- These tests are a check for your learning and your level with respect to the basic vocabulary skills
- Directions for individual questionsEach question has a sentence that uses an idiom or phrase. You need to identify the apt meaning of the idiom/phrase from the given options
Idioms and Phrases: Test-2
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Question 1 |
She goes to her mother's house off and on.
Frequently | |
Rarely | |
Never | |
Occasionally |
Question 1 Explanation:
The idiom ‘Off and on’ means: To do a thing frequently or often. i.e. here it means that she visits her mother’s house often.
For example: We visited my brother off and on.
Question 2 |
If he phones again, I am going to give him a piece of my mind.
To be nice to him | |
To take revenge on him | |
To reprimand him | |
To support him. |
Question 2 Explanation:
The idiom ‘To give him a piece of my mind’ means: To tell a person off for his disagreeable behavior or to reprimand him.
For example: The teacher gave her class a piece of her mind.
Question 3 |
She tries very hard to keep up with her rich neighbors.
To get friendly | |
To keep in touch | |
To show them down | |
To be on par |
Question 3 Explanation:
The phrase 'keep up' means to continue in order to match something or to be equal to someone.
Question 4 |
Why don't you put an end to blowing your own trumpet?
Producing music by playing trumpet | |
Listening to trumpet | |
Praising your own abilities and achievements | |
Making loud and unpleasant noise |
Question 4 Explanation:
The idiom 'blow one's own trumpet' means: Praising and appreciating one’s own qualities, achievements or to be excessively pleased with ourselves.
Question 5 |
The saint's life was an open book.
An autobiography | |
One that held no secrets | |
An ideal life | |
A pleasant life |
Question 5 Explanation:
The idiom 'an open book' means: A honest and open life in which the person has nothing to hide or shy away from. A life which has no secrets.
Actor’s life is an open book.
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