TEST YOURSELF:
1/ Were you angry when you heard you were fired? Yes, ____ ____ ____.
2/ We can talk about our politicians until we ____ ____ ____ ____ ____, but it won’t change anything.
3/ I visit my grandparents ____ ____ ____ ____ ____. I am very busy.
4/ My friend bought a new house last month. His bank account is ____ ____ ____.
5/ I know who stole my jewelry. I ____ him ____-____.
6/ His emails were the only evidence ____ ____ ____ ____. Other evidence was only oral.
7/ My little sister is talks a lot. She ____ ____ ____ ____.
8/ I am ____ ____ that everybody likes my new outfit.
9/ I have a birthday today. Let‘s go and celebrate in some bars. We will ____ ____ ____ ____.
10/ When Kate saw my new car, she was ____ ____ ____. She is so jealous.
11/ After falling down from the ladder, my neighbour ____ ____.
12/ Did your father expect to be made redundant? No, it ____ ____ ____ _______.
13/ The issue of the election of a new minister is ____ ____ ____. Nobody knows anything about the possible candidates.
14/ My cousin is in prison. He is a drug dealer. He is the ____ ____ ____ ____ ___.
15/ My uncle is a great gardener. He has ____ ____ ____.
16/ I told her she looked great in her new hair cut, although she looked horrible. It was ____ ____ ____.
17/ After the match, the boxer was ____ ____ ____.
18/ She is so noble. She pretends to have ____ ____.
19/ When the Queen visited our country, we welcomed her with respect and ____ ____ ____ ____ ____.
20/ When the couple could not stop arguing it was the first ____ ____ that their relation was not going to survive.

prepared by Janka Něničková

Key: 1- Yes, I saw red; 2- we are blue in the face; 3- once in a blue moon; 4- in the red; 5- caught him red-handed; 6- in black and white; 7- talks a blue streak; 8- tickled pink; 9- paint the town red; 10- green with envy; 11- blacked out; 12-came out of the blue; 13-a gray area; 14- black sheep in the family; 15-green thumb; 16- a white lie; 17- black and blue (bruised); 18-blue blood; 19- rolled out the red carpet; 20- red flag