The numeral- advanced practice

Choose the correct variant:

1. Mark was dressed up to the at his wedding.
a) fours
b) nines
c) threes
d) tens
2. As there were other people in the room, I barely had my
.winks.
a) twenty b) sixty
c) forty
d)ninety
3. Bill is always at and ..when he is home alone.
a) twos/threes b) ones/zeros c)tens/twenties d)sixes/sevens
4. I met an amazing person the other day. She must have a .sight,
as she managed to accurately predict my future.
a) sixth b)second
c) eights
d) forth
5. How did you know that this plane would crash? You must have a
..sense for these kind of things.
a) sixth
b)second
c) fourth
d)zero
6. Youre too late! I no longer accept papers brought at the
hour.
a) tenth
b) ninth
c)eleventh
d)last
7. Im so happy, Im in the .heaven.
a) seventh b) ninth
c)eleventh d)sixth
8. You look much younger than in your photo. You are definitely on the
.side of forty.
a) wrong
b)right c)good
d)left
9. He is times better than you are.
a) four
b) six
c) twenty d) ten
10.
While she was boiling the eggs, I was chopping the vegetables
.. to the .
a) ten/hundred
b)nineteen/dozen
c) seven/eleven
d)twentyfour/seven
11.
We have to solve these problems one at a . .
a) place
b) minute c) time d) spot
12.
We are not sure about the date, but we think she
died thirty years ago.
a) exactly
b) precisely
c) before d) some
13.
On the field, the peasants had their wagon pulled by a ..
of oxen.
a) team b) couple c) brace d) score
14.
The coach was pulled by a majestic.. of horses.
a) brace b) span c) pair
d) herd

15.
While we were wandering through the woods, we saw a
.of wild eagles.
a) pair
b) brace
c) covey
d) flock
ESSENTIAL EXPRESSIONS WITH THE NUMERAL
To go on all fours = ..
Dressed up to the nines = ..
To talk/do something nineteen to the dozen=
To have ones forty winks=
To be at sixes and sevens= .
Ten times better= .
Some +amount of time = ..
Second sight=
Sixth sense=..
At the eleventh hour=
In the seventh heaven= ..
One at a time=
On the right/wrong side of + age =
A span of horses=
A brace of oxen= ..
A brace of +birds= ..
The second/third/fourth +adj. in superlative =
Hundred/thousand and one + plural noun = ..
A thousand thanks= ..
In + pluralized cardinal number =
By the +pluralized cardinal number = .
Odd and even numbers =