Column A

1. Water under the bridge 2. To call it a day 3. Caught red handed 4. Wet behind the ears 5. Out of the blue 6. Get the green light 7. Give someone the cold shoulder 8. Read someone like a book 9. Have ones nose in a book 10. To call the tune 11. To face the music 12. Jazz something up

Column B
a. To reject ignore b. To understand someone very well. c. Suddenly and unexpected d. Make decisions; decide what is to be done. e. To read books all the time. f. Found in the very act of a crime or something bad. g. To decide that we (work) for a day. have done enough

h. Something past and forgotten. i. Accept the unpleasant consequences for ones actions. j. Naive, inexperienced. k. To make lively something more interesting/

l. Receive permission to do something.

Fill the blanks with the idioms above and then write 3 sentences on your own! 1. The only person who can ______________________________ is my mom. 2. My sister Lala likes ______________her education. 4. Tom is such a nerd, most of the time he just ________________________________ 5. Young girls who are __________________________ sometimes are not ready to be broken hearted. 6. My late father always told me to be ready _________________in everything that I do. 7. Phew! What a tiring day, I guess its time ____________________ and get some rest 8. All the problems were having now will one day be _____________________________ 9. I Wonder why he ______________________ to drive. Hes just 14! 10. Ive no idea why Grace _________________________ since last week. motorbike. 12. Shes scared to death when she saw a white shadow appeared ________________ 13. ______________________________________________________________________ 14. ______________________________________________________________________ 15. ____________________________________________________________________
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blazer _______ with

cute

brooches

3. I sometimes let my first born ___________________ even if its about her

11. A burglar _________________________________ when he tried to steal a

ANSWER:

Matching: 1. h 2. g 3. f 4. j 5. c 6. l 7. a 8. b 9. e 10. d 11. i 12. k

II. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Read me like a book To jazz ---- up To call the tune Has his nose in a book Wet behind the ears To face the music To call it a day Water under the bridge Gets the green light Has given me the cold shoulder Was caught red handed Out of the blue

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