EXAM SYLLABUS – ENGLISH

- This syllabus is intended for Bachelor’s students (first course)

- TEST TYPE: written (multiple-choice test)

 Phonetics - IPA
 Definite and indefinite articles
 Quantifiers
 Possessive case
 Adjectives
 Auxiliary verbs (be, have, do)
 Simple present
 Simple past: regular and irregular verbs
 Present perfect simple
 Present continuous
 Past continuous
 Present perfect continuous
 Past perfect continuous
 Since and for
 Positive, negative, interrogative, negative-interrogative sentences
 Countable and uncountable nouns
 Quantity: a lot of, lots of, much many
 Question tags
 Modal, irregular, auxiliary verbs
 Comparative and superlative adjectives
 Conditional
 Idioms: Humpday, Have (got) it made, Take it out on somebody, Take
it out of somebody, Under/below the radar, Put someone on the spot,
I beg to differ, Put/throw a spanner in the works, Slow/quick on the
uptake, Freebie, Have half a mind/a good mind to do something, Cut to
the chase, A red letter day, Wear your heart on your sleeve, A leopard
can’t change its spots, Sit on the fence.
EXAM SYLLABUS – ENGLISH

- This syllabus is intended for Bachelor’s students (second course)

- TEST TYPE: written (multiple-choice test) or oral

 General English
 Organology
 Singing (styles and techniques)
 Music theory
 Phonetics Practice – British English IPA

1. Choose the correct option for the following IPA transcription /ʃɪp/:
a. Sheep
b. Ship
c. Chip
d. Cheap

2. Choose the correct option for the following IPA transcription /θɪn/:
a. Thin
b. Thing
c. Think
d. Ding

3. Choose the correct option for the following IPA transcription /ðeɪ/:
a. Gray
b. Day
c. They
d. Spray

4. Choose the correct option for the following IPA transcription /li:v/:
a. Live
b. leaf
c. Leave
d. Love

5. Choose the correct option for the following IPA transcription /ʧiːp/:
a. Cheap
b. Chip
c. Sheep
d. Ship
6. Choose the correct option for the following IPA transcription /ˈlepəd/:
a. Leotard
b. Leopard
c. Leonine
d. Leptin

7. Choose the correct option for the following IPA transcription /peər/:
a. Peer
b. Pier
c. Pear
d. Per

8. Choose the correct option for the following IPA transcription /ˈmeʒər/:
a. Mesh
b. Misuse
c. Meagre
d. Measure

9. Choose the correct option for the following IPA transcription / ɡɪər/:
a. Ear
b. Year
c. Gear
d. GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease)

10.Choose the correct option for the following IPA transcription /ˈnæʧərəɫ/:
a. Neutral
b. Natural
c. Nation
d. National

11. Choose the correct option for the following IPA transcription /biːt/:
a. Bit
b. But
c. Bird
d. Beat

12. Choose the correct option for the following IPA transcription /wɜːk/:
a. Weak
b. Work
c. Wok
d. Walk
13. Choose the correct option for the following IPA transcription / wɪk/:
a. Wick
b. Work
c. Weak
d. Walk

14. Choose the correct option for the following IPA transcription /piːʧ/:
a. Pitch
b. Pith
c. Peach
d. Peace

15. Write the homophones corresponding to the following IPA transcription

/siː/:
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16. Write the homophones corresponding to the following IPA transcription

/aɪ/:
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17. Write the homophones corresponding to the following IPA transcription

/njuː/:
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18. Write the homophones corresponding to the following IPA transcription

/wʌn/:
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19. Write the homophones corresponding to the following IPA transcription

[meɪɫ]:
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20. Write the homophones corresponding to the following IPA transcription

[nəʊz]:
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21. Write the homophones corresponding to the following IPA transcription

/fluː/:
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22. Write the homophones corresponding to the following IPA transcription
/fɔːr/:
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23. Write the homophones corresponding to the following IPA transcription

/bluː/:
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24. Write the homophones corresponding to the following IPA transcription

/aʊər/:
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25. Write the homophones corresponding to the following IPA transcription

/miːt/:
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26. Write the homophones corresponding to the following IPA transcription

/dɪər/:
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27. Write the homophones corresponding to the following IPA transcription

/səʊ/:
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28. Write the homophones corresponding to the following IPA transcription

[hiːəɫ]:
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29. Write the homophones corresponding to the following IPA transcription

[eər]:
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30. Write the homophones corresponding to the following IPA transcription

/breɪk/:
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GRID
1. b /ʃiːp/ /ʃɪp/ /ʧɪp/ /ʧiːp/
2. a /θɪn/ /θɪŋ//θɪŋk/ /dɪŋ/
3. c /ɡreɪ/ /deɪ/ /ðeɪ/ /spreɪ/
4. c /lɪv/ /liːf/ /liːv/ /lʌv/
5. a /ʧiːp/ /ʧɪp/ /ʃiːp/ /ʃɪp/
6. b /ˈliːətɑːd/ /ˈlepəd/ /ˈliːənaɪn/ /ˈleptɪn/
7. c /pɪər/ /pɪər/ /peər/ /pɜːr/
8. d /meʃ/ /ˌmɪsˈjuːz/ /ˈmiːɡər/ /ˈmeʒər/
9. c /ɪər/ /jɪər/ /ɡɪər/ /ɡɜːd/
10.b /ˈnjuːtrəl/ /ˈnæʧərəɫ/ /ˈneɪʃən/ /ˈnæʃənəl/
11. d /bɪt/ /bʌt/ /bɜːd/ /biːt/
12. b /wiːk/ /wɜːk/ /wɒk/ /wɔːk/
13. a /wɪk/ /wɜːk/ /wiːk/ /wɔːk/
14. c /pɪʧ/ /pɪθ/ /piːʧ/ /piːs/
15. Sea-see
16. Eye-I
17. Knew-new
18. One-won
19. Mail-male
20. Nose-knows
21. Flew-flu-flue
22. For-four
23. Blue-blew
24. Hour-our
25. Meat-meet
26. Dear-deer
27. So-sow1-sew
28. Heel-heal
29. Air-heir
30. Brake-break

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To put seeds in or on the ground so that plants will grow. The same word also indicates the
female pig, which is called <sow> /saʊ/ though (same spelling but different pronunciation).
Write the following transcribed sentences with ordinary letters.

1. [əlɑt əv ˈpiːpəɫ raɪd ˈbaɪsɪkəɫz ɪn ˈɪtəɫi]

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2. [kən jəpleɪ ðə ɡɪˈtɑː]
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3. [haʊ fɑː də jə wɔːk ˈevri deɪ]
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4. [ɪn ˌnjuː ˈjɔːk jəˈkɑːnˈtrævəɫ baɪ træm]
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5. [ɪz ðeərəˈvɪdiowɪn ɑː ˈklɑːsruːm]
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6. [aɪd laɪk səm ˈkɒfi, pliːz]
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7. [ðeərˈɪzənʔ ˈeni mɪɫk ɪn ðə frɪʤ]
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8. [haʊdəjə kʌm təskuːɫ]
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9. [ðeərɑː θriːjeɡz]
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10. [aɪlʌv ʌnˈhelθi fuːd]
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11. [haʊmʌʧ ˈwɔːtə duː jʊniːd]
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12. [ʃi wəz bɔːn ət hɑːf pɑːst tuː]

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GRID

1. A lot of people ride bicycles in Italy.

2. Can you play the guitar?
3. How far do you walk every day?
4. In New York you can’t travel by tram.
5. Is there a video in our classroom?
6. I’d like some coffee please.
7. There isn’t any milk in the fridge.
8. How do you come to school?
9. There are three eggs.
10. I love unhealthy food.
11. How much water do you need?
12. She was born at half past two.
 GRAMMAR REVIEW 12

Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentences

0. ….. Tim a cat?

⨯ a. Is
Example

b. Can
c. Have
d. Could

1. Mount Everest is the Earth’s ………….. mountain, with a peak at 8,848

metres above sea level.
a. higher
b. highest
c. more high
d. best higher

2. Salinity is a measure of ……. salt there is in water.

a. how much
b. how many
c. how any
d. how often

3. You can come and ask for my help ……….. time.

a. a
b. an
c. any
d. some

4. If I ……… a lot of money, I ………… it with you

a. had/would share
b. have/shared
c. had had/will share
d. would have/shared

5. Wait, I ……………… you!

a. help
b. helped
c. will help
d. helps

6. Stacey ………….. in the pub last week.

a. helps
b. helped
c. is helping
d. will help

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7. Mary is such a nice person. I ………………… her …………….. January.
a. knew/for
b. know/since
c. I’ve known/since
d. used to know/for

8. ………….. you start to save and invest your money, ……… it will grow.
a. Sooner/faster
b. Soon/fast
c. The soonest/the fastest
d. The sooner/the faster

9. I ………… breakfast, when the phone suddenly ………..

a. had/was ringing
b. was having/was ringing
c. was having/rang
d. have/rings

10. Yesterday, Lucy ………. the bill before …………. the restaurant.
a. paid/leaving
b. will pay/left
c. pays/leaves
d. paid/will leave

11. This book deals with economy and lifestyle from .... European perspective.
a. some
b. an
c. any
d. a

12.They…………… a letter to their…………..

a. write/friend of parents’
b. Wrote/parents’ friend
c. writing/parents’ friends’
d. written/parents’ friends

13. It's painful when your best friends become your ……………….
a. worse enemies
b. bad enemys
c. most bad enemys’
d. worst enemies

14. All over the world, ………… are on average ………… than men.
a. women/shorter
b. women/more shorter
c. womens/the shortest
d. womans/shorter

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15. We ……………… jogging, if it …………… sunny tomorrow.
a. Will go/will be
b. went/would be
c. go/will be
d. will go/is

16. Brian took ………. smoking when he was at school.

a. in
b. up
c. on
d. off

17. While we ……….. the picnic, it …………. to rain.

a. were having/started
b. had/would be starting
c. had/starts
d. would have/had started

18. He plays the piano ………… than Maurizio Pollini.

a. best
b. better
c. good
d. well

19. Yesterday, Sue ….. her finger while slicing some bread!
a. cuts
b. cutted
c. cutting
d. cut

20. Would you like………thing to drink? Yes, please! I am thirsty!

a. any
b. some
c. a
d. the

21. If the weather ……….. nice, they ……………. football.

a. is/would play
b. will be/played
c. Had been/would’ve played
d. were/will play

22. I’m sure they …………………. your problem.

a. will understand
b. would understand
c. understanding
d. understands

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23. While I …………… my colleagues, the computer ………... randomly.
a. am emailing/had shut down
b. had emailed/shuts down
c. emailed/was shutting down
d. was emailing/shut down

24. Maybe she ………………. a language course in Malta next year.

a. will do
b. did
c. do
d. doing

25. There aren't ……………. apples left in ………………..

a. a/fridge’s Mike
b. any/Mike’s fridge
c. an/the fridge of Mike
d. some/Mike’s fridge

26. Trisha ……………….. a new bicycle for her birthday.

a. didn’t got
b. get did not
c. didn’t get
d. not got

27. John, your luggage ……………… heavy! I’m afraid you'll be charged for every
kilo in excess.
a. was looking
b. looks
c. look
d. is looking

28. Fred and Frida ……………………. French ………… three months.

a. have been learning/for
b. are learning/for
c. learn/since
d. have learnt/since

29. It ……………… three hours to drive ………. Paris.

a. Is taking/at
b. taken/in
c. taking/on
d. took/to

30. Is Twitter ……….. useful tool for journalists?

a. An
b. A
c. the
d. much

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31. Samantha ……………. American ………. than ………….!
a. cans speaks/best/me
b. cans speak/less/yours
c. can speak/better/us
d. can speaks/good/we

32. James ……………. at the university …………… June.

a. has taught/for
b. teaches/since
c. is teaching/for
d. has been teaching/since

33. In poor communities around the world ………… are vital to …….. families.
a. oxens/some
b. oxen/many
c. oxs/any
d. oxes/much

34. I think our team ……………….. the match.

a. wins
b. is winning
c. will win
d. would win

35.If she …………….. her classmates, she ……………….. more friends.

a. didn’t bully/would have
b. hadn’t bullied/will have
c. doesn’t bully/would have had
d. doesn’t bully/had

36. This article considers just ……….. air is required for proper combustion.
a. How plenty
b. how many
c. how much
d. how long

37. If I …………… you, I ………………. to Eric's party.

a. were/would not go
b. was/won’t go
c. had been/don’t go
d. am/would have not gone

38. ‘I am thirsty’ – ‘I ………….. you a drink!’

a. got
b. get
c. will get
d. was getting

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39. Who …………. us into town tomorrow?
a. drove
b. driven
c. driving
d. will drive

40. School ……………. yet.

a. doesn’t start
b. hasn’t started
c. will start
d. is starting

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ANSWER SHEET

1. B
2. A
3. C
4. A
5. C
6. B
7. C
8. D
9. C
10. A
11. D
12. B
13. D
14. A
15. D
16. B
17. A
18. A
19. D
20. B
21. C
22. A
23. D
24. A
25. B
26. C
27. B
28. A
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29. D
30. B
31. C
32. D
33. b
34. c
35. A
36. C
37. A
38. C
39. D
40. B

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 GRAMMAR TEST 14

Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentences

0. ….. Tim a cat?

⨯ a. Is
Example

b. Can
c. Have
d. Could

1. Charlie……………………….. for dinner tomorrow!

a. come
b. is coming
c. came
d. will coming

2. Are there …………. books on ……………………..?

a. some/Mike’s desktop
b. any/Mike’s desktop
c. some/ desktop’s Mike
d. any/Mike desk’s

3. Last Thursday, we ………….. Alison’s sister while going shopping.

a. have met
b. meeted
c. met
d. did meet

4. My ………………, who lives in Milan, ……………….. the guitar.

a. parents’ friend/can’t play
b. parents’s friend/doesn’t can play
c. parents’ friend’s/cans not play
d. friend’s parents’/can’t plays

5. Would you like……… vodka?

a. any
b. some
c. many
d. the

6. Perhaps, I ……………… New York one day!

a. I am visiting
b. will visit
c. do visit
d. visited

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7. He …………… to bed early last night.
a. don’t go
b. went not
c. didn’t go
d. didn’t went

8. Remember to email ……….. this document!

a. them
b. theirs
c. their
d. they

9. Last month, Trisha ……….. at the concert. She …………… a fever!

a. not played/run
b. didn’t play/ran
c. didn’t played/ran
d. did play not/running

10. You can ………………….. over there!

a. park
b. to park
c. parking
d. parked

11.‘I’ve got a splitting headache!’ – ‘Oh dear, I…………….. you an aspirin.’

a. ‘m getting
b. get
c. ‘ll get
d. ‘m going to get

12. When Martha arrived home, we…………… a cake.

a. were making
b. make
c. will make
d. do make

13. Those …………. studied oboe ………… five months.

a. boys’s friends/since
b. friends’ boys’/for
c. boys’ friends/for
d. boys’ friends/since

14. They ………………… John their new address.

a. didn’t give
b. don’t gave
c. gave not
d. didn’t gave

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15. They are living in one of the best……………….. in the world.
a. countrys
b. countries
c. countries’
d. countrys’

16. My parents …………. to visit me last July.

a. come
b. are coming
c. will be coming
d. came

17. When they …………. home you …………….. French literature at …………..
a. were phoning/studied/Tim’s house
b. phoned/were studying/Tim’s
c. phoned/studied/Tim
d. had phoned/are studying/the house of Tim

18. A lot of websites suggest people …… unique way to lose weight after the
holidays!
a. An
b. Some
c. Any
d. A

19. Brian’s cat is …………. than mine!

a. Bigger
b. More big
c. The bigger
d. Less bigger

20. The book Helene gave her sister is ……………… than ……………..!
a. The most interesting/ours’
b. less interesting/our
c. Less interesting/ours
d. The more interesting/ours

21. Sean ………………………… his parents this weekend.

a. is visiting
b. visited
c. will visits
d. visit

22. Nick ……………. standard jazz ………. than you!

a. cans sings/best
b. cans sing/less
c. can sing/better
d. can sings/good

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23. Did Mary………….. you my passport?
a. gave
b. gives
c. will give
d. give

24. Mary …………………. on holiday next week.

a. isn’t going
b. doesn’t go
c. won’t goes
d. goes not

25.Who………… the Eurovision Song Contest this year?

a. won
b. will win
c. does win
d. is winning

26. This spa resort is ………… of Berlin.

a. the more cheapest
b. the cheaper
c. the cheapest
d. cheaper

27. Your Spanish is getting …………….! Congratulations!

a. more betterer
b. more better
c. the betterest
d. better and better

28. Charles’s car is …………… Mike’s!

a. as new than
b. as newer
c. as newest than
d. as new as

29. That boutique is ……………. of Paris!

a. the most expensive
b. the very expensive
c. the more expensive
d. the expensivest

30.……………… anything tonight?

a. Do you doing
b. Do you do
c. Will you do
d. Are you doing

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31. …………………….. at Tim’s. His garden is plenty of ……. and cats chasing ………..
a. Did you be/geese/mouses
b. Have you ever been/gooses/mouses
c. Are you being/geese/mices
d. Have you ever been/geese/mice

32. Don’t touch that dog. It……………………… you!

a. ‘s biting
b. bites
c. does bite
d. ‘ll bite

33. Catherine is …………….. Sue!

a. less taller than
b. as tall as
c. taller of
d. the taller than

34. John hasn’t got ………. scores at home!

a. much
b. many
c. a lots of
d. some

35. Did Mary ……… her brother …….. money?

a. give/much
b. gives/many
c. gave/a lots of
d. gave/any

36. Look at those black clouds. It ………………….!

a. will rains
b. rains
c. ‘s going to rain
d. rained

37.………………. food is there in the fridge?

a. How much
b. How many
c. How any
d. How often

38.‘It’s hot in here!’ - ‘I …………….. the window!’

a. open
b. opened
c. ‘ve been opening
d. ‘ll open

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39.………….. times have you checked your e-mail today?
a. How much
b. How many
c. How any
d. How long

40.……………. bottles of red wine are you going to buy?

a. How much
b. How many
c. How any
d. How long

41. ………………………… to my wife for five years.

a. I’ve been married
b. I’m married
c. I’m marrying
d. I married

42. ………………….. to Rome?

a. Did you ever go
b. Have you ever been
c. Do you ever been
d. Have you ever gone

43. Why ……………….. to work? Don't you usually go ………. bus?

a. Do you walk/in
b. Are you walking/by
c. You walk/at
d. Do you walking/on

44. Yesterday, I ……………… my work at seven o’clock.

a. finished
b. will finishe
c. finish
d. do finish

45. Is there ……………… beer in the mug?

a. many
b. much
c. some
d. a

46. …………. Charlie’s girlfriend …………… French?

a. Do/speaks
b. Can/speaks
c. Does/speak
d. Has/speaking

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47. …………… him since I was a child.
a. I used to know
b. I know
c. I have known
d. I am knowing

48. Last night, I …………… to the theatre with …………

a. Goed/my parents’ friends’
b. go/the friends of my parents
c. did go/the parents friends’
d. went/my parents’ friends

49. …….. teacher always ……… English in class! What about…………?

a. Our/speaks/your
b. Ours/speak/yours’
c. Ours/speaks/your
d. Our/speaks/yours

50. I am sure you ………………… the exam next week.

a. not fail
b. won’t fail
c. didn’t fail
d. won’t do fail

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ANSWER SHEET

1. B
2. B
3. C
4. A
5. B
6. B
7. C
8. A
9. B
10. A
11. C
12. A
13. C
14. A
15. B
16. D
17. B
18. D
19. A
20. C
21. A
22. C
23. D
24. A
25. B
26. C
27. D

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28. D
29. A
30. D
31. D
32. D
33. B
34. B
35. A
36. C
37. A
38. D
39. B
40. B
41. A
42. B
43. B
44. A
45. B
46. C
47. C
48. D
49. D
50. B

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 Give a suitable definition for each of the following idioms

1. HUMPDAY
a. Monday
b. Friday
c. Wednesday
d. Saturday

2. HAVE (GOT) IT MADE

a. To listen to something carefully
b. To be certain to be successful and have a good life, often without much effort
c. To risk losing everything by putting all your efforts into one plan
d. To dislike

3. TAKE IT OUT ON SOMEBODY

a. To treat someone badly because you are upset or angry, even if they have
done nothing wrong
b. To be restless or impatient
c. To make an angry person get even angrier
d. To make someone very tired

4. TAKE IT OUT OF SOMEBODY

a. To avoid answering a question
b. To treat someone badly because you are upset or angry, even if they have
done nothing wrong
c. To make someone very tired
d. To act strongly and aggressive about an issue with someone

5. UNDER/BELOW THE RADAR

a. An excellent or ideally suitable person or thing
b. An awful or ideally unsuitable person or thing
c. Ignored or not noticed much by people in general
d. Very popular and familiar

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6. PUT SOMEONE ON THE SPOT
a. To create embarrassment or difficulty
b. To speak honestly and directly about a topic
c. To make an effort to control your emotions and behave more calmly
d. To be secretly in love with someone

7. I BEG TO DIFFER!
a. The most important fact in a situation
b. To completely agree with someone
c. To take some time to think about a decision
d. To politely disagree with someone

8. PUT/THROW A SPANNER IN THE WORKS

a. To act strongly and aggressive about an issue with someone
b. To do something that prevents a plan or activity from succeeding
c. To be restless or impatient
d. To talk about unimportant things

9. SLOW ON THE UPTAKE

a. To start now
b. To be quick to understand things
c. To understand things with difficulty
d. To have other things to do

10. FREEBIE
a. The best option
b. Something that is given to you without you having to pay for it
c. Someone who will take money in exchange for doing something for the
person paying
d. Someone who is clever and good at dealing with difficult situations

11. HAVE HALF A MIND/A GOOD MIND TO DO SOMETHING

a. To think that you might do something, often because something has annoyed
you.
b. To waste one’s time trying hard to accomplish something that is completely
hopeless
c. To decide firmly the limit of what one will tolerate or participate in
d. To make money in order to provide for personal and family expense

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12. TO CUT TO THE CHASE
a. To be restless or impatient
b. To delay making a decision
c. To fall in love
d. To get to the point

13. A RED-LETTER DAY

a. The weekend
b. An important day
c. A horrible day
d. Monday

14. WEAR YOUR HEART ON YOUR SLEEVE

a. to be so determined to get what you want
b. to openly show your feelings rather than hiding them
c. to understand something clearly at last
d. to risk losing everything by putting all your efforts or all your money into
one plan

15. QUICK ON THE UPTAKE

a. To start now
b. To be quick to understand things
c. To understand things with difficulty
d. To have other things to do

16. A LEOPARD CAN’T CHANGE ITS SPOTS

a. A person will try to change their bad habits
b. A sudden change of opinion
c. A person will never change their bad habits
d. The most important fact in a situation

17. SIT ON THE FENCE

a. To be connected to two groups with opposing interests
b. To get to the point
c. To be uncertain and take a long time deciding something
d. To delay making a decision

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 Answer sheet

1. C

2. B

3. A

4. C

5. C

6. A

7. D

8. B

9. C

10. B

11. A

12. D

13. B

14. B

15. B

16. C

17. D