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3.1.1.1.1.1.1.1: General Idioms I Quiz

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    General Idioms I Quiz

    1. My friend is complaining that he has to take his kids to school every morning and then home again in the afternoon every day.

    a. sometimes              b. back and forth    c. over and over       d. front and back

    2. My friend's house caught fire when he had a problem with an electrical circuit.

    a. began to burn       b. burned out            c. burned down        d. burned up

    3. The police will look into some robberies that are taking place in my neighborhood.

    a. keep a written record      b. visit the neighborhood       c. investigate            d. discuss

    4. There were quite a few people at the rock and roll concert last week. 

    a. a lot of people     b. many of people        c. not many people      d.  some people

    5. The jealous husband burned up all his wife's old love letters from her old boyfriend.

    a. burned to the ground       b. caught fire to    c. burned completely      d. burned out

    6. The mechanic made a terrible mistake on my car when he hooked up the battery cables to the wrong posts on the battery. He ------------------- all my electrical gauges.

    a. burned up             b. burned out            c. burned down        d. caught fire

    7. My family only goes out to restaurants to eat off and on.

    a. occasionally      b. back and forth         c. once a week      d. every week

    8. My mother ------------------- my son’s hand when they crossed the street together.

    a. took a hand of     b. took a wholed of         c. took hold of  d. took all of

    9. It was such a great disaster when all the houses ------------------------ in the fire and were completely destroyed.

    a. burned down        b. burned up      c. caught fire            d. burned out

    10. I always keep track of all the checks that I write by noting them in my check register.

    a. know what they are                  b. keep a written record  

    c. put them in a safe place            d. remember

    11. There was a huge sign over the doorway which said, "-----------------.”

    a. Keep on.         b. Keep in.               c. Keep out.              d. Keep off.

    12. When we were traveling to California, we traveled rapidly without much traffic and arrived at our friends’ house well before we had expected to get there

    a. had a good time    b. made a good time              c. did good time       d. made good time


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