Take a look at the following eight answers and decide which questions are the best match.
If something - particularly an idea or a suggestion - is described as 'off the wall', it is shocking or unusual. The origin of this expression comes from sports like handball, racquetball or squash, in which the ball is hit against a wall. When the ball comes 'off the wall', the player is uncertain where it will go. Therefore, an 'off the wall' idea is a rather unusual idea, and no one is entirely sure where it will lead. In other words, the outcome is unpredictable!
Re is a prefix that is added to the front of a word. Generally it is used to mean 'do again' e.g. resend or 'return something to its original state' e.g. reafforestation ( planting new trees in an area where they were previously cut down).
Take this quiz and see how well you do. It takes practice to recognize which words go together with make, do, take and have. Do you recognize the following expressions?
Have fun!
This lesson was created by Evelyn Ono Vineberg, EC San Diego
For the sake of variety, this exercise differs from the previous ones focusing on the AWL.
Here the object is to choose the 'e' word that best completes the sentence. Having some context may help you to better select the correct answer.
Good luck!
This lesson was created by Evelyn Ono Vineberg, EC San Diego
Pick out the correct word to go in the blank to complete the expressions with 'hand.' The actual meaning is inside the brackets or parentheses.
This lesson was created by Evelyn Ono Vineberg, EC San Diego
Here are some idioms which use items of clothing:
Used to describe a boring person with an uninteresting hobby who always talks about it - they are too interested in unimportant details:
'He's such an anorak. He's always talking about the history of steam trains.'
To admire or respect someone:
'She got 100% on the test. I take my hat off to her.'
This month's joke is based on the double meaning of the phrasal verb break off:
1 - Break off: To separate or become separated, as by twisting or tearing:
"Do you want some of my chocolate? I'll break off a piece for you."
So...my wife gave birth to our one and only daughter a couple of weeks ago...
There was a lot of screaming, shouting and crying involved (and that was just me!) but when it was all over and done with, I was the happiest man alive. I now had a son and a daughter, and life was pretty much perfect.
Until, that is, a couple of days later, when the first visitors arrived...
“Ooooh!” said my wife’s aunt. “And aaaah! She’s beautiful! She’s going to be a heartbreaker when she grows up!”
The following idioms and expressions use the verb 'get'. This word is, as you know, very common in English.
See how many of these you recognise. Anyone know them all?
Now, get on with it!!
By Thomas Williams
