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Quiz I. Idioms. COLOUR
Multiple-choice exercise
Choose the correct answer for each question.
He feels blue.
- He feels happy.
- He feels depressed.
- He feels excited.
- he feels embarrassed.
She went as white as a sheet.
- She was terribly sorry.
- She was blissfully happy.
- She was scared to death.
- She was somewhat disappointed.
It's a bit of a grey area, isn't it?
- Yes, it's not at all clear what we should do.
- Yes, it is not at all useful.
- Yes, it is more dangerous than I used to think.
- Yes, it's much more interesting than I thought.
She likes watching blue movies. In this sentence blue stands for
- melodramatic
- documentary
- pornographic
- horror
We were about to land when she suddenly turned green.
- She felt airsick.
- She decided to join the Green Party.
- She changed the colour of her skin and it became clear that she was an alien.
- She suddenly felt depressed.
Larry is as green as grass.
- He's inexperienced.
- He's diseased.
- He's envious.
- He's a gardener.
His name is on the black list.
- He's an Afro-American.
- His name is written on a black piece of paper.
- He's considered either dangerous or undesirable or disloyal.
- His name is written in black.
She suddenly turned as red as a beetroot.
- She turned red in the face with either anger or embarrassment.
- She decided to read about red beetroots.
- She suddenly felt nauseous and developed red spots all over her body.
- She noticed a red beetroot behind herself and turned around to grab it.
I must have had a blackout after the accident.
- My body was all covered with bruises after the accident.
- I must have lost consciousness after the accident.
- There must have been no power in the neighbourhood after the accident because the car had hit a lamp post.
- I must have been depressed after the accident.
He's in a blue funk.
- He doesn't care.
- He's very worried as he doesn't know what might happen.
- He's taken a drug and is enjoying himself.
- He's a member of a gay club.