Idioms Quiz - 13

Idioms Quiz
General English Questions and Answers
Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets.

1. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
My friend began to (become calm) a few minutes after the argument.

a. simmer down

b. split hairs

c. stand up to someone

d. stick to his guns

2. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
The director was (tricked) and unwillingly revealed the secret information.

a. spruced up

b. set up

c. set back

d. seen off

3. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
The office is always (perfectly clean) when we begin work on Monday morning.

a. spick-and-span

b. settled down

c. second hand

d. a spitting image

4. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
I do not like to play tennis with my friend because he is (someone who gets angry when he does not win).

a. a sore loser

b. a square one

c. a snap

d. a song and dance

5. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
My friend is always (complaining about) the food in the cafeteria.

a. salting away

b. scraping together

c. seeing through

d. squawking about

6. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
I have not (formed an opinion of) the new man in the accounting department.

a. stayed away from

b. struck while the iron is hot

c. shopped around

d. sized up

7. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
We have only (started) the work that we must do.

a. stood our ground for

b. scrounged around for

c. scratched the surface of

d. slipped our mind for

8. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
We do not have a hammer but this should (do just as well) until we find one.

a. sink or swim

b. sell like hotcakes

c. serve our purpose

d. send someone packing

9. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
The man was not able to (endure) the bad situation at his job.

a. straighten up

b. stick out

c. snap out of

d. shell out

10. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
"Let's (begin the preparations) for the New Year's party."

a. stand on our own two feet

b. stick it out

c. start the ball rolling

d. slip our mind

English Test

1. Idioms Quiz - 14

2. Idioms Quiz - 15

3. Vocabulary - Sentence Completion - 01

4. Vocabulary - Sentence Completion - 02

5. Vocabulary - Sentence Completion - 03

6. Vocabulary - Sentence Completion - 04

7. Vocabulary - Sentence Completion - 05

8. Vocabulary - Sentence Completion - 06

9. Vocabulary - Sentence Completion - 07

10. Vocabulary - Sentence Completion - 08

11. Vocabulary - Sentence Completion - 09

12. Vocabulary - Sentence Completion - 10

13. Synonyms - Test-25

14. Synonyms - Test-26

15. Synonyms - Test-27

16. Antonym Test - 11

17. Antonym Test - 12

18. Antonym Test - 13

19. Vocabulary - Synonyms Antonyms - 01

20. Vocabulary - Synonyms Antonyms - 02

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