Idioms and Metaphors (Practice)

The situation isn't improving, but we're not out of the _____yet.

• forests

• woods

• grass

• caves

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

I'll probaly take a _______and let Marco do most of the work.

• pause

• break

• backseat

• timeout

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

My heart ______when I saw the hotel room they've given us.

• sank

• cried

• shatter

• wither

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Will they lost? More than ________.

• likely

• sourly

• barely

• surely

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2E

She can't do the gardening, ~ I'd be more than ______to help her.

• contented

• suggested

• rigid

• happy

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

I would be hard ______to name all the countries in Europe.

• pressed

• pressured

• persuaded

• accentuated

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

I think Ann got out of bed on the _________side this morning.

• hard

• bad

• wrong

• difficult

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

I asked Sue about her essay and she just ignored me.

~ Yes, I think it's a bot of a (1)______point because she got a very low mark for it. Oh, dear! I put my _____in it, then.

• sore/foot

• aching/hand

• challenging/nose

• paining/knee

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Why did Jake fail the exam?

He did not do a _______of work. He will have to work harder next time.

• inch

• step

• stroke

• amount

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Jake talked to me in an inappropriate manner. What's wrong with me?

His father has just given him hard time about his exam results. Don't take it ______.

• personally

• professionally

• socially

• intelligently

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B