IDIOMS 1
He rides very fast, it's very dangerous. I think he____
A) ...is playing with fire
B) missed the boat
C) barking up the wrong three
...is playing with fire
Her only two options for saving her company is to pay a lot of money. he is between a rock and a hard place.
A) Not responsable any longer
B) Without any good option
C) In the same situation
without any good option
A) in the same situation
B) not responsable any longer
C) really difficult or frustrating
in the same situation
(CONNECTORS)
____ was late, I missed the appointment.
(A) I (B) Because (C) The train (D) Since he
(D) Since he
The lawyer asked the client why____it.
(A) did he do (B) did he (C) he did (D) did
(C) he did
The teacher is asking me all the time if I stole the answers of the exam, buy I already told hi it was no me. He is barking up the wrong tree.
A) Making a mistake
B) missed an opportunity
C) doing too much
Making a mistake
I can't think of the answer, but it will come to me in just a minute. It's on the tip of my tongue.
A) Very tired
B) The best
C) An idea that is not in words
An idea that is not in words
I know that you love this store, but I prefer the other one. To each his own
A) Everybody has different opinion.
B) Everything takes time
C) It doesn't matter
Everybody has different opinion.
(COORDINATE CONNECTORS)
A power failure occurred,____the lamps went out.
(A) then (B) so (C) later (D) next
(B) so
____is on the table has four sections.
(A) The notebook
(B) The notebook which
(C) Because the notebook
(D) In the notebook
(B) The notebook which
He is very nervous and every time he speaks he regrets.______
burning the candle at both sides
His bark is worse than his bite
He is putting his foot in his mouth
He is putting his foot in his mouth
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Saying embarrassing things
He looks like his father, They have the same hair and the same expressions. He's a chip off the old block.
A) Exactly alike
B) Just like his father
C) The bets
Just like his father
Don't worry about what my brother told you. His bark is worse than his bite.
What is the meaning?
Give an example
His word are worse than his actions.
With his friend _____ found the movie theater.
(A) has (B) he (C) later (D) when
(B) he
(OBJECTS OF PREPOSITIONS)
With his friend _____ found the movie theater.
(A) has (B) he (C) later (D) when
(B) he
He is working a lot, he has three job and he just sleeps 5 hours per day. He is burning the candle at both ends.
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THE IDIOM?
GIVE AN EXAMPLE
DOING TOO MUCH
I have been doing lots of activities all day because I didn't do them yesterday and now I am on my last leg.
WHAT IS THE MEANING?
GIVE AN EXAMPLE
Very tired
You need to learn to relax, every time you have an exam you run around like a chicken with its head cut off.
What is the meaning?
Give an example
Act overly nervously and excited
(APPOSITIVES)
____, Sarah rarely misses her basketball shots.
(A) An excellent basketball player
(B) An excellent basketball player is
(C) Sarah is an excellent basketball player
(D) Her excellent basketball play
(A) An excellent basketball player
(APPOSITIVES)
____, George, is attending the lecture.
(A) Right now
(B) Happily
(C) Because of the time
(D) My friend
(D) My friend
I know that you thought that this part of the test was difficult, but wait until you see the part C of the listening part. You are jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire.
WHAT IS THE MEANING?
GIVE AN EXAMPLE
GOING FROM BAD TO WORSE
I have to study, but when my brother listens to music so loud, staying is like trying to swim upstream.
WHAT IS THE MEANING?
GIVE AN EXAMPLE
Really difficult or frustrating
You have beef offered this job and the offer may not remain forever. You need to strike the iron while the iron is hot.
What is the meaning?
Give an example
Take advantages form a good oportunity
(CONNECTOR/SUBJECTS CORRECTLY)
____was on television made me angry.
(A) It. (B) The story (C) What (D) When
(C) What
(SUBJECT AND A VERB)
The boy _____ going to the movies with a friend.
(A) he is
(B) he always was
(C) is relaxing
(D) will be
(D) will be