LINC Home Study - English Activities Online

Instructions: Choose the correct answer.

1	The term "beg" came from someone back-forming .
	begging beg your pardon beggar begged
2	To spill the beans means...
	to reveal or tell a secret. to tell or reveal a secrete. to be hiding looking. to be hiding something.
3	If he is driving you up the wall, you could say...
	"He's driving me crazy." "He's selling me short." "He's abandoning me." "He's underestimating me."
4	In America, you order a jug of juice.
	true false
5	In U.K. English - Traffic lights are sometimes found at an\a .
	intersection crossroads
6	Which idiom means to under estimate someone?
	sell someone short spill the beans drive them up the wall sell someone down the river
7	Where do you drive on a motorway?
	United Kingdom America
8	Which mishearing lead to the term kitty-corner?
	catty-corner catercorner kittycat kitty-angle
9	If you sell someone down the river, you are...
	revealing a secret to them. annoying them. abandoning them. underestimating them.
10	What is the origin of "messuage"?
	a misrendering of massage a misrendering of menages a misrendering of massauge a misrendering of menage