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Time idioms

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When meeting a friend, do you ______ on time?

a)

turn up

b)

turn out

c)

turn off

d)

turn in

2.

It's disrespectful _____ people _____ .

a)

make / wait

b)

keep /waiting

c)

keep / to wait

d)

making / waiting

3.

What word means "the limit of time or date to submit a task"?

a)

final date

b)

death line

c)

deadline

d)

overtime

4.

Do you normally _____ things _____ till the _____ minute?

a)

put / out / last

b)

put / off / last

c)

put / off / late

5.

When you do something at the last possible moment, you ___ .

a)

do it in the name of time

b)

do it in the mick of time

c)

do it in the nick of time

6.

If you miss a lot of classes, you'll ___ .

a)

get behind

b)

be behind

c)

get back

7.

_____ it's necessary to slow down and chill out.

a)

In the long run

b)

From time to time

c)

At the eleventh hour

d)

It's high time

8.

Look how fast out children grew up. How ___ !

a)

time goes

b)

time runs

c)

time flies

d)

time speeds

9.

It's _____ he met with me to resolve this issue.

a)

high time

b)

rise time

c)

good time

10.

I had to asked her out three times before she said yes. Well, you know ___ .

a)

First time's a charm

b)

Third time's a win

c)

Second time's a charm

d)

Third time's a charm

11.

Although she was late for the exam, she manages to _____ and finished all.

a)

kick the clock

b)

beat the time

c)

beat the clock

12.

Almost too late or at the last possible moment.

a)

At the five hundredth hour

b)

At the twentieth hour

c)

At the eleventh hour

d)

At the rush hour

13.

Make the most of your time because _____ you'll be grateful for it.

a)

in the long run

b)

in the last run

c)

in the long way

d)

in the last way

14.

Failing my exams the first time was a huge ___ .

a)

beat the clock

b)

wake-up-call

c)

easy does it

d)

a matter of time

15.

Your drum solo was very entertaining, but don't ___ .

a)

throw the towel

b)

take up the day job

c)

give up the day job

d)

call it a day

16.

These days at school we have to carry out loads of tasks in such a short period of time, so sometimes we feel we are ___ .

a)

snowed over

b)

snowed under

c)

snowed through

17.

I wanted to tell him how much I loved him, but he left before I could. The ___ .

a)

ship has departed

b)

ship has sunk

c)

ship has sailed

18.

_____ and come with new ideas, since the project is not being successful.

a)

Let's call it a day

b)

Let's finish it

c)

Let's call it now

19.

I went out to run errands and managed to do everything ___ .

a)

in one stroke

b)

in one strike

c)

in one beat

20.

You have the same exact answers... someone has copied the exam. _____!

a)

I wasn't born a week ago

b)

I didn't born yesterday

c)

I wasn't born yesterday

d)

I didn't born last year