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By Kenneth Beare, About.com Guide to ESL since 1997

Common Idiomatic Phrase Quizzes

Tuesday April 29, 2008
Shall we start the meeting and get down to _____ tacks? - brass / gold / bronze / copper Idioms are the salt, pepper and garlic of English. Practice idiomatic phrases with these idiomatic phrase quizzes. Each question provides immediate feedback on correct and incorrect answers with a follow-up score at the end of each quiz.

Common Phrase Quiz - 1
Common Phrase Quiz - 2
Common Phrase Quiz - 3
Common Phrase Quiz - 4

Comments

May 6, 2008 at 3:40 pm
(1) Amira Toma mikhail says:

They are very interesting, but I always make mistakes when using some of them. They have some commom with Arabic like: I put a shoe in my mouth, and in a twinkle of an eye. We have exactly the same in the Arabic language.

May 7, 2008 at 7:02 am
(2) rituwazirchand says:

your quiz,confusing words,&other related subjects are agreat source of information &i enjoy doing them score well as well

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