English Vocabulary, Usage and Idiom Exercises with Answers

Answers. Most of these are not difficult. You should have eight correct if you are at advanced level.

01. He doesn't work hard because he likes the work. He's just a money-grubber who'll do anything for a few extra pence.

02. The play had run in the West End and on Broadway. It was a real money-spinner.

03. He threatened to reveal everything to the press unless he was paid a substantial amount of hush money.

04. We normally give our children pocket-money every week.

05. My wife keeps some spare cash in the kitchen as pin-money to buy odds and end she needs.

06. They are taking their children to Florida for a month, and with seven of them in the family, it will cost them a pretty penny.

07. His father thinks it is time he stopped studying, got a job and earned an honest penny.

08. They waste money on expensive carpets and refuse to install a decent air conditioning system: they are penny wise and pound foolish.

09. I don't really mind if I have to work overtime. It's all one to me.

10. We visited Las Vegas and my wife lost $150 in a one-armed bandit.

Advanced Vocabulary, Usage and Idiom

01 advanced
02 advanced
03 advanced
04 advanced
05 advanced


06 advanced
07 advanced
08 advanced
09 advanced
10 advanced


11 advanced
12 advanced