Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions. ⇱
Question 1. They are always optimistic although they don’t have a penny to their name.
Question 2. The teacher will see red when he finds out you haven't done your homework again!
Question 3. She was extremely pleased that her new books were selling like hot cakes.
Question 4. He was too wet behind the ears to be in charge of such a difficult task.
Question 5. My brother has become a bit of couch potato since he stopped playing football.
Question 6. A final agreement hasn’t been reached yet because they are at loggerheads over the cost.
Question 7. When you're new in a school, it's easiest to just go with the flow for a while, and see what people are like.
Question 8. He is very stubborn but flattery usually works like a charm on him. .
Question 9. The best hope of avoiding a down-market tabloid TV future lies in the pressure currently being put on the networks to clean up their act.
Question 10. He bent over backwards to please his new girlfriend but she never seemed satisfied.
Question 11. I’m sure it won’t rain, but I’ll take an umbrella just to be on the safe side.
Question 12. Sorry, I can't come to your party. I am snowed under with work at the moment.
Question 13. Tony has been under the gun in the past few days because he’s going to have a job interview tomorrow.
Question 14. A final agreement hasn’t been reached yet because they are at loggerheads over the cost.
Question 15. I think we cannot purchase this device this time as it costs an arm and a leg.
Question 16. We managed to get to school in time despite the heavy rain.
Question 17. James may get into hot water when driving at full speed after drinking.
Question 18. My brother has become a bit of couch potato since he stopped playing football.
Question 19. He was too wet behind the ears to be in charge of such a difficult task.
Question 20. The new manager put the cat among the pigeons by suggesting that the staff might have to come to work earlier than usual.
Question 21. His life hung in the balance when he had a massive stroke.
Question 22. Thomas was like a bear with a sore head when he wasn’t chosen for the football team.
Question 23. Faced with the economic crisis, many businesses were tightening their belts and cutting jobs.
Question 24. If you are at a loose end this weekend, I will show you around the city.
Question 25. Wendy is on the horns of a dilemma: she just wonders whether to go for a picnic with her friends or to stay at home with her family.
Question 26. The nominating committee always meet behind closed doors, lest its deliberations become known prematurely.
Question 27. The year-end party was out of this world. We had never tasted such delicious food.