LINC Home Study - English Activities Online

Instructions: Choose the correct answer.

1	The term "his name is mud" came from...
	an assassin's name. a doctor's name. a mudman's name. a president's name.
2	To be "fishy" means...
	to be suspicious-looking. to be looking at a fish. to be looking at suspicious fish. to be suspicious of fish looking.
3	If you can't talk momentarily, then someone may say...
	"stop horsing around!" "stop being fishy!" "cat got your tongue?" "you are worth your salt!"
4	In America, you can travel on the subway.
	true false
5	In U.K. English - He rides to work on the .
	subway sideground underway underground
6	Which idiom means to play around foolishly?
	fishy cat got your tongue horse around for the birds
7	Where can you live in a flat?
	United Kingdom America
8	Which idiom means that something is uninteresting?
	It's for the birds. It's fishy. The cat's got your tongue. It's horsing around.
9	If you are worth your salt, you are...
	working for the Roman army. doing a good job. disappointed and you want to hide it. joining something popular.
10	What is the origin of "worth one's salt"?
	an ancient Roman fable an ancient Greek fable ancient Roman army payroll an American election ritual