Mark Idioms - English idioms for advanced level students

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Mark Idioms
English Idioms for advanced level students

1) He's not really doing anything serious at the moment because he's just marking time until he finds a proper job.

a) waiting for the right start
b) waiting for the easy life
c) waiting for the right opportunity
d) waiting for the easy start

2) You mark my words you do as I say and you'll be all right.

a) attend me carefully
b) listen to me carefully
c) understand me carefully
d) follow me carefully

3) The dancers were marked down in the competition because the man fell over half way through.

a) lost marks
b) failed marks
c) took marks
d) caught marks

4) There wasn't much time to waste and in order to secure a place, you had to be quick off the mark.

a) ready in the queue
b) aware in the queue
c) be first in the queue
d) be along in the queue

5) When you look back over her lifetime you can see that she will have made her mark.

a) be seen
b) be remembered
c) be noted
d) be told

6) From an early age he was marked out to become leader of his party.

a) created
b) fostered
c) treated
d) destined

7) They were very fussy about their products and any item not up to the mark was discarded.

a) of a fair standard
b) of a reasonable standard
c) of a high standard
d) of a hard standard

8) Take no notice of what he said because his comments are beside the mark.

a) irrelevant
b) disregarding
c) distasteful
d) disturbing

9) As they were very slow off the mark, they missed some of the good bargains.

a) not sure on time
b) not clear on time
c) not fine on time
d) not ready on time

10) Pay attention. The race is about to begin. On your marks, get ready, start.

a) Try prepared
b) Act prepared
c) Be prepared
c) Go prepared

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