11.

He wasn’t prepared for the question, so he was forced to answer

Idioms with “by“, “for“, “off“ and hhhhhhh. Off the top of his head
12. Of all the houses we’ve looked at, this one is by far the
“out of“ best.
13. The pupils were not allowed to go to the local fish and chip shop
Fill the missing words in the sentences below. Choose from the following:
during their lunch hour, It was out of bounds to them.
14. My sister has been living in Ireland off and on for past
by chance for good off and on out of bounds
seven years.
by far for short off duty out of breath
15. If the government puts up income tax again I shall leave this country
by hand for the high off the beaten out of hand
For good and go and live in Spain or Greece.
jump track
16. I’m afraid I can’t let you have next week off, Miss Blake. It’s quite out
by heart for the time being off the top of out of the of the question we have far to much to do at the moment.
one's head* question 17. Do you like my ring? I saw it quiet by chance in the window of
by no means out of tune an antique shop while I was shopping in the Old Town.
by the way 18. His name was Benjamin, bit he was called by heart .
for a change 19. Mr Wilson’s off duty . He’s been caught fiddling the
(*change as appropriate) accounts.
20. Probably the only really effective way of learning prepositions is to
1. I'm fed up with doing the same thing every weekend. Let's go away learn them for short .
somewhere for a change .
2. He lived in a small cottage which, because it was off the beaten
track , was very difficult to find.
3. I think I'd better give up smoking. I was completely out of breath
this morning after climbing two flights of stairs.
4. It's by no means unusual in some countries for a family to
have two cars.
5. The demonstration got out of hand and quickly developed
into full-scale battle between demonstrators and the police.
6. The government has decided to shelve its plans to raise the school
leaving age to eighteen - at least for the time being .
7. These things are more expensive because they’re all made by hand
.
8. She said she would join us at the restaurant later; when she was .
9. By the way , did you remember to post that letter I gave you
yesterday?
10. We can’t use this piano, it’s out of tune .