English Vocabulary, Usage and Idiom Exercises with Answers

Answers. Advanced students should aim to have ten or more correct, intermediate students, seven or more.

01. He'll never make a soldier; he can't march in...

     A. unison B. order C. uniform D step

02. It's as sure as....

     A. work is work B eggs is eggs C. taxes are taxes D. grey is grey

03 No half-measures. Let's make a clean... of it

     A. sweep B. brush C. space D. start

04. Poor old Fido. He's getting long in the... and is not interested in chasing rabbits any more.

     A arm B. tail C. kennel D. tooth

05 Sherlock Holmes soon got to the... of the crime

     A base B. foundation C. bottom D. basement

06. Things usually get worse: it never rains but it . . .

     A showers B. storms C. pours D. floods

07. She said the drugs in her suitcase must have been... there by someone else.

     A. buried B. dropped C. dug D. planted

08. Are you sure he's a... person for your daughter to know?

     A. proper B. right C. correct D. sure

09. On a long plane trip time hangs... on your hands

     A. weightily B. dully C. heavy D. grimly

10. She did me a bad... and I'll never forgive her for it.

     A. deed B. action C. act D. turn

11. They were glad to see us. They greeted us with open...

     A. hands B. arms C. doors D. minds

12. I have an examination coming up: I'll have to... on things

     A. bone up B. flesh out C grip hard D. take

Advanced Vocabulary, Usage and Idiom

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