EIIE Lesson 7

From Lesson 7 of the 5th Edition of Essential Idioms in English.

1. We were able to visit the zoo when the animals were very active.

a. would rather

b. had better

c. got to

2. All of this work in the garden has tired me out. Let's stop working.

a. be over

b. call it a day

c. be up

3, I can't understand Professor Jones at all. He's a very good teacher, but sometime he misspells things.

a. figure out

b. make up my mind about

c. point out

4. I prefer to eat in tonight than to eat out. What do you think?

a. would you rather do

b. had better

c. so far

5. The police officer put a parking ticket on the car because the time on the meter had expired.

a. was over

b. was not on time

c. was up

6. I don't have a good opinion of our new neighbors. They're not very friendly.

a. make friends with

b. get better with

c. don't think much of

7. This problem is too difficult for me to solve by myself.

a. to point out

b. to be over

c. to figure out

8. We were late to the party, but we got there before the time to eat dinner.

a. to wait on

b. in time

c. on time

9. Jan couldn't wait for the meeting to end, so that she could go home.

a. to call off

b. to be through

c. to get worse

10. It was supposed to be a surprise, but Larry knew about the birtday party from the beginning.

a. all along

b. on time

c. to call it a night