5 Match (1-9) with (a-i) to form idioms.

(Nối (1-9) với (a-i) để tạo thành thành ngữ.)

1 lose 2 blow 3 be on 4 be green 5 be down 6 be in 7 be over 8 be tearing 9 something gets

a your top b two minds about something c on your nerves d your hair out e face f edge g with envy h in the dumps i the moon

a. Match the phrases to the definitions.

(Nối các cụm từ với các định nghĩa.)

b. Fill in the blanks with the phrases above.

(Điền vào chỗ trống những cụm từ trên.)

1. He was so rude to me. He got me really _______. I’m still annoyed.

2. My mom didn’t get the job she applied for, but I think it was _______. She has just been offered an even better job.

3. I got 95% on my final test. I _______ the whole week.

4. She _______ all day before her presentation. She was so nervous, but it went really well.

5. He explained it three times, but I just couldn’t _______. I’m still so confused.

6. I had to win the game. It was the most important game of the season. I played like _______.

7. I didn’t do well on my exam. But, it wasn’t _______. My teacher let me do it again.

8. James went diving last summer. He said it was _______. He’s never seen anything so amazing. 

4. Choose the correct answer A-D.

(Chọn đáp án đúng A – D.)

1. Melanie was a bundle of _____ on the day of her driving test.

A. nervous                  

B. nerves                    

C. nervousness           

D. nervy

2. The first part of the online music production course was so complicated that Simon felt totally out of his_____.

A. depth                     

B. grip                        

C. calm                       

D. mind

3. Selena always gets butterflies in her _____ before a visit to the dentist.

A. stride                     

B. stomach                 

C. brain                      

D. legs

4. As her tutor had predicted, Mia sailed _____ her piano exam and got a distinction.

A. over                       

B. round                     

C. through                  

D. past

5. Sometimes during a test, I find that all the information I studied just _____ blank and I can't remember anything.

A. goes                       

B. is                            

C. has                         

D. gets

6. Complete the diary entries. The number of letters in each missing word is in brackets.

(Hoàn thành việc ghi nhật kí. Số kí tự của mỗi từ còn thiếu nằm trong ngoặc.)

12 June

Exam tomorrow ☹ Can't sleep. I’m a (1) bundle of nerves and I've got (2) _____ (11) in my stomach. Trying to remember what I revised but my (3) _____ (4) just keeps going blank. Feel completely (4) _____ (3) of my depth. Why didn’t I study more? I’ll never get to sleep. My (5) _____ (5) is pounding and I m a (6) _____ (7) wreck.

13 June

Feel like a (7) _____ (6) has been lifted. Managed to (8) _____ (3) a grip last night and finally get some sleep.

Breakfast – Dad told me to keep things in (9) _____ (11) and just do my best. Reminded me that I had sailed (10) _____ (7) the mock exams. Got there, opened the paper, saw the essay questions and a (11) _____ (4) came over me. Knew what to write -  remembered everything. Just as Dad said — took it in my (12) _____ (6).

Such a relief 😊

1. Match the words the two boxes to make expressions. Then complete the sentences with the expressions.

(Nối các từ từ hai hộp để tạo các cụm từ. Sau đó hoàn thành các câu sau với các cụm từ đó.)

A.

B.

1. Don't you find Zoe tiring? She seems to have an opinion on every subject under the sun.

2. For Harry, going to do voluntary work in Africa was a _____, as he'd never done it, or even been to Africa.

3. When the parents finally found their daughter, she was a _____, trembling and crying over her lost dog.

4. Oh, come on. Use some _____ when connecting the printer to the computer. It's not rocket science.

5. There's no point in working until late tonight You're not going to _____ anyway.

6. Sorry Jen, I can't lend you any money. We're _____ now because I've also lost my job.