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. NOT SEE EYE TO EYE
  2. ON THE CARDS
  3. ONCE IN A BLUE MOON
  4. HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD
  5. PULLING YOUR LEG

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.

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.Roger: "I think the main reason why he is thinking of leaving his job is because he doesn't feel appreciated, not because he's bored."
Sean: "I think you have there. Some of things he has said about work support that idea."

2.Paula: "Do you think that they will say yes to my suggestion of not selling junk food in the school?"
Jackie: "Well, I can't say for definite, but from everything I've seen and heard, it looks like it is ."
Paula: "Ok, that sounds promising."

3.Jamie: "Sally got arrested by the police for stealing from a shop! My god!"
Chris: "No, she didn't, I was . I just wanted to see if you would believe me or not."
Jamie: "You are a bad man Chris."

4.You know that me and John on many things, but one thing which we do, is with animal rights. We both believe that if people treat animals cruelly, they should be sent to prison.

5.Irene: "I can't believe that you say that I never do any cleaning in the house."
Martin: "You do it . But you should be doing regularly every week, not once every six months."



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 tell somebody that something you or another person has told them is not true and that it was said as a joke.

2.When two people do not agree with each other about something or they both have a very different opinion on something.

3.To say that something is expected or likely to happen.

4.To say that something happens very rarely.

5.To say that you think what somebody has said about something (e.g. what the cause of a problem is) is exactly right.






Practice

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