LINC Home Study - English Activities Online

Instructions: Choose the correct answer.

1	The term "buttonhole" came from someone mishearing .
	buttonold buttonfold buttonhold buttonhole
2	To have something up your sleeve means...
	to be suspicious looking. to be looking something. to be hiding looking. to be hiding something.
3	If you are keeping a secret, you could say...
	"I'm keeping it under my hat." "I'm dressed to kill." "I'm keeping it under my sock." "I'm keeping up my sleeve."
4	In America, you put gas in your car for fuel.
	true false
5	In U.K. English - He needs a to see in the dark.
	flashlight torch
6	Which idiom means to excite or surprise someone?
	keep it up your sleeve knock your socks off keep it under your hat dress yourself to kill
7	Where do babies wear nappies?
	United Kingdom America
8	Which mishearing lead to the term asparagus?
	sparrow-gas sparrow-gas sparrow-glass sparrow-grass
9	If you are dressed to kill, you are...
	going out in your clothes to kill someone. going out in your best dresser. going out in your best clothes. going out in your best car.
10	What is the origin of "sweetheart"?
	a misrendering of swedeheart a misrendering of sweeheart a misrendering of sweatearth a misrendering of sweetard