How Mary fell in love - English idioms for advanced level students

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How Mary fell in love
English Idioms for advanced level students

1) Most people like to come home after work and put their feet up.

a) take their socks off
b) take their shoes off
c) relax
d) sit down

2) Mary was exactly the same as everybody else but this particular night she wanted to let her hair down.

a) wash her hair
b) comb her hair
c) really enjoy herself
d) really comb her hair

3) She put her favourite CD on and turned it up full blast.

a) to complete volume
b) to exact volume
c) to fine volume
d) to maximum volume

4) As soon as she had done that, all hell was let loose.

a) there was loud hum
b) there was sound of thunder
c) there was a huge noise
d) there was an enormous flame

5) Her next door neighbour soon got fed up to the back teeth with the noise.

a) grew hungry with
b) grew angry with
c) grew mad about
d) grew very tired of

6) He started hammering on the adjoining wall but Mary carried on regardless.

a) took little interest
b) took some notice
c) took not the slightest notice
d) took the most interest

7) In the end her neighbour decided to speak his mind.

a) say exactly what he thought
b) have a chat
c) say a few words
d) express a point of view

8) Although he had never met her, he was determined to read her the riot act.

a) tell her off
b) tell her a story
c) tell her straight
d) tell her the truth

9) Mary opened the door and as soon as they saw each other they fell head over heels in love with each other.

a) quickly
b) utterly
c) easily
d) slowly

10) A few months later they decided to knock down the adjoining wall and now everything in the garden is lovely.

a) the flowers are growing
b) everything is perfect
c) everything is growing
c) everything is flowering

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