Focus on Time

Barbara Dieu

These are colloquial expressions referring to time. Test your command of the language by answering the questions below. Click "submit" to send your answers.

  1. I think we have already done a lot of work . Let's call it _________
  2. Your answer:
    over
    a day
    a stop
    in an hour


  3. Mary said she does not think she's going to be able to finish all she has to do. It's going to be a ___________ against time.
  4. Your answer:
    run
    race
    quest
    walk


  5. It's already midday and the boys are still sleeping. It's _________time they got up. Lunch is going to be served soon.
  6. Your answer:
    just
    short
    more than
    high


  7. Look at the ruins of this castle. It must have been built a long time ago. It's as old as the____________.
  8. Your answer:
    hills
    rivers
    valleys
    mountains


  9. When you travel by plane to another country far from your own you suffer from jet ________, which means you get tired because of the difference in hours.
  10. Your answer:
    speed
    plane
    lag
    log


  11. $500 for a hotel room! This is ____________ robbery. How on earth can they charge this sum!
  12. Your answer:
    midnight
    complete
    evening
    daylight


  13. She avoids seeing you and does not answer the telephone. I believe she does not want to give you an answer. She's ____________ time.
  14. Your answer:
    running against
    working
    going like
    playing for


  15. Last year I travelled around Europe, visited many interesting places and met many of my friends. I had the time of ____________!
  16. Your answer:
    my existence
    the millenium
    my life
    the century


  17. We had no trouble with this project. Everything was planned and went like a _______________.
  18. Your answer:
    watch
    period
    clockwork
    clock


  19. Never ____________ till tomorrow what may be done today.
  20. Your answer:
    shut off
    send off
    hold off
    put off



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