Exercises

A Find and underline the expression given in parentheses that corresponds to the italicized idiom.

1. To have time off is to (be busy, have free time, be ill, be without a job).
2. To keep on doing something, is to (stop doing it, continue doing it, begin doing it).
3. At times means (often, never on time, occasionally).
4. When I say that I got there at 10 o´clock, I mean that at 10 o´clock I (left there, waited there, arrived there, stayed there).
5. To count on someone is to (like him, arrest him, doubt him, depend upon him).
6. If something is out of order, it is (old, not in working condition, modern, old-fashioned).
7. If you leave out something, you (omit it, sign it, look it up, cancel it).
8. To look over something is to (wait for it, look it up, examine it, purchase it).
9. When I put out my cigarette, I (light it, smoke it, enjoy it, extinguish it)
10. All of a sudden has the same meaning as (later, early, suddenly, slowly).

B Answer these questions, making use in your answers of the idiomatic expressions studied in this lesson.

1. Until what time did your neighbour keep on playing his radio last night?
2. Why does Carlos keep on studying English if he finds it so difficult?
3. How long did it take the firefighters to put out the fire?
4. Where may I put out my cigarette?
5. Why do you say that you can never count on William to help you with anything?
6. If we tell Ella our secret, can we count on her not to tell anyone else?
7. How many days each week do you have off from work?
8. Do you always have Saturday off?
9. Do you always look over your homework before you give it to the teacher?
Do you ever ask a friend to look it over for you?
10. Is the elevator in your building seldom or often out of order?
11. What do you do when you find the telephone out of order?
12. Why did William leave out the first two questions on his examination?
13. When you spell English words, do you seldom or never leave out some of the letters?
14. What time did you get to work last Friday?
15. What time did you get home last night after the movies?
16. Can you give good examples of these idioms in sentences: look over, look up, look out, look at, look for?