Hold on - English idioms for intermediate level students

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Hold on
English Idioms for intermediate level students

1) The audience held their breath as the magician started to saw a woman half.

a) watched anxiously
b) stopped breathing
c) couldn't breathe
d) couldn't watch

2) The police officer called out to the driver to hold on until he arrived.

a) continue
b) listen
c) wait
d) attend

3) In the end she lost her temper and told her daughter to hold her tongue.

a) stand still
b) speak up
c) start speaking
d) be quiet

4) There's no need to change any of the regulations this year as the old ones will still hold good this year, too.

a) be finished
b) be all right
c) be necessary
d) be careful

5) I don't know what it is exactly but she seems to have some kind of hold over him.

a) control over
b) look over
c) trust over
d) belief over

6) He holds it against her that she never let him move house and start a new job.

a) trusts
b) persuades
c) knows
d) blames

7) I think your best plan is to hold off making a decision until you know if you have passed the examination.

a) delay
b) consider
c) stay
d) think

8) It was a very difficult race but the jockey held his own right until the end.

a) overtook the others
b) did as well as the others
c) did better than the others
d) tried to beat the others

9) Once he starts to talk about his favourite subject, he will hold forth until he is stopped.

a) speak loudly
b) speak quickly
c) speak endlessly
d) speak slowly

10) The trouble is that whenever he's with strangers he always holds in his feelings.

a) shows
b) restricts
c) tells
c) allows

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