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ENGLISH IDIOMS_Pre-Intermediate Level

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1. I cannot understand why she did that, it really doesn't add up.

   1.   doesn't calculate
   2.   isn't mathematics
   3.   doesn't make sense
   4.   makes the wrong addition

2. All the students got high marks in the test but Mary stood out.

   1.   got a lot of marks
   2.   got higher marks than someone
   3.   got very good marks
   4.   got the most marks of all

3. He has sold his house and has no job and so now he has next to nothing.

   1.   he is unemployed
   2.   he has almost no money
   3.   he has a few things
   4.   he has nothing at all

4. As a newspaper reporter she always wanted to get information at first hand.

   1.   quickly
   2.   slowly
   3.   easily
   4.   directly

5. I think we can safely say now that we have got our money back, we are home and dry.

   1.   have not got wet
   2.   have got no water
   3.   have been successful
   4.   have got home dry

6. He is the man who owns all the land and is the big fish around here.

   1.   the fat man
   2.   the huge man
   3.   the important man
   4.   the enormous man

7. She never stops talking about herself and is full of herself.

   1.   is very fat
   2.   is too fat
   3.   very full
   4.   is very conceited

8. You will not slip over because the floor is as dry as a bone.

   1.   completely hard
   2.   extremely flat
   3.   totally dry
   4.   completely cracked

9. He kept saying he didn't do it but in the end he said he had done it.

   1.   at the end
   2.   finally
   3.   at last
   4.   by the end

10. I know you are very sorry that you broke the pot but accidents will happen.

    1.   things will take place
    2.   things do occur
    3.   things take place often
    4.   things often go wrong

11. I'm sorry I didn't take in what he said.

    1.   listen
    2.   hear
    3.   understand
    4.   note

12. I hope she gets through her exams next week.

    1.   passes
    2.   follows
    3.   takes
    4.   hands

13. What time do you get up in the morning?

    1.   leave home
    2.   start for work
    3.   finish off sleep
    4.   get out of bed

14. When you stop work, you can take up golf.

    1.   finish playing
    2.   start playing
    3.   stop playing
    4.   enjoy playing

15. Don't overdo it because you're very tired.

    1.   do a lot
    2.   do a little
    3.   do too little
    4.   do too much

16. When does your plane take off?

    1.   leave the ground
    2.   start to land
    3.   begin to arrive
    4.   finish landing

17. As a student she has just enough money to get by on.

    1.   live fully
    2.   live simply
    3.   live easily
    4.   live quietly

18. I don't know who wrote this note because I can't make out the signature.

    1.   discover
    2.   find
    3.   read
    4.   learn

19. We don't have enough money for a car so we make do with bicycles.

    1.   use many times
    2.   use instead
    3.   use sometimes
    4.   use always

20. What time do you get in after work?

    1.   have tea
    2.   eat supper
    3.   reach home
    4.   have a rest