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Idiomatic Expressions Exercises

This document contains 10 multiple choice questions testing idiomatic English expressions. The questions cover common idioms and phrases including "beating around the bush", "every cloud has a silver lining", "making a mountain out of a molehill", "a bolt from the blue", "nick of time", and "bury the hatchet".

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Idiomatic Expressions Exercises

This document contains 10 multiple choice questions testing idiomatic English expressions. The questions cover common idioms and phrases including "beating around the bush", "every cloud has a silver lining", "making a mountain out of a molehill", "a bolt from the blue", "nick of time", and "bury the hatchet".

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English Exercises: Idiomatic Expressions.

Choose the correct answers from the options given.


1. He kept beating around the and did
not get to the point.
A. street
B. wood
C. bush
D. grass
2. Lets be patient and continue to work at it. Every
cloud has a silver
A. lining
B. spark
C. streak
D.line
3. Its a trivial matter. Dont make a mountain out of a
.
A. hill
B. peak
C. molehill
D.hillock
4. The news was like a bolt from the .. I
never expected it to happen to me.
A. blue
B. shock
C. sky
D.cloud
5. He arrived in the .. of time to save her
from a lot of embarrassment.
A. crux

B. nick
C. tip
D.tick
6. The cat disappeared in the dark in the twinkling of
a/an ..
A. star
B. eye
C. light
D.flash
7. Romeo takes up two jobs to make ends
A. meet
C. float
B. burn
D. burn
8. He is a Jack of all . but master of none.
A. sorts
B. trades
C. things
D.
tricks
9. He turned and ran away quickly.
A. head
B. feet
C. tail
D. back
10.
Lets bury the .. and be friends
again.
a. hatchet
B. weapon
c. gun
D. knife

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