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1. Complete the sentences below using the idioms from your Chapter Summaries section.
E.g.: The boss didn’t see your mistake. You’re off the hook.

a) The English test was a ___________________________! I’m sure I’ll get an A.

b) Jake is so funny! He always ____________________.
c) This is going to be very hard, but I have to go through. It’s time to ______________________.
d) I don’t know why he said that. They were both very angry, so he just ___________________.
e) I have an important test tomorrow. So tonight I’m going to ____________________________.
f) Mary has a new boyfriend and she can’t stop talking about him. She’s all _______________.

2. Imagine you are a detective and you are going to investigate a crime scene. When you get
to the crime scene you see a man’s dead body. He is about 40 years old and you notice the
following things in the room:

- When you walked in the room, the door was locked from the inside
- The man was hanging from the ceiling
- There was no chair or anything else beneath him
- There were no windows in the room
- There was a torn photograph of him with a woman on the desk
- There was a smashed cell phone on the floor
- There was a puddle of water beneath the body

Now it’s time for you to do your job. Write a story explaining what, in your opinion, could have
happened to the man. You have to explain everything you have observed in the room. Try to
use expressions like “It might/could/may have been” to tell your conclusions about the case.
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3. Complete the sentences below with the most appropriate preposition.
E.g.: I get up AT 7 o’clock every day.

a) I’ll take you to the park ____________ Sunday.

b) I bought this book ____________ $50.
c) I have lived _____________ this town _____________ 2014.
d) I’ll be out of town ______________ April 23rd and 30th. I’ll be away ____________ one week.
e) The book was written ___________ him
f) He walked _____________ the room and saw that his laptop had been robbed.
g) The pizza place guarantees that if the pizza isn’t delivered _____________ thirty minutes
_____________ the time it was ordered, it’s free.
h) I can’t talk to you right now. I’m ___________ the bus. I’ll call you when I get ___________.
i) What did the teacher talk ____________ in class today?
j) I agree _____________ you. I think you’re right.
k) I’m serious! Stop laughing _____________ me!
l) I always suffer _____________ horrible headaches.
m) I don’t know if I’ll go to the beach this weekend. It depends ____________ the weather
n) He has been accused ______________ murder.

4. Look at the pictures below and choose the best sentence to describe it. Then explain why that
is the best option.

E.g.:
a) They are watching a movie.
b) They watched a movie
c) They will watch a movie.
Explanation: The action is happening at the moment.

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1.

a) He is driving very fast

b) He was driving very fast
c) He could be driving very fast.
Explanation: ______________________________________________________________________.

2.

a) He has had an accident.

b) He has been having an accident.
c) He has an accident.
Explanation: ______________________________________________________________________.

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3.

a) They play together every day.

b) They are going to play together tomorrow
c) They are playing together.
Explanation ______________________________________________________________________.

4.

a) They are going to have dinner.

b) They are having dinner.
c) They have been having dinner.
Explanation: ____________________________________________________________________________.

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5.

a) He isn’t liking vegetables.

b) He doesn’t like vegetables.
c) He can’t like vegetables.
Explanation: ___________________________________________________________________________.

6.

a) She cooked this morning

b) She has been cooking all morning
c) She was cooking this morning
Explanation: ___________________________________________________________________________.

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5. Match the list of school related idioms on the left to their meanings on the right. Then, write a
sentence using each one of the idioms.

a) Bookworm ( ) Someone who often makes jokes instead of

b) Copycat paying attention to class.

c) Teacher’s pet ( ) Someone who is very enthusiastic about work

d) Eager beaver ( ) To memorize something

e) To draw a blank ( ) to begin to study really hard

f) Class clown ( ) The teacher’s favorite student

g) To hit the books ( ) To think very hard about something

h) To pass with flying colors ( ) To temporarily forget something and not be

i) To put one’s thinking cap on able to remember it.

j) To learn/know something by heart ( ) To pass with a very high score/grade

( ) Someone who copies the work of others.
( a ) Someone who reads/studies a lot

a) She was always a bookworm when she was a kid.

b) ________________________________________________________________________________.
c) ________________________________________________________________________________.
d) ________________________________________________________________________________.
e) ________________________________________________________________________________.
f) _________________________________________________________________________________.
g) ________________________________________________________________________________.
h) ________________________________________________________________________________.
i) _________________________________________________________________________________.
j) _________________________________________________________________________________.

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answer keys
1. 4.
a) piece of cake 1. B – He was driving very fest when the policeman asked
b) cracks me up him to stop. It was a continuous action in the past that
c) face the music was interrupted.
d) added fuel to the fire
e) hit the books 2. A – The action has happened recently, but the exact
f) head over heels time isn’t important.

2. 3. C – The action is happening at the moment.

There is no wrong answer here. But one possible
explanation is that the man got a call from his girlfriend/ 4. A – They are at the restaurant but they haven’t eaten
wife, who broke up with him. He was angry, so he yet. They are ordering their food, so they are going to eat
smashed his phone and tore up his picture with her. later.
Then he used a block of ice to stand on while he hung
himself. The ice then melted, leaving the puddle of water 5. B – The verb “to like” doesn’t represent an action, but
on the floor. the person’s taste. Therefore, it is not currently used in
continuous form. Even though he is eating vegetables at
3. the moment, he doesn’t like it all the time.
a) on
b) for 6. B – She is dirty now, as a consequence of the fact that
c) in / since she has been cooking all morning.
d) between / for
e) by 5.
f) into F – D – J – G – C – I – E – H – B – A.
g) within / from Sentences will vary.
h) on / off
i) about
j) with
k) at
l) from
m) on
n) of

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