AMERICAN IDIOMS WITH 'KNOW' - EXERCISE 1/EFL (B2/C1)

level: Upper-intermediate (B2/C1)

American English is rich with idiomatic expressions. This exercise focuses on idioms that use the word know. Definitions are provided in brackets to help you understand the meaning in context.

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Complete each sentence with the correct idiom. Choose from: know-it-all (noun), dying to know, know best, know the drill, for all I know, know a thing or two, takes one to know one, know something inside out, in the know, know-how.

1. I about repairing bicycles. = I am quite skilled at repairing bicycles.✓

2. You . = You know what to do in situations like this.✓

3. I'm what she told you. = I can't wait to hear what she told you.✓

4. You simply don't have the ( = practical knowledge) to do this job.✓

5. To means to know something thoroughly, to be an expert on it.✓

6. The thing about mothers is that they always think they .✓

7. You should take other people's advice sometimes. Stop being such a .✓

8. For those ( = who had been privy to certain information), his admission of guilt was no surprise.✓

9. P1: You're a liar! P2: ! ( = basically, the second person is saying that the first person is a liar too)✓

10. he could be in Canada. = I don't really know. He could be anywhere, even Canada.✓

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