IDIOMS 2 PRACTICE
Choose the best answer
1. _____________ I have to sleep with my bedroom window open because our air conditioner doesn't work very well.
a. Never mind
b. Get along with
c. morte often than not
2. He _____________his step-brother.
a. has a point
b. gets along well with
c. turns out
3. I ______________music, especially dance music.
a. get along with
b. take a look at
c. am crazy about
4. We did a lot. Let's ___________ and get some rest.
a. call it a day
b. never mind
c. turn up
5. It's lunchtime. Let's __________ this meeting and go out to eat.
a. concentrate on
b. have a point
c. wrap up
6. My father wants to have someone ________________ our car engine.
a. get along with
b. take a look at
c. wrap up
7. She was too tired to ____________ her reading, so she went to bed.
a. concentrate on
b. have a point
c. turn out
8. Things will _____________well in the end . You just have to be patient.
a. take a look at
b. turn out
c. call it a day
9. She said that a good education begins at home. She ______________.
a. concentrated on
b. gets along with
c. has a point
10.Can you help me with this? _______________. I see you are busy.
a. Take a look
b. Never mind
c. Wrap up
IDIOMS 2 DIALOG
Fill in the blanks
never mind am not crazy about got along with
have a point take a look at turn out
At a coffe shopp:
Alice: How did your date last night ___________________?
Carol: It was O.K. We _______________ each other, but I didn't feel any attraction for him.
Alice: What do you mean?
Carol: He was a nice guy, but not my type. I __________________a man who spends his whole day with a computer. I prefer someone who is more of a "peolple person"
Alice: Computer programmers make a lot of money, Carol.
Carol: You________________ , Alice. Actually, he does work for a very large company.
Alice: Is he handsome?
Carol: We took a picture together at one of those funny photo booths. Here, ________________ him for yourself.
Alice: That's him? Oh, _______________, Carol. You can do better than that!
IDIOMS 2 IN CONTEXT
I usually ___________________ everyone at my office. Recently however, the woman who sits across from me bought a new cell phone. She __________________it. ___________________, she was chatting with her friends. It was very difficult to _______________
_______ work. One afternoon, well all decided to ____________________ and go out for dinner. However, we made the woman promise not to bring her cell phone into the restaurant.
"Do you think you'll survive without it? " I joked to her.
"No problem," she said.
The evening was fun but it was getting late so we __________________ dinner and left the restaurant. I was the last to leave and just as I was getting into my car, a waiter came running up to me.
"I found this purse at your table!" he said. I __________________ ."That's my co-worker's purse," I said.
"Why don't you call and leave a message on her ansdwering machine," the waiter suggested. " You can use the phone in the restaurant."
We went inside. I was about to dial her home number I had an idea. "___________________leaving a message on her machine. I'll call her cellular phone. That way, she can drive back before she gets all the way home."
"You __________________!" the waiter said.
When I called her cellular phone, a ringing noise came from her purse. It ________________ that her phone was in her purse the whole time!
IDIOMS 2 IN CONTEXT
Fill in the blanks
Read the following story.
_______ work. One afternoon, well all decided to ____________________ and go out for dinner. However, we made the woman promise not to bring her cell phone into the restaurant.
"Do you think you'll survive without it? " I joked to her.
"No problem," she said.
The evening was fun but it was getting late so we __________________ dinner and left the restaurant. I was the last to leave and just as I was getting into my car, a waiter came running up to me.
"I found this purse at your table!" he said. I __________________ ."That's my co-worker's purse," I said.
"Why don't you call and leave a message on her ansdwering machine," the waiter suggested. " You can use the phone in the restaurant."
We went inside. I was about to dial her home number I had an idea. "___________________leaving a message on her machine. I'll call her cellular phone. That way, she can drive back before she gets all the way home."
"You __________________!" the waiter said.
When I called her cellular phone, a ringing noise came from her purse. It ________________ that her phone was in her purse the whole time!
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