English grammar and usage exercises for vocabulary and idiom with answers

	VERBAL IDIOM: TELL Complete the sentences with the phrases from the list: tell which button to press never can tell tell against tell the truth tell you so tell the difference tell stories tell you what a good telling off telling tales to the boss tell the cards tell upon one's health there's no telling what may happen tell off telling me all told 01. Don't lie. ................... 02. Children like to be ........................ 03. I'll ..................... Let's drive to the seaside for the day. 04. I knew it was going to rain. I ..................... 05. The twins are so similar, I can't ....................... between them. 06. Can you ........................ to start the machine? 07. The weather is so variable you ........................ what it's going to be like from one day to the next. 08. When the dictator dies, ............................ 09. Once her palm was crossed with silver, the old gipsy ........... 10. We would have employed him, but his age ...................... 11. The children were ...................... for being so noisy. 12. Their mother gave them ..................... 13. Lack of sleep ........................ 14. There were 30 children in the class, .................. 15. She's not popular. She's the office gossip, always ........... 16. You're .....................!!!! ©English Teaching Systems June 2000