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Free Exercises: Grammar, Vocabulary & Phrases

Level: Elementary Intermediate Advanced

Exercise: Grammar Vocabulary Phrases

Advanced Vocabulary: Expressions With "On" and Body Parts

For each sentence, choose the best word or phrase to complete the gap from the choices below.

  1. After four years of civil war, the country is on its   .
  2. He had a strange expression on his   .
  3. They say that an army marches on its   which is why planning is so important for any military campaign.
  4. I can't help you now. I've got a lot on my   .
  5. I know his name... It's on the tip of my   .
  6. It was a big setback and he took it on the   and tried to carry on as best he could.
  7. Sometimes I feel as if I've got the whole world on my   . I need some help from other people.
  8. The play was so good that when it finished, the whole audience were on their   .
  9. I'm so tired. I've been on my   all day.
  10. He slipped on the ice and fell flat on his   .
  11. I don't thing this car will last much longer. It's on its last   .
  12. The scandal has left the minister for sports with egg on her   and the press calling for her resignation.

Your answers

 

1. A B C D
2. A B C D
3. A B C D
4. A B C D
5. A B C D
6. A B C D
7. A B C D
8. A B C D
9. A B C D
10. A B C D
11. A B C D
12. A B C D