Informal Meeting

Mimi: English confuses me. I don’t understand it.

Sam: I get mixed up, too.

Mimi: Mixed up? I mix up flour and eggs to make a cake. You don’t look like an egg to me.

Sam: Of course, I don’t. It’s not flour and eggs; it’s my ideas that are mixed up.

Mimi: To get mixed up is an idiom, isn’t it?

Sam: Right! You knew what its words meant separately, but you didn’t know what they meant joined together. That’s why idioms are difficult at first. Later they’ll become easy.

Mimi: If I study them, they’ll become easy, isn’t that what you mean?

Sam: If you do your best, you’ll succeed.

Mimi: And I’ll have gray hairs ahead of time.

Exercise 1

Maria and Helena study hard. They — —– —- to learn English. That’s why they like to finish their reading early and prepare their lesson —– — —-. — ——, they are doing well in English.

But sometimes Maria and Helena become nervous during a test and — —– –. They write all the wrong answers — —–. Afterwards they correct their mistakes.

Answer 1 :

· Do their best

· A head of time

· Of course

· Get mixed up

· At first

Exercise 2

  1. Bill tries really hard to please his wife.
  2. In the beginning, I didn’t understand it.
  3. My English class began ten minutes early today.
  4. Naturally, I like to eat ice cream.
  5. Sam becomes confused when he doesn’t read directions.

Answer 2 :

1. Do the best

2. At the first

3. A head of time

4. Of course

5. Mixed up

Exercise 3

Unlike Maria and Helena, John didn’t study hard. He didn’t ………………… to learn English. He even hated to finish his homework early, so he never prepared his lessons……………….., he was failing English.

In class John seldom knew the answers to his teacher’s questions. He almost always …………… She accepted his excuses……………………, but now she no longer believes him.

Answer 3 :

· Try hard

· Of course

· Mixed up

· At first

Exercise 4

I wanted to arrive at the movies ………….. or, at the latest from the start of the film. But my boyfriend ……………… in his directions and we took the wrong road. Later he admitted it was his own fault, but …………………….. he blamed me. I ………. To remain calm. …………………………, we arrived late.

Answer 4 :

· At first

· Mixed up

· Naturally

· Try

· Of course

Exercise 5

  1. I tried really hard to learn English when ……
  2. Naturally, American children like to ……..
  3. John became confused on his test because …………..
  4. If you finish your work early, you can..
  5. In the beginning, did he believe ……?

Answer 5 :

1. I will get a test

2. Study by group

3. he didn’t study

4. Go home earlier

5. With his teacher?

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