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Quiz: Idioms: head and heart

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The Flatmates Quiz Idioms: head and heart You can try the quiz online at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/episode05/quiz.shtml

For each of the six questions choose the one correct answer. 1. a) b) c) d) 2. a) b) c) d) I was only 10 minutes late this morning but the boss really! It was so unfair. bit the top of my head off ate humble pie ate my head off bit my head off He buys her flowers even after all these years. He's still in love with her. heads over heels head over heels heel over heads heels over head

3. Are you listening to me? Are you? Get your , stop day-dreaming and get on with your work! a) heart on your sleeve b) off the top of your head c) head out of the clouds d) heart in the right place 4. a) b) c) d) Her dog Spot was such a good pet and faithful companion. It nearly when he died. laughed her head off bit her head off broke her heart wore her heart on her sleeve

5. How can you say begging is wrong? ! How would you feel if you had to ask complete strangers for money all day long? a) Have a heart b) Break my heart c) Heart-to-heart d) Learn by heart 6. a) b) c) d) We had a good and really got to the bottom of our misunderstanding. heart at heart heart of heart heart by heart heart to heart

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The Flatmates Quiz Idioms: head and heart Answers 1. a) b) c) d) I was only 10 minutes late this morning but the boss really.! It was so unfair. bit the top of my head off Wrong look at 'the top of' again. ate humble pie Wrong this idiom means the boss had to admit s/he was wrong. ate my head off Wrong look at 'ate' again. bit my head off Correct this idiom means the boss showed how angry s/he was.

2. He buys her flowers even after all these years. He's still in love with her. a) heads over heels Wrong look at 'heads' again. b) head over heels Correct this idiom means to be completely in love with someone. c) heel over heads Wrong look at the singular and plural forms and the word order again. d) heels over head Wrong look at the word order again. 3. Are you listening to me? Are you? Get your , stop day-dreaming and get on with your work! a) heart on your sleeve Wrong you need 'wear' with this idiom. This idiom is also not right in this context. b) off the top of your head Wrong this idiom means to know an answer without thinking. c) head out of the clouds Correct - this idiom means to stop thinking about trivial or unimportant things. d) heart in the right place Wrong you can't use 'Get your' with this idiom. This idiom is also not right in this context. 4. Her dog Spot was such a good pet and faithful companion. It nearly when he died. a) laughed her head off Wrong - this idiom means to find something very funny. b) bit her head off Wrong you can't use 'it' with this idiom. This idiom is also not right in this context. c) broke her heart Correct - this idiom means she felt very sad. d) wore her heart on her sleeve Wrong - you can't use 'it' with this idiom. This idiom is also not right in this context. 5. How can you say begging is wrong? ! How would you feel if you were so poor you had to ask complete strangers for money? a) Have a heart Correct - this idiom means to try to understand a difficult situation from someone else's point of view. b) Break my heart Wrong you need a pronoun (he, she, it etc) with this idiom. This idiom is also not right in this context. c) Heart-to-heart Wrong - you need part of the verb 'to have' with this idiom. This idiom is also not right in this context. d) Learn by heart Wrong you need 'something' with this idiom. This idiom is also not right in this context.

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6. a) b) c) d)

We had a good and really got to the bottom of our misunderstanding. heart at heart Wrong look at 'at' again. heart of heart Wrong look at 'of' again. heart by heart Wrong look at 'by' again. heart to heart Correct - this idiom means to talk openly and frankly about your feelings.

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