High Note 4 Unit 1 idioms

It’s great to have a phone if you get lost because you can ___ contact with a friend and ask for help.

• do

• make

• connect

My uncle talks so much that nobody else can get a word in ___.

• sideways

• edgeways

• side

Why don’t you ___ your mum a compliment and say she looks nice?

• say

• make

• pay

I was angry when my brother put me on the ___ by asking about my school marks in front of my friends.

• spot

• place

• word

I organised some games for new members to help them ___ on the first day of the reading group.

• hit it off

• break the ice

• warm it up

When I commented on the kind of music Caroline likes, she jumped down my ___.

• back

• throat

• mouth

I didn’t agree with Bill about the football match, but

he insisted on having the last ___ about it.

• idea

• word

• sentence

What happens if they ____ questions at me? I hate that.

• ask

• set

• fire

How should I ______ a conversation when I meet them?

• struck in

• strike up

• stroke on

Just____ small talk, you know, say what you’re studying.

• have

• make

• get