Quiz #1
Directions: Choose the correct idiom to complete each sentence.
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If you don't know a lot of English, sometimes it's hard to _______ a conversation at work.
- a. get back
- b. break up
- c. join in
- d. go with
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Martha was so happy about her new shoes, she tried them on ______ she got home.
- a. early on
- b. before then
- c. after all
- d. as soon as
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Geraldo thinks it's hard to _________ his boss because she doesn't seem to like him.
- a. look for
- b. deal with
- c. do in
- d. jump on
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We have some old rotten food in the refrigerator that we must ________.
- a. get rid of
- b. get through
- c. end up
- d. eat up
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I was so angry, it felt _________ my head was going to explode.
- a. in a way
- b. as if
- c. up to
- d. of course
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Who _____ all the cereal and then put the empty box back into the cabinet?
- a. ate up
- b. got through
- c. looked for
- d. went for
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She's not ______ sports. Instead she likes art and dance.
- a. against
- b. in a way
- c. after all
- d. into
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The protestors were ___________ the meeting when they refused to be quiet.
- a. kicked into
- b. kicked up
- c. kicked out of
- d. kicked back to
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On the weekends, Jane and Raphael like to ______ the city and go to the country.
- a. get into
- b. get out of
- c. get back to
- d. go into
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Why can't you _______ this problem? It's really not that difficult.
- a. figure out
- b. get into
- c. go over
- d. hold on to