Read the following expression and match each one to the correct definition:

I. “Add insult to injury”

II. “Costs an arm and a leg”

III. “Good things come to those who wait”

IV. “The best thing since sliced bread”

( ) “A really good invention”

( ) “Very expensive”

( ) “Be patient”

( ) “To make a bad situation worse”

Choose the option where both grammar and vocabulary are correct:

I. “Kristin realizes she had done the wrong thing.”

II. “It’s been ages since you taken me out to a nice restaurant.”

III. “I had my place painted by a professional.”

IV. “I wish I were less worrying about not so important things.”

Read the following expression and match each one to the correct definition:

I. “He's a chip off the old block”

II. “You can't have your cake and eat it too”

III. “Don't cry over spilt milk”

IV. “Once in a blue moon”

( ) “The son is like the father”

( ) “Rarely”

( ) “You can't have everything”

( ) “Be upset about past misfortunes”

Read the following expression and match each one to the correct definition:

I. “A blessing in disguise”

II. “Beat around the bush”

III. “Bite the bullet”

IV. “Call it a day”

( ) “avoid saying what you mean, usually because it is uncomfortable”

( ) “to get something over with because it is inevitable”

( ) “a good thing that seemed bad at first”

( ) “stop working on something”

Choose the option that best replaces the words in bold:

“...His acts being seven ages. At first, the infant,

Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms...”

Choose the option th at best replaces the words in bold:

“... Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel

And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school...”

Read the following sentences and complete, respectively, with the appropriate verbs.

I. “At the touch of love everyone a poet.”

II. “Don’t let yesterday up too much of today.”

III. “Blessed are the curious for they have adventures."

IV. “The journey, not the arrival .”

Read the following s entences and complete, respectively, with the appropriate verbs/adjectives.

I. “If something happened, it and propose a fresh start.”

II. “I’m sorry for this out, but you don’t look so good.”

III. “A recent report has that more and more people have been feeling stressed”

IV. “I can’t talk to you because I’m late for work”

Choose the option where both grammar and vocabulary are correct:

I. “When I was a child, I use to play on the streets all day long.”

II. “Eating habits today are worse than they used to be.”

III. “You have soccer practice at 2:00, haven’t you?”

IV. “He suffers from a disease that affects his humor.”

Choose the option that best replaces the words in bold:

“I stand amid the roar

Of a surf-tormented shore,

And I hold within my hand

Grains of the golden sand.”