Idioms
I have always picked my nose. I can't stop. old____ ____ ____ _____.
Old habits die hard
Our plane is about to leave......get a _____ ____!
a wiggle on
He goes to work by bike __________ living only 1km away.
despite
______ can go to the festival. It's open to all ages.
Anyone/anybody
I want to know ____ truth, ____ whole truth and nothing but ___ truth!
the, the, the
My team are so going to win this tournament. We've g____ it ____ ____ ___!
got it in the bag
I'm so excited because I won tickets to Italy! I'll have to b____ __ o_____ my Italian.
brush up on
_______ that he's the chief fireman, he's really unfit and unhealthy.
Despite the fact/In spite of the fact
I have two very close friend but unfortunately _____ of _______ lives near me.
neither, them
____ women are from Venus and ___ are from Mars.
-, -
My horrible ex-girlfriend c_____ ___ o___ ____ when I was walking down the street yesterday. I hadn't seen her for 4 years!
caught me off guard
I think someone is stealing money from the company. I think I have to___ ____ __ with the manager.
take it up
Everyone seemed to enjoy his speech at the wedding _______________ his inappropriate and crude jokes.
in spite of/despite
Correct or incorrect:
All went wrong at my job interview last week. I didn't answer _____ questions correctly.
Everything, any
______ tigers are majestic animals that live in _____jungles of Asia.
-, the
3.30pm
Urgent! I need you to check my assignment before 4pm!
Um, I can't just do it a____ t___ ____ o___ ___ ____. I'm doing something else right now.
at the drop of a hat
Darth Vader to Luke Skywalker:
I've been wanting to ____ s______ _____ _____ c________.
I am your father.
get something off my chest
Mum prepared some sandwiches ___________ eat them on the bus.
so I could
Correct or incorrect:
The most people are against eating GMO food. It's _____ healthy ____ safe.
the, neither, nor
He's afraid of ____ death so he won't walk past _____ cemetery, even ____ one his grandma is buried in.
-, a, the
Lately I've been ______ _____ _____ _____ ____ _____. Life has been hectic (busy)!
running around like a headless chook.
The score I needed to get into university was 50 and I got 51. I got in ___ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____!
by the skin of my teeth
_________ to be disappointed, I always set my expectations low.
So as not/in order not
________ person in that school gets a laptop! I'm jealous because ____ ____ u____ have them at our school.
Every, none of us
The, the, the, the, the, -