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THE FLATMATESQuiz:Idioms: head and heart
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The Flatmates Quiz Idioms: head and heart
You can try the quiz online at:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/episode05/quiz.shtml
For each of the six questions choose the one correct answer.
1. I was only 10 minutes late this morning but the boss really! It was so unfair.a) bit the top of my head offb) ate humble piec) ate my head offd) bit my head off
2. He buys her flowers even after all these years. He's still in love with her.a) heads over heels
b) head over heelsc) heel over headsd) heels over head
3. Are you listening to me? Are you? Get your , stop day-dreaming and get on withyour work!
a) heart on your sleeveb) off the top of your headc) head out of the cloudsd) heart in the right place
4. Her dog Spot was such a good pet and faithful companion. It nearly when he died.a) laughed her head offb) bit her head offc) broke her heartd) wore her heart on her sleeve
5. How can you say begging is wrong? ! How would you feel if you had to askcomplete strangers for money all day long?
a) Have a heartb) Break my heart
c) Heart-to-heartd) Learn by heart
6. We had a good and really got to the bottom of our misunderstanding.a) heart at heartb) heart of heartc) heart by heartd) heart to heart
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The Flatmates Quiz Idioms: head and heart
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1. I was only 10 minutes late this morning but the boss really.! It was so unfair.a) bit the top of my head off Wrong look at 'the top of' again.
b) ate humble pie Wrong this idiom means the boss had to admit s/he was wrong.c) ate my head off Wrong look at 'ate' again.d) bit my head off Correct this idiom means the boss showed how angry
s/he was.
2. He buys her flowers even after all these years. He's still in love with her.a) heads over heels Wrong look at 'heads' again.b) head over heels Correct this idiom means to be completely in love with
someone.c) heel over heads Wrong look at the singular and plural forms and the word order
again.d) heels over head Wrong look at the word order again.
3. Are you listening to me? Are you? Get your , stop day-dreaming and get on withyour work!
a) heart on your sleeve Wrong you need 'wear' with this idiom. This idiom is alsonot right in this context.
b) off the top of your head Wrong this idiom means to know an answer withoutthinking.
c) head out of the clouds Correct - this idiom means to stop thinking abouttrivial or unimportant things.
d) heart in the right place Wrong you can't use 'Get your' with this idiom. Thisidiom is also not right in this context.
4. Her dog Spot was such a good pet and faithful companion. It nearly when he died.a) laughed her head off Wrong - this idiom means to find something very funny.b) bit her head off Wrong you can't use 'it' with this idiom. This idiom is also not
right in this context.c) broke her heart Correct - this idiom means she felt very sad.d) wore her heart on her sleeve Wrong - you can't use 'it' with this idiom. This idiom
is also not right in this context.
5. How can you say begging is wrong? ! How would you feel if you were so poor youhad to ask complete strangers for money?
a) Have a heart Correct - this idiom means to try to understand a difficultsituation from someone else's point of view.
b) Break my heart Wrong you need a pronoun (he, she, it etc) with this idiom. Thisidiom is also not right in this context.c) Heart-to-heart Wrong - you need part of the verb 'to have' with this idiom. This
idiom is also not right in this context.d) Learn by heart Wrong you need 'something' with this idiom. This idiom is also
not right in this context.
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6. We had a good and really got to the bottom of our misunderstanding.a) heart at heart Wrong look at 'at' again.b) heart of heart Wrong look at 'of' again.c) heart by heart Wrong look at 'by' again.d) heart to heart Correct - this idiom means to talk openly and frankly about
your feelings.
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