TIME and FREQUENCY

Complete the following colloquial expressions:

1You're cutting things a bit ........ Your train leaves in 15 minutes. Don't you think you
should be leaving?

a) short

b) fine

c) near

2I go to football once in a ........ moon so I can hardly call myself a fanatic.

a) white

b) grey

c) blue

3Ifwewegetgethome.
our ........ on we might have just enough time to see the end of the film when

a) skates

b) shoes

c) trainers
Now complete the gaps with the missing words.

4 A) We got caught in the traffic and it a bit fine but we

did eventually make the meeting on time.

B) Once in a blue we get a visit from my sister-in-law,

so we're not very close.

C) Come on! Get your skates . You'll be late for school.

Make them your own!

1) Do you always leave for appointments early or cut it a bit fine?
2) Can you think of an activity that you only do once in a blue moon?
3) Do you have a friend or colleague who leaves things to the last minute and has to get
their skates on?