VERBAL IDIOM: GO ON



Upper intermediate. Complete the sentences with the phrases from the list.

go on about

go on with

go on for

much going on

go on at

to go on

go on with it tomorrow

noisy goings-on

keep going on

go on the dole

queer goings-on

be going on

01. She just talks and talks and keeps...................
everything.

02. They told him to shut up, but he just...................

03. We'll stop here and..............................

04. She has a bad temper and..................... the children for
the slightest thing.

05. What's....................... next door? They're making an
awful lot of noise.

06. He's out of work and has to.........................

07. We'll need more, but that's enough to be......................

08. The police had no evidence.....................

09. Is there............................ in the city these days?

10. There were some....................... in the haunted house.

11. A disco is full of.........................

12. It's quite late,...................... supper time.

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