Reading comprehension – Matching exercise
Read the article ‘Words, Words’ about expressions with the word ‘time’ on pages 18-19 of English Now No 129. Then look at the list of expressions on the left and match them with the corresponding affirmations on the right.
1. Long time no see! | |
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| a. Said when you are concentrating so hard on something, you forget what time it is. |
2. Free time | |
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| b. When you wish something had never happened. |
3. It’s high time | |
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| c. Time when you can do the things you want, rather than the things you have to do. |
4. I lost track of time | |
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| d. We haven’t met for ages. |
5. Time on your hands | |
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| e. To find something to do when you are too early for something. |
6. To kill time | |
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| f. You might complain of having too much of this, if you have nothing to do! |
7. I’d like to turn back time | |
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| g. You haven’t visited the dentist for two years. ________________ that you did. |