English Idioms and Expressions

Word of Mouth

Q1. I give you my word it will never happen again.

(a) say

(b) speak

(c) promise

(d) agree

Q2. She had to eat her words when it turned out that she had chosen the wrong horse in the race.

(a) admit she was hungry

(b) admit she was thirsty

(c) admit she was sorry

(d) admit she was wrong

Q3. They had words last night so be prepared for miserable faces this morning.

(a) fought

(b) shouted

(c) quarrelled

(d) screamed

Q4. You can always rely on that company because they keep their word whatever happens.

(a) do what they like

(b) do what they say

(c) say what they do

(d) do what they want

Q5. They spend very little on advertising and tend to get new work through word of mouth.

(a) recommendation

(b) gossip

(c) hearsay

(d) sayings

Q6. You can see that he's deeply in love with her because he hangs on her every word.

(a) listens silently to everything she says

(b) listens eagerly to everything she says

(c) listens quickly to everything she says

(d) listens quietly to everything she says

Q7. From the word go we could tell at the interview she was the ideal candidate for the job.

(a) Quickly

(b) Suddenly

(c) Straightaway

(d) Clearly

Q8. Remember as soon as you feel able to continue with walk, say the word.

(a) let me know

(b) let me hear

(c) let me go

(d) let me tell

Q9. I can only repeat that I want you to wait until Tuesday before you tell her, remember mum's the word.

(a) don't tell mum

(b) don't speak aloud

(c) don't say anything

(d) don't answer anything

Q10.  I couldn't agree with you more, to be honest you've taken the words out of my mouth.

(a) said what I wanted to hear

(b) said what I wanted to say

(c) said what I wanted to know

(d) said what I wanted to learn

Answers: 1. c  2.d  3. C 4. b 5. a  6. b  7. c   8. a  9. c  10. b