Exercises

A- Select the correct answer for the exercises below.

1. If I say that the meeting is over, I mean that the meeting has …
a) just begun.
b) ended.
c) been interesting.
d) been called off.

2. If I say that I´d rather wait, I mean that I …
a) like to wait.
b) refuse to wait.
c) prefer to wait.

3. If I say that, after studying the message, I finally figure it out, this means that at last I …
a) answered the message.
b) understood it.
c) put it away.
d) picked it up.

4. If the month is up, this means that the period of one month has …
a) ended.
b) begun.
c) seemed long.
d) been very warm.

5. To put off something means to …
a) to look for it.
b) put it in place.
c) cancel it.
d) postpone.

6. To get sick means to …
a) be sick.
b) become sick.
c) be well.

7. If the doctor says that you´d better do a certain thing, this means that …
a) you must do it.
b) you are going to do it.
c) it is advisable that you do it.

8. To point out something is to …
a) need it.
b) touch it.
c) look it up.
d) indicate it.

9. By the way is a synonym for …
a) however.
b) at last.
c) incidentally.
d) Immediately.

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

1. At what time is your lesson over?
2. At what hour was the meeting over last night?
3. Do you always arrive at the lesson on time or do you sometimes arrive late?
4. Why did the President have to put off his trip to California?
5. Why is it better never to put off until tomorrow what you can do today?
6. What is the difference in meaning between to put off and to call off?
7. Do you get tired if you have to walk a long distance?
8. What do you generally do when you get hungry? What do you do when you get thirsty? When you get sleepy? When you get tired? When you get sick?
9. Do you sometimes get nervous before an examination or do you have iron nerves?
10. Where would you rather go tonight? – to the theater or to the opera?
11. Where would you rather sit, in the orchestra or in the balcony?
12. Would you rather go by bus or by taxy?
13. Why did the teacher tell William that he had better spend more time on his lessons?
14. Can you give good examples of these idioms in sentences: to put on, to put off, to put away, to put out?