doubt until I can prove otherwise.
What does this mean?
I will trust him even though I have my doubts.
He would have never taken the money.
He probably took the money.
If he needs the money, it's okay to take it.
The invention of internet has changed the way we live; it is the best thing since sliced bread. What does this mean?
The internet is a great invention
Sliced bread is better than the internet
The internet is just as common as sliced bread.
The internet hasn't done a lot for us.
