Idioms Quiz - 15

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 interest in basketball seems to (increase and decrease) every season.

a. whoop it up

b. wax and wane

c. warm the bench

d. work wonders

2. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
"(What have you been doing?)," I said to my partner at work.

a. What's keeping you?

b. What's the big idea?

c. What have you been up to?

d. What are you driving at?

3. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
I always (watch my backpack very carefully) when I am downtown.

a. watch my step with my backpack

b. walk a tightrope with my backpack

c. weasel out of my backpack

d. watch my backpack like a hawk

4. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
My estimate of the number of new students was (incorrect).

a. wide of the mark

b. with the best of them

c. worked up

d. wanting for nothing

5. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
The members of the class were full of (energy and enthusiasm) during the first week of classes.

a. many votes of thanks

b. a vicious circle

c. the very thing

d. vim and vigor

6. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
The man is (wealthy) and never has to work.

a. worthy of the name

b. well up in years

c. well-off

d. wet behind the ears

7. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
The football player was (finished) several years ago and should have quit then.

a. weighed down

b. washed up

c. wound up

d. well and good

8. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
I heard about the concert (from friends) and not in the newspaper.

a. when hell freezes over

b. by word of mouth

c. by will power

d. when the chips were down

9. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
My coworker has begun to (change his attitude) about the new company policy.

a. whistle a different tune

b. watch his P`s and Q`s

c. walk on air

d. use word of mouth

10. Choose an idiom to replace the expression in the brackets:
The man decided to (not go to bed) until his wife came home.

a. be wishy-washy

b. wrap things up

c. wait up

d. wing it

English Test

1. Vocabulary - Sentence Completion - 01

2. Vocabulary - Sentence Completion - 02

3. Vocabulary - Sentence Completion - 03

4. Vocabulary - Sentence Completion - 04

5. Vocabulary - Sentence Completion - 05

6. Vocabulary - Sentence Completion - 06

7. Vocabulary - Sentence Completion - 07

8. Vocabulary - Sentence Completion - 08

9. Vocabulary - Sentence Completion - 09

10. Vocabulary - Sentence Completion - 10

11. Synonyms - Test-25

12. Synonyms - Test-26

13. Synonyms - Test-27

14. Antonym Test - 11

15. Antonym Test - 12

16. Antonym Test - 13

17. Vocabulary - Synonyms Antonyms - 01

18. Vocabulary - Synonyms Antonyms - 02

19. Vocabulary - Synonyms Antonyms - 03

20. Vocabulary - Synonyms Antonyms - 04

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