Idiom Phrases...10

 1. To carry the coal to Newcastle


A. To work hard

B. To finish a job

C. To do unnecessary things

D. To do menial jobs


2. Hard-pressed

A. Bewildered

B. Insulted

C. Hard discipline

D. In difficulties


3. To be lost in the cloud

A. To meet with one's death

B. To be perplexed

C. To be concealed from view

D. To find oneself in a very uncomfortable position


4. To hit the jackpot

A. To gamble

B. To make money unexpectedly

C. To inherit money

D. To become bankrupt


5. Leave one to sink or swim

A. To be in a dilemma

B. To leave to one's fate

C. To put one in difficulty

D. Not to help one



6. To be at one's finger's ends

A. To be hopeless

B. To be highly perplexed

C. To be completely conversant with

D. To count things




7. He has been seriously injured. There is . . . . . . . hope for his survival.


A. a little

B. a few

C. little

D. few




8. They are . . . . . . brothers but neither of them takes care of their parents.


A. two

B. few

C. many

D. some



9. Might is the past form of . . . . . .

A. might

B. may

C. will

D. can

10 . . . . . we . . . . . without water?

A. Can , living

B. Can , live

C. Can , be

D. Can be , lived



11. 10,000 visitors . . . . . . www.angelforenglish.com last week.

A. were visit

B. did visit

C. visited

D. visitted



12. Shraddha . . . . . . . since afternoon.

A. was working

B. works

C. is working

D. has been working


13. ‘The green eyed monster’ means . . . . . .

A. hatred

B. love

C. love

D. jealousy


14. I am a doctor . . . . . . . my wife is a nurse.

A. when

B. while

C. so

D. because




15. He has killed his own father. He is in jail because of . . . . . .

A. father’s death

B. homicide

C. suicide

D. patricide



Answer Key :

1.(c)   2.(d)   3.(b)   4.(b)    5.(d)   6.(c)    7.(c)    8.(a)    9.(b)    10.(b)   

11.(c)    

12.(d) Sentence is in present perfect continuous tense with active voice.


Rule :
Subject + have/has + been + V-ing + other agents.

Shraddha has been working since afternoon. 

13.(d)    14.(b)    15.(d)

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