INSTITUCION EDUCATIVA SIMON BOLIVAR “SEDE PRINCIPAL”

Decreto no. 1502 Noviembre 26 de 2002 Nit. 891180109-8 Dane: 141298000019

NAME:______________________________________________DATE:___________________________GRADE:_______

IDIOMS are not to be taken literally. Study their meaning

and then complete the sentences. You may need to make
some changes.

butterflies in
a) I have to tell you something that will
one’s stomach
________________________________.
in hot water ● to be very nervous and under the weather
anxious
b) He ___________________________ ● to be in difficulties, ● to be or feel ill / sad or
when he accidentally told her about especially in serious lack energy
trouble
the surprise party.

c) Okay, I’ll tell you what I’m going to

do, although you’ll probably think that
I have __________________________.

d) I’m ________________________ knock one’s

with my teacher because she caught
hold your horses a piece of cake socks off
me cheating in the test. ● to wait / slow down / ● something very easy ● to delight, thrill,
consider things carefully to do amaze / impress
e) I’d better ______________________
now. I’m feeling really exhausted.

f) He is so cute that when he looks at

me I get _________________________.

g) We’re all packed and ready to go -

we can leave _____________________.
let the cat out at the drop cost an arm and
of the bag of a hat a leg
h) I am feeling a bit _______________ ● immediately, without ● to be very expensive
– I think I’m getting a cold. ● to reveal a secret,
any delay or hesitation
usually unintentionally
i) Is Samantha really getting married
or are you just ___________________?

j) Was your Math exam hard? – No, it

was really _______________________.

k) My friend got __________________

pull one’s leg caught between
and decided not to do a bungee jump. lose one’s marbles
● to play a joke, tease, two stools
● to act in a crazy or
trick someone in a ● to be unable to choose strange way
l) Just __________________________! friendly way between two alternatives
Let’s think about this for a moment.

m) Tell me who was at the party. I am

_______________________________.

n) If you try to please both your father

and mother, you can end up
________________________________. all ears cold feet
hit the sack ● to lose courage to do
● to be eager to hear /
o) I don’t know how you could afford ● to go to bed something you had
listen attentively
this sports car. It must have planned
________________________________.

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 INSTITUCION EDUCATIVA SIMON BOLIVAR “SEDE PRINCIPAL”
Decreto no. 1502 Noviembre 26 de 2002 Nit. 891180109-8 Dane: 141298000019

NAME:______________________________________________DATE:___________________________GRADE:_______

 get out of bed

cause to be have a friendly
 rise to your feet
understood relationship

succeed in
finishing a task
 have a holiday
 escape

 recover from
an illness
 overcome a manage to
problem survive in spite
of difficulties

become
known (news,
information)  dismount or
descend
start doing or  go inside a car,  get serious

continue doing room, home about topic

leave a bus,
an activity  arrive at a
train, plane or a
place place

Complete the sentences with across, along, 10. Kate hasn’t got _ _ _ _ _ _ her separation
away, by, down (to), in, off, on, out, over, with Mark.
through or up. 11. The burglar got _ _ _ _ _ _ before we came
back home.
1. My daughter is an early bird. She gets
12. When Moly got _ _ _ _ _ _ the plane, she saw
_ _ _ _ _ _ at 7 every day of the week.
all her family waiting for her.
2. How can Tom get _ _ _ _ _ _ on his poor
13. Let’s get _ _ _ _ _ _ business.
salary?
14. Linda’s been unemployed for six months.
3. Pat usually fails to get her jokes _ _ _ _ _ _.
She’s getting _ _ _ _ _ _ thanks to her
4. Jim got _ _ _ _ _ _ his exams without much
parents’ help.
effort.
15. After the concert the audience got
5. You’d better get _ _ _ _ _ _ the back seat.
_ _ _ _ _ _ and applauded for ten minutes.
I’ve got my son’s safety seat in the front.
16. Do Steve and Jess get _ _ _ _ _ _?
6. I’ve never got _ _ _ _ _ _ with my brother-in-
17. Can you tell me where I should get
law.
_ _ _ _ _ _?
7. If this secret gets _ _ _ _ _ _ , you’ll be in
18. We hope to get _ _ _ _ _ _ for a few days at
trouble.
Easter.
8. We’ve climbed the fence easily, but now we
19. How did Liz get _ _ _ _ _ _ here? She hasn’t
can’t get _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
got the key, has she?
9. You should get _ _ _ _ _ _ with your
20. It took me two weeks to get _ _ _ _ _ _ the
homework right now.
terrible flu.

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 INSTITUCION EDUCATIVA SIMON BOLIVAR “SEDE PRINCIPAL”
Decreto no. 1502 Noviembre 26 de 2002 Nit. 891180109-8 Dane: 141298000019

NAME:______________________________________________DATE:___________________________GRADE:_______

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1 Match the pictures and the words.

c d
a
e f
b

g
1 break up 2 break down 3 forget about 4 think of 5 look at
6 look for 7 log on 8 log off 9 shout at
l
10 run out 11 wake up 12 give up
i

h k
j

2 Find ten phrasal verbs in the word search. 3 Write the verbs in the correct column.

L G I V E U P L I up for at

D O G A K L M O F

C R O S V O J G A

H U G K P O T O L

E N E F A K L N L

E O T O Y F E P O

R U U R F O T S V

U T P F O R B E E hang / pay / cheer / laugh / ask /

catch / look / shout / wake / speak /
P K I T R U L E R
break / smile / grow

4 Complete the sentences with the correct verb.

break down look after

look for speak up give up

1 I can’t hear you. Can you _____________, please?

5 Find the phrasal verbs in
2 Can you _____________ my baby when I’m at the dentist’s? the circle.

3 I ______________ - what’s the answer?

4 I always _______________ my keys in my big bag.

5 We are usually late for school because our school buses

often _________________.