Exercises

A Substitute, in place of the italicized word or words, the corresponding idiomatic expressions partially indicated in parentheses.

1. Mary is seeking the pocketbook which she lost yesterday.

(look……………………………………………………..)

As always, John is late again for …the lesson.

(as ………………………………………………………..)

3. Did you discover what his name was?

(find ………………………………………………………)

4. I am extremely tired after all that physical exercise today.

(tired ………………………………………………………)

5. He said that he would wait for us exactly here on this corner.

(………………..……………………………….……….here)

6. Some old friends of my father´s visited us last night.

(call …………………………………………………………)

7. Gradually his English seems to get be getting better.

(little …………………………………………………………)

8. They are awaiting their brother who is arriving tonight on the five o´clock train.

(wait …………………………………………………………..)

9. We waited and waited and finally he arrive.

(at ………………………………………………………………)

10. He said that it would be satisfactory for us to call again later.

(all ……………………………………………………………..)

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

1. Why were you tired out after your long walk in the park yesterday?
2. Which friends called on you last night?
3. What friends do you yourself expect to call on next week?
4. When Helen offered to help you with your homework, why did you say “Never mind”?
5. Is your vocabulary in English increasing rapidly or only little by little?
6. What is the teacher looking for in his desk?
7. If you lose something, do you look for it or look at it?
8. What time was it when you last looked at your watch?
9. Do you like or dislike to have to wait for someone who is late?
10. How long did you have o wait for the bus this morning?
11. Why did Mary say that we should wait for her right here in the lobby?
12. How do you find out what movies they are showing tonight in your neighbourhood?
13. How do you find out what time the picture begins?
14. Did you prepare your homework last night as usual?
15. Did the teacher say that it was all right for us to write our exercises in pencil or did he say that we must use ink?
16. What are all those people on the street looking at – an accident or a parade?