'Idioms- Time' Quiz

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Idioms- Time

Exercise Instructions: Choose the correct answer.

Q1 - If you do something in the nick of time, you are ready a long time before the deadline.
Q2 - 'Now and then' means 'frequently'.
Q3 - 'Zero hour' means that it is not important when something happens.
Q4 - If someone tells you that they were not born yesterday, they mean that they are very old.
Q5 - If you rue the day that you did something, you are proud to have done it.
Q6 - If something is just a question of time, it is certain to happen.
Q7 - If something happens at the eleventh hour, it happens at the very last minute.
Q8 - If you call it a day, you are old-fashioned.
Q9 - If something happens around the clock, there is very little time to do it.
Q10 - If something happens like clockwork, it requires a lot of attention to keep it punctual.

Printable Worksheet

Instructions: Choose the correct answer.

Q1 - If you do something in the nick of time, you are ready a long time before the deadline.
 
True
 
False
Q2 - 'Now and then' means 'frequently'.
 
True
 
False
Q3 - 'Zero hour' means that it is not important when something happens.
 
True
 
False
Q4 - If someone tells you that they were not born yesterday, they mean that they are very old.
 
True
 
False
Q5 - If you rue the day that you did something, you are proud to have done it.
 
True
 
False
Q6 - If something is just a question of time, it is certain to happen.
 
True
 
False
Q7 - If something happens at the eleventh hour, it happens at the very last minute.
 
True
 
False
Q8 - If you call it a day, you are old-fashioned.
 
True
 
False
Q9 - If something happens around the clock, there is very little time to do it.
 
True
 
False
Q10 - If something happens like clockwork, it requires a lot of attention to keep it punctual.
 
True
 
False

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