Learn the meaning of and remember 5 commonly used expressions in English through watching online videos and completing quizzes.

What to do first

It's simple, first watch each of our short YouTube videos on expressions (which you will find listed below or on our YouTube playlist for these expressions). In each video you will see two examples of the expression being used. In each the meaning is the same. From these examples guess what the meaning of the expression is (you will be told its meaning at the end of the video).

  1. CHANGE YOUR TUNE
  2. DOWN IN THE DUMPS
  3. OUT OF THE BLUE
  4. OVER THE MOON
  5. NOT BE YOUR CUP OF TEA

Then do the quizzes here

After watching the videos, come back to this web page and do the below quizzes. Both of them are on the 5 expressions which watched in the videos.

In the first exercise, you have to choose which of the expressions is correct for the sentence. Use the context of the sentence(s) to help you decide which one is correct.

In the second exercise, you have to match each of the 5 expressions to their meaning (e.g. 'to be annoyed about something').

In both exercises, you should only use each of the 5 expressions once.

After doing this, go to the 2nd part of the expressions quiz to learn and remember more.

Exercise 1

Choose the correct expression from the selection box for each of the 5 questions. Click on the "Check" button at the bottom of the quiz to check your answers.

1.John: "Congratulations, you are going to be a father. You must be feeling ."
Neil: "Yes, I am. I have always wanted to be a father. It's such a good feeling to know that I'll finally be one."

2.Sorry Jane about not going to your party. I was planning to go, but then something came up and I had to do that instead.

3.Juile: "Simon told me yesterday that he thinks John is really nice guy."
Mary: "Wow! He . It was only last week that he told me that he didn't like him."

4.Bill: "Do you fancy coming to watch Leeds United play next week?"
Jim: "Thank you for the offer, but football . You should ask Pete if he wants to go. I think he'd like to."

5.Juile: "Are you ok? You look ."
Mary:"No, I am not. I have really bad money problems and I don't know how to solve them."



Exercise 2

Choose the correct expression from the selection box for each of the 5 questions. Click on the "Check" button at the bottom of the quiz to check your answers.

1.To say that something happened completely unexpectedly.

2.To be or seem to be unhappy.

3.To say that somebody has changed their opinion about something. Normally said when you are either surprised or being critical of them for doing it.

4.To politely say that you don't like something.

5.To be extremely happy. Normally as a result of something good happening to you or hearing some good news.




Now go to the 2nd part of the expressions quiz to learn and remember more.



Practice

Now that you understand them, practise them by creating your own sentences in English with them.