Idiom Usage and Vocabulary Exercises for Intermediate and Advanced Levels
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INTERMEDIATE VOCABULARY AND IDIOM QUIZ 04


Answers. Advanced students should have ten correct; upper intermediate students, seven or more.

 

1. He soon................... the money he won in the lottery.
A. ran through B. dropped through C. ran away D. dropped down


2. ................... favours the brave.
A. Luck B. Fortune C. Time D. Fate


3. It wasn't serious; he did it.....................
A. by fun B. funny C. for fun D. to fun you


4. He's crazy: he's a.........................
A. moony B. goony C. noony D. loony


5. It is said waiters................... fair amount in tips.
A. lift out B. pick out C. pick up D. lift up


6. Don't hang about: get a......................
A. move to B. moving C. move on D. move out


7. A.................... is a person who spends money like a drunken sailor.
A. plunger B. spendthrift C. wastrel D. playboy


8. A drowning man clutches at a......................
A. thread B. straw C. mote D. penny


9. People threw things and the meeting..................
A. cracked up B. blew up C. broke out D. broke up


10. A chain is as strong as its...................
A. weakest link B. corrosion C. anchor D. individual member


11. When beer is flat you don't get much.....................
A. head B. top C. bubble D. lift off


12. She worries too much; the least little thing...................
A. sets her up B. gets her in C. makes her up D. puts her out

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