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IELTS LRs: Decision Making/ Dream/ Ambition

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Choose the correct phrase that best fits the definition:

"To either accept or reject sth."

a)

Take it or leave it

b)

Sit on the fence

c)

Take a back seat

d)

My way or the highway

2.

Choose the correct phrase that best fits the definition:

"A job that you work during the office hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m"

a)

nine-to-five job

b)

manual work

c)

five-to-nine job

d)

white-collar

3.

Choose the correct phrase that best fits the definition:

"Hopes or dreams that cannot be fulfilled."

a)

dream come true

b)

broken dreams

c)

in one's dreams

d)

dream sequence

4.

Choose the correct phrase that best fits the definition:

"delay or avoid making a decision"

a)

Take it or leave it

b)

Sit on the fence

c)

Take a back seat

d)

My way or the highway

5.

Choose the correct phrase that best fits the definition:

"To give the power to someone else and take a less important position"

a)

Take it or leave it

b)

Sit on the fence

c)

Take a back seat

d)

My way or the highway

6.

Choose the correct phrase that best fits the definition:

"To do something late is better than to never do it at all."

a)

Take it or leave it

b)

Beat the clock

c)

Time flies

d)

Better late than never

7.

Fill in the blank:

"I think they should .............. the pros and cons before passing judgement."

a)

Weight

b)

Weigh

c)

Weighed up

d)

Weightless

8.

Fill in the blank:

"I didn't travel much in my twenties but I'm certainly .............. for lost time now."

a)

make up

b)

made

c)

making up

d)

making

9.

Fill in the blank:

"He went the .............. mile just to make her feel special at the wedding."

a)

excel

b)

excellent

c)

extra

d)

extraorextraordinary

10.

Fill in the blank:

"Seeing that talented singer once in my life is my dream ..........true."

a)

came

b)

comes

c)

went

d)

come

11.

Fill in the blank:

"In a desperate attempt to .........the clock, I raced to mail my tax return before midnight"

a)

fight

b)

defeat

c)

win

d)

beat

12.

Choose the correct definition of the following term:

"Time flies"

a)

Time passes very slowly

b)

Time can fly high.

c)

to start sth fresh/ start behaving in a better way

d)

Time passes very quickly.

13.

Choose the correct definition of the following term:

"Like clockwork"

a)

To happen regularly at an unscheduled time.

b)

To rarely happen at a scheduled time.

c)

To happen regularly at a scheduled time.

d)

To happen sometimes at a scheduled time.

14.

Choose the correct definition of the following term:

"In one's dreams"

a)

Used to say that something is unlikely to happen.

b)

Used to say that something is likely to happen

c)

Used to say that something is beautiful.

d)

Used to say that something is better than you could imagine

15.

keep one's _ _ _ _ on the ground: thực tế, thiết thực

(a)  

16.

at the (a)   hour: vào phút chót

17.

work one's (a)   to the bone: làm việc cật lực

18.

Choose the correct definition of the following term:

"get in one's good books"

a)

scold sb for doing sth wrong

b)

learn from sb

c)

to start sth fresh/ start behaving in a better way

d)

to do sth to win one's favour