Speak English Like an American Lesson 14 Idioms and Expressions MCQ Test

Susan is telling the story of how she met her husband. Fill in the blanks, using the following idioms:

I met Bob in college. He was in my English Literature class. I liked him right away. For me, it was _____ . I wrote him several love poems, though I never gave them to him. Then I found out that he had a girlfriend. I saw him _____ with a girl named Joyce. It looked like she was _____ Bob too. But later that week, I heard that she was a nasty person and that she _____ . So I decided to _____ and ask him to the movies. He said he was too busy. It was _____ , and he had to _____ a paper for literature class and study for several exams. But I didn't give up. I kept _____ . Then one day he _____ Joyce and asked me out to dinner. That was 25 years ago, and we're still together. Fortunately, we're still _____ with each other!

I met Bob in college. He was in my English Literature class. I liked him right away. For me, it was _____ . I wrote him several love poems, though I never gave them to him. Then I found out that he had a girlfriend. I saw him _____ with a girl named Joyce. It looked like she was _____ Bob too. But later that week, I heard that she was a nasty person and that she _____ . So I decided to _____ and ask him to the movies. He said he was too busy. It was _____ , and he had to _____ a paper for literature class and study for several exams. But I didn't give up. I kept _____ . Then one day he _____ Joyce and asked me out to dinner. That was 25 years ago, and we're still together. Fortunately, we're still _____ with each other!

I met Bob in college. He was in my English Literature class. I liked him right away. For me, it was _____ . I wrote him several love poems, though I never gave them to him. Then I found out that he had a girlfriend. I saw him _____ with a girl named Joyce. It looked like she was _____ Bob too. But later that week, I heard that she was a nasty person and that she _____ . So I decided to _____ and ask him to the movies. He said he was too busy. It was _____ , and he had to _____ a paper for literature class and study for several exams. But I didn't give up. I kept _____ . Then one day he _____ Joyce and asked me out to dinner. That was 25 years ago, and we're still together. Fortunately, we're still _____ with each other!

I met Bob in college. He was in my English Literature class. I liked him right away. For me, it was _____ . I wrote him several love poems, though I never gave them to him. Then I found out that he had a girlfriend. I saw him _____ with a girl named Joyce. It looked like she was _____ Bob too. But later that week, I heard that she was a nasty person and that she _____ . So I decided to _____ and ask him to the movies. He said he was too busy. It was _____ , and he had to _____ a paper for literature class and study for several exams. But I didn't give up. I kept _____ . Then one day he _____ Joyce and asked me out to dinner. That was 25 years ago, and we're still together. Fortunately, we're still _____ with each other!

I met Bob in college. He was in my English Literature class. I liked him right away. For me, it was _____ . I wrote him several love poems, though I never gave them to him. Then I found out that he had a girlfriend. I saw him _____ with a girl named Joyce. It looked like she was _____ Bob too. But later that week, I heard that she was a nasty person and that she _____ . So I decided to _____ and ask him to the movies. He said he was too busy. It was _____ , and he had to _____ a paper for literature class and study for several exams. But I didn't give up. I kept _____ . Then one day he _____ Joyce and asked me out to dinner. That was 25 years ago, and we're still together. Fortunately, we're still _____ with each other!

I met Bob in college. He was in my English Literature class. I liked him right away. For me, it was _____ . I wrote him several love poems, though I never gave them to him. Then I found out that he had a girlfriend. I saw him _____ with a girl named Joyce. It looked like she was _____ Bob too. But later that week, I heard that she was a nasty person and that she _____ . So I decided to _____ and ask him to the movies. He said he was too busy. It was _____ , and he had to _____ a paper for literature class and study for several exams. But I didn't give up. I kept _____ . Then one day he _____ Joyce and asked me out to dinner. That was 25 years ago, and we're still together. Fortunately, we're still _____ with each other!

I met Bob in college. He was in my English Literature class. I liked him right away. For me, it was _____ . I wrote him several love poems, though I never gave them to him. Then I found out that he had a girlfriend. I saw him _____ with a girl named Joyce. It looked like she was _____ Bob too. But later that week, I heard that she was a nasty person and that she _____ . So I decided to _____ and ask him to the movies. He said he was too busy. It was _____ , and he had to _____ a paper for literature class and study for several exams. But I didn't give up. I kept _____ . Then one day he _____ Joyce and asked me out to dinner. That was 25 years ago, and we're still together. Fortunately, we're still _____ with each other!

I met Bob in college. He was in my English Literature class. I liked him right away. For me, it was _____ . I wrote him several love poems, though I never gave them to him. Then I found out that he had a girlfriend. I saw him _____ with a girl named Joyce. It looked like she was _____ Bob too. But later that week, I heard that she was a nasty person and that she _____ . So I decided to _____ and ask him to the movies. He said he was too busy. It was _____ , and he had to _____ a paper for literature class and study for several exams. But I didn't give up. I kept _____ . Then one day he _____ Joyce and asked me out to dinner. That was 25 years ago, and we're still together. Fortunately, we're still _____ with each other!

I met Bob in college. He was in my English Literature class. I liked him right away. For me, it was _____ . I wrote him several love poems, though I never gave them to him. Then I found out that he had a girlfriend. I saw him _____ with a girl named Joyce. It looked like she was _____ Bob too. But later that week, I heard that she was a nasty person and that she _____ . So I decided to _____ and ask him to the movies. He said he was too busy. It was _____ , and he had to _____ a paper for literature class and study for several exams. But I didn't give up. I kept _____ . Then one day he _____ Joyce and asked me out to dinner. That was 25 years ago, and we're still together. Fortunately, we're still _____ with each other!