Day10 worksheet - Core English
Worksheet: Idiom Quiz
Tick the correct meaning of the underlined idiom.
1. As you’re a friend of mine, I won’t charge you much in fact I’ll do it for nothing.
a. at some charge c. at little charge
b. at low charge d. at no charge
2. I just want to stay at home, watch television and take it easy.
a. sleep c. sit down
b. eat d. relax
3. I’m awfully sorry but I I’ll have to ask you to pay because I’m out of cash.
a. I have no cheque. c. I have no money.
b. I have no card. d. I have no bank.
4. Between you and me, so don’t tell anyone, I’m sure he’ll lose the election.
a. In truth c. In confidence
b. In fact d. In conclusion
5. A word of warning: don’t let him make a monkey of you.
a. make you jump up and down c. make you spend your money
b. make faces at you d. make a fool of you
6. He’s embarrassingly greedy when it comes to eating and always takes the lion’s share of the food.
a. last portion c. smallest portion
b. first portion d. largest portion
7. John’s wife never lets him do what he wants and as a result he leads a dog’s life.
a. eats what he can c. has an unhappy time
b. never sleeps d. goes everywhere on foot
8. You mean he’s a bad egg?
a. a disgusting person c. a dirty person
b. a stupid person d. a dishonest person
9. There’s something very fishy about that story he told us because I can’t quite get to the bottom of it.
a. to do with the sea c. connected with fish
b. suspicious d. strong smelling
10. I’d like to help save your project, but my hands are tied.
a. I’d like to help save your project, but my hands are tied behind my back.
b. I’d like to help save your project, but my hands are tied together.
c. I’d like to help save your project, but my hands are tied psychologically.
d. I’d like to help save your project, but I can do nothing.
11. My friend and I are going to hit the road this summer.
a. My friend and I are going to help repair the road.
b. My friend and I are going to travel from town to town this summer.
c. My friend and I are going on a long walk this summer.
d. My friend and I are going to beat the road with sticks in order to repair it.
12. We’ve worked out the links and we’re ready to step up to the plate.
a. We’ve worked out the kinesthetic method and we’re ready to bat in a baseball game.
b. We’re worked out our problems and we’re ready to get started.
c. We’ve worked out our problems and we’re ready to bat in a baseball game.
d. We’ve taken muscle relaxers and we’re ready for baseball.
13. If you don’t try, how can you know if you would have been successful?
a. If you cannot shoot a gun, how can you know if you would have been successful?
b. If you don’t try, how can you know if you would be successful?
c. If you cannot get a shot in the arm, how can you know if you would have been successful?
d. If you cannot get shot, how can you know if you would have been successful?
14. I am crying out loud!
a. I am crying with tears in my eyes. c. I am crazy!
b. I am frustrated! d. I am seriously depressed!
15. When pigs fly!
a. That will never happen!
b. That will happen when extraordinary events begin to occur, such as pigs taking flight.
c. You’re a pig and you need to leave!
d. You’re awful and you need to get out!
16. I won’t beat around the bush.
a. I won’t walk around a bush.
b. I won’t avoid the subject.
c. I won’t avoid the bush.
d. I won’t beat the bush, only around it.
17. It’s raining cats and dogs!
a. It’s raining right now!
b. It ’s raining and the cats and dogs are out!
c. I see cats. Dogs and rain!
d. It’s raining very hard!
18. His bark is worse than his bite.
a. He acts like a dog to make people angry.
b. He yells at everybody and does mean things.
c. He yells, but he does not do mean things.
d. He barks like a dog and bites people. He needs to be locked up.
EDUFOLKS TIPS Idioms · Idioms give more insight about the character. · Practise idioms before using them. · Learn few and keep using them in your sentences, rather than learning all. Remember, there are more than ten thousand idioms in English.
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Idiom Quiz Answers:
1. at no cost
2. relax
3. I have no money.
4. In confidence
5. make a fool out of you
6. largest portion
7. has an unhappy time
8. a dishonest person
9. suspicious
10. I’d like to help save your project, but I can do nothing.
11. My friend and I are going to travel from town to town this summer.
12. We’re worked out our problems and we’re ready to get started.
13. If you don’t try, how can you know if you would be successful?
14. I am frustrated!
15. That will never happen!
16. I won’t avoid the subject.
17. It’s raining very hard!
18. He yells, but he does not do mean things.