Top Twelve Idioms Exercise at Auto-English
Just like in most languages, English is full of idioms or special phrases with important meanings, but which defy translation by looking up words in the dictionary. Below are listed some of the most frequently occuring ones.
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1 Fill the gaps with the correct idiom. You may need to conjugate the verb and make it agree.
| 1 | Urrgh! The washing up. I'll do it tomorrow. I don't _________________ now. |
| 2 | Shall we go to the cinema or to the pub? I don't mind. It's _________________ you. |
| 3 | It's raining. _________________ I brought my umbrella. |
| 4 | Our old sofa is horrible. We have to _________________ it soon. |
| 5 | Politics! Politics! I'_________________ with politics. |
| 6 | A: Have you made a plan? |
| B: No, we'll arrange things _________________ . | |
| 7 | A: How often do you buy the paper? |
| B: _________________ . | |
| 8 | A: I saw you with David in the pub. Are you going out together? |
| B: It's _________________ . | |
| 9 | A: Do you _________________ your boss? |
| B: No, I don't. He's arrogant, rude and stupid. | |
| 10 | Your car is very old and it's always being repaired. Maybe it's _________________ buying a new one. |
| 11 | The film? It'_________________ a Roman soldier. |
| 12 | _________________ three apples _________________ . |
2 Now find equivalent expressions in your language and add them to the box.
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