Answers to the idiomatic expression quiz
Last updated: 13 Oct 2008
Check how you did on the our idiomatic expressions quiz.
The correct answer to each question is underlined.
- I consider you one of my best friends. (Nothing goes in the sentence, it is fine as it is.)
- He regards me as a mortal enemy.
- Steve's life centers on the never-ending struggle to get up early every morning.
- Llamas are native to South America.
- I forbid you to stop taking this test!
- You are prohibited from taking a break!
- I think of Newt Gingrich as my good pal.
- We can compare his exuberant entrance to a tornado sweeping everything in its path.
- I am not much of an athlete compared with Wayne Gretzky.
- We mistook you for a penguin in those clothes.
- Our problems range from miscommunication to utter incompetence.
- Rainy days make me think of London. (Nothing goes in the sentence, it is fine as it is.)
- The Sumerians are credited with inventing the wheel.
- In the dark, it is difficult to distinguish Steve from Joel.
- I can always distinguish between Joel and Steve.
How did you get on?
If you got any of them wrong then you will need to go back and study the list of common idiomatic expressions.
