Questões de Inglês

Read the following expression and match each one to the correct definition:

I. “Add insult to injury”
II. “Costs an arm and a leg”
III. “Good things come to those who wait”
IV. “The best thing since sliced bread”
( ) “A really good invention”
( ) “Very expensive”
( ) “Be patient”
( ) “To make a bad situation worse”

Read the following expression and match each one to the correct definition:

I. “He's a chip off the old block”
II. “You can't have your cake and eat it too”
III. “Don't cry over spilt milk”
IV. “Once in a blue moon”
( ) “The son is like the father”
( ) “Rarely”
( ) “You can't have everything”
( ) “Be upset about past misfortunes”

Read the following expression and match each one to the correct definition:

I. “A blessing in disguise”
II. “Beat around the bush”
III. “Bite the bullet”
IV. “Call it a day”

( ) “avoid saying what you mean, usually because it is uncomfortable” ( ) “to get something over with because it is inevitable” ( ) “a good thing that seemed bad at first” ( ) “stop working on something”

Read the following sentences and complete, respectively, with the appropriate adjectives/adverbs.

I. “They live in a ____ five-bedroom house”
II. “He was an _____ father, she loved him”
III. “We had a lot of fun during this _____ trip”
IV. “It was so _____ in my son’s bedroom, so stinky.”

Read the following sentences and complete, respectively, with the appropriate verbs.

I. “The way to get _____ is to quit talking and begin doing.”

II. “We may encounter many defeats but we must not _____ defeated.”

III. “Today’s accomplishments _____ yesterday’s impossibilities.”

IV. “People who are crazy enough to ______ they can change the world, are the ones who do.”