Idioms
If we don’t like something, it is not our…
a. cup of hot chocolate
b. cup of tea
c. cup of coffee
b. cup of tea
A lot of celebrities _____ to the party.
a. invited
b. were invited
c. were invite
b. were invited
I'd have a car if I _____ in the city.
a. 'd live
b. live
c. lived
c. lived
"Whose medicines are these?" "They are not _____. Ask Sally, maybe they are _____."
a. me/hers
b. mine/hers
c. my/hers
b. mine/hers
If something costs an arm and a leg, it means that it is...
a. not worth the money
b. very expensive
c. very cheap
b. very expensive
When we called she didn't answer because she _____ for the job.
a. has been interviewed
b. was interviewed
c. was being interviewed
c. was being interviewed
I _____ the exam even if I had studied harder.
a. wouldn't pass
b. wouldn't have passed
c. hadn't passed
b. wouldn't have passed
_____ was a total success.
a. The party of yesterday
b. Yesterday's party
c. Yesterday party
b. Yesterday's party
If you are over the moon about something…
a. you are very happy about something
b. you are very dissatisfied
c. you are very serious about an issue
a. you are very happy about something
We are sorry about the problem, sir. But don't worry, the mistake _____ right now.
a. has being corrected
b. was corrected
c. is being corrected
c. is being corrected
When you arrive, we _____ in the garden.
a. play
b. played
c. are playing
d. will be playing
d. will be playing
One of the flashback sequences towards the _____ is absolutely brilliant.
a. end of the film
b. film end
c. film's end
a. end of the film
As the conductor lifted his baton, the theater was so still you could hear _____.
a. his heartbeat
b. bird wings
c. a pin drop
d. the drum beating
c. a pin drop
Choose TWO correct sentences.
a. His boss has been offered him a promotion.
b. A promotion has been offered to him his boss.
c. He has been offered a promotion.
d. A promotion has been offered to him.
c and d
If we had planned this better, we _____ in so much trouble now.
a. wouldn't have been
b. hadn't been
c. wouldn't be
d. weren't
c. wouldn't be
You should give your employer _____ notice before leaving your job.
a. two week
b. two week's
c. two weeks'
c. two weeks'
In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, which character said this quote?
“I'm going to bed before you two get us killed or, worse, expelled."
a. Neville
b. Draco
c. Percy
d. Hermione
d. Hermione
In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, which character said this quote?
“Took a Bludger to the head two minutes in. Woke up in the hospital two weeks later."
a. Oliver Wood
b. George Weasley
c. Angelina Johnson
d. Alicia Spinnet
a. Oliver Wood
In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, which character said this quote?
“We'll have another little chat soon. When you've had time to decide where your loyalties lie."
a. Dumbledore
b. Molly
c. Snape
d. Lily
c. Snape
In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, which character said this quote?
“You're a little scary sometimes, you know that? Brilliant, but scary."
a. Dudley
b. Harry
c. Ron
d. Ginny
c. Ron