8/3/2019 First Idioms Test-Basic Test 1 - 25

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“Wow. Steve is doing his

share of the work.”

“Yeah. I think he has been

working non-stop.

Why don‛t we stop work?”

“OK. It‛s late but we could go

to the Seven-Eleven and getsome junk food. He might

enjoy that.

“Hey Steve! You look busy.

Come with us to the store.”

“Why did you have to tell me

the bad news?”“Let‛s run to the store. We need

to get fit and healthy anyway.”

INTERACTILE

LEARNING

Part 2: Take this really boring conversation and make it interesting

using idioms. Change the underlined words to idioms you know.Dan：

Jon：

Dan：

Jon：

Steve：“It‛s raining heavily outside.”

Dan：

Jon：

Dan：“Wow. Steve is

.”

Jon：“Yeah. I think he has been working

.

Why don‛t we

?”

Dan：

“OK. It‛s late but we couldto the Seven-Eleven

and get some junk food. He might

that.

Jon：“Hey Steve! You look

. Come with us to the store.”

Steve：“It‛s outside.”

Dan：

“Why did you have to ?”Jon：“Let‛s run to the store. We need to

anyway.”

Basic Test 1 - 25Name: Grade: /20

Part 1: Correct these idioms:

1. Call it a month.2. A piece of cheese.

3. Cockroaches in your stomach.

4. Green sheep.

5. Ants in your slippers.

6. Better late than sometimes.

7. Easy bring, easy take.

8. Put your shoulder down.

9. The early duck catches the bread.

10. Back to triangle one.

11. As cool as a cabbage.

12. Repair the news.