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!
a. Said when you are concentrating so hard on something, you forget what time it is.
2. Free time
b. When you wish something had never happened.
3. It’s high time
c. Time when you can do the things you want, rather than the things you have to do.
4. I lost track of time
d. We haven’t met for ages.
5. Time on your hands
e. To find something to do when you are too early for something.
6. To kill time
f. You might complain of having too much of this, if you have nothing to do!
7. I’d like to turn back time
g. You haven’t visited the dentist for two years. ________________ that you did.

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