Wednesday, January 27, 2010

IDIOMS QUIZ

Can you __________________ that smell?
  • turn on
  • get rid of
  • lose
  • sit down
To start a machine or the flow of electricity, water, etc. :
  • take a look at
  • stand something
  • lose it
  • turn on
My English is _______________.
  • getting worse and worse
  • losing it
  • taking a look
  • getting rid
Dislike something very much :
  • get rid of something
  • can't stand something
  • take a look at
  • lose it
What's wrong ?
  • What's up?
  • What for?
  • What about?
  • What's the matter?
Look quickly at something :
  • make a look at
  • see a look at
  • take a look at
  • be a look at
A woman is _______________ from Busan to Jeju Island.
  • taking a ferry
  • making a ferry
  • doing a ferry
  • being a ferry
She was _______________ in the face when she learned she did not pass the test.
  • white
  • blue
  • black
  • red
Sit; be seated :
  • sit up
  • sit down
  • sit for
  • sit over
A man in the next chair _______________ the candy bar and eats it.
  • picks off
  • picks out
  • picks by
  • picks up
To walk away; to walk in the other direction :
  • walk over
  • walk out
  • walk off
  • walk into
To return to a place :
  • go on
  • go out
  • go about
  • go back
To remove something from a place :
  • do out
  • take out
  • make out
  • pick out
To make yourself comfortable in someone else's home :
  • do someone at home
  • take oneself at home
  • make oneself at home
  • be oneself at home
Feel shock and horror at something :
  • be red in the face
  • be horrified by
  • be fast asleep
  • be into something
To leave quickly; to escape :
  • run out
  • run in
  • run over
  • run away
Turn to the other side :
  • turn off
  • turn on
  • turn over
  • turn out
Begin to sleep :
  • be asleep
  • make asleep
  • do asleep
  • fall asleep
Sleep for a short time during the day :
  • take a nap
  • turn over
  • fall asleep
  • be fast asleep