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Idioms and phrases -3

English idioms and phrases using the verb 'put'

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

I wish you would not put your ----------------------------------------- in where it is not wanted.

  1. mouth
  2. head
  3. arms
  4. nose
  5. toes
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

She never missed even a single opportunity to put me -------------------------------------- and that was the reason we decided to part ways.

  1. down
  2. away
  3. up
  4. about
  5. across
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Rahul, put a -------------------------------------- in it! Can you not see that I am listening to the radio?

  1. plug
  2. cork
  3. pin
  4. drop
  5. switch
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

They put him ----------------------------------------- for fourteen years but that did not reform him.

  1. up
  2. away
  3. on
  4. down
  5. about
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

My neighbour likes to put ------------------------------------- in front of me.

  1. on the dog
  2. on the cat
  3. on the horse
  4. on the ass
  5. on the monkey
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Feel free to call me if you cannot find a good hotel. I will put you ----------------------------------------.

  1. up
  2. off
  3. down
  4. away
  5. on
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Do not believe what she says. She is just putting you -----------------------------------!

  1. up
  2. away
  3. on
  4. down
  5. off
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

I put ------------------------------------ on him but that did not help because he was already broke.

  1. the plug
  2. the aim
  3. the nip
  4. the bite
  5. the choice
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The hostess really put ------------------------------------------- to see that everyone was comfortable.

  1. herself in
  2. herself out
  3. out
  4. off
  5. across
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

It was obviously a lie but he managed to put it ------------------------------------------.

  1. off
  2. out
  3. on
  4. together
  5. across
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The dance teacher put her students -------------------------------------------- before their first public performance.

  1. through their wits
  2. through their steps
  3. through their paces
  4. through their auditions
  5. through their mills
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

During the identification parade, the girl put ------------------------------------- on the man who killed her mother.

  1. the hand
  2. the thumb
  3. the finger
  4. the arm
  5. the nose
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

I am leaving you and you will not hear anything more from me. -----------------------------------------

  1. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
  2. Put that in your tea and drink it.
  3. Put that in your soup and drink it.
  4. Put that in your pipe and suck it.
  5. Put that in your wine and drink it.
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

He suspected that his business partner was putting --------------------------------- him, but he had nothing to prove it.

  1. something over on
  2. something on
  3. something over
  4. something across
  5. something aside
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

My girlfriend is putting --------------------------------- on me to buy her a diamond necklace.

  1. the screws
  2. the lid
  3. the handle
  4. the nails
  5. the hammer
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