Idioms Practice Quiz – Lesson 15

I wanted to throw a surprise birthday party for my brother, but he _____________ it several days before so it wasn’t a surprise. He still enjoyed the party, though!

I had a lot of boring professors in college, but Mrs. Smith was ______________ – her classes were always creative and engaging.

Let’s bring some chicken soup over to Paula, I hear she’s a little ________________.

I’m going to have to _______________ on the trip to the mountains this weekend – I was called in to work on Saturday.

Everyone was enjoying the barbecue until Henry started going on and on about how eating red meat causes heart disease and cancer. I wish he had kept his opinions to himself instead of __________________.

I never knew how many _______________ I had until I started going through chemotherapy and only two people visited me at the hospital.

I stayed up until 3 AM writing this article because I had _______________ and didn’t want the inspiration to go to waste!

The New York Yankees finally won a game against the Boston Red Sox, putting an end to a two-week long ____________.