Idioms

FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Exercise 1. Choose the correct definition of a multi-verb word

Get round someone:
a. Respect and admire
b. To persuade someone by flattering them
c. To escape being punished
To take after someone:

a. To raise a child
b. To resemble a member of your family
c. To become more adult or mature
To tell someone off (for doing something)

a. To think about something that happened in the past
b. To reprimand. To speak severely because they have done something wrong
c. To avoid having to do something
To look up to someone
a. To respect and admire someone
b. To succeed in asking someone understand the meaning of what one is saying
c. To resemble a member of the family
To bring someone up
a. To become more adult and mature
b. To raise a child
c. To escape being punished
To get out of doing something

a. To escape being punished
b. To avoid having to do something
c. To succeed in making someone understand the meaning of what one is saying
To get through to someone

a. To persuade someone to let you do or have something by flattering them
b. To succeed in making someone understand the meaning of what one is saying
c. To become mature
To grow up
a. To become more adult and mature
b. To escape punishment
c. To respect and admire someone
To get away with something

a. To escape being punished
b. To speak severely for doing something wrong
c. To think about something that happened in the past
To look back on something

a. To respect and admire someone
b. To think about something that happened in the past
c. To resemble a member of your family.
Exercise 2. Fill in the gaps below.

1. To dis/approve someone/something
2. To confide someone
3. To rely someone
4. To compare someone/something someone/something
5. To (dis)agree someone/something
6. To argue someone something
7. To worry someone/something
8. To listen someone/something
Exercise 4. Idiomatic expressions
To see eye to eye (with someone) (on a. The problem is that her parents
something) never stop her doing anything that
she wants to do. She’s become a
very spoilt child as a result.
b. My family is very ashamed of my

To have /get one’s own way brother and never talk about him.
He was expelled from school and
has been in prison twice.
To be close to someone c. Whenever I had an argument with

my mother or father, I could
always rely on my grandparents to
support me.
To be the black sheep of the family d. My father and I usually agree

about most things, but when it
comes to politics we have
completely different views.
To take someone’s side e. I can talk to my sister about my

problems because I know she will
understand me and share my
feelings.
Paraphrase the above-mentioned sentences using the idioms from this unit.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Exercise 5. Match a sentence in A with one in B. Practise saying the questions and
answers.
A B
1. Do you respect your parents? a. No, he got away with it.
2. Do you like David? b. No, I can’t get through to him.
3. Did he do the washing up? c. No, he puts up with it.
4. Does he listen to you? d. No, he got out of it.
5. Was he punished for the crime? e. No, I must get down to it.
6. Have you done the homework? f. No, I don’t get on with him.
7. Has he complained about the noise? f. Yes, I look up to them.
Exercise 6. Answer the following questions using the multi-word vebs and idiomatic
expressions from the chart below.
bring up look back on tell off

get on with look up to take after
get away with grow up get round
have one’s own way see eye to eye be close to
1. What kind of relationship do you have with the people in your family?
2. Are you similar to anyone in your family?
3. Do you have the same opinions as other members of your family?
4. Where did you spend your childhood?
5. Who took care of you when you were very young?
6. Did you have a strict upbringing?
7. When were you reprimanded as a child/ teenager?
8. Were you be able to do what you wanted all the time?
9. Who did you admire and respect when you were a child?
10. When you think about the past, what do you remember?
Exercise 7. Use the multi-word verb and idiomatic expressions you have learnt to
describe your relationship with one of the following people:
grandparent
brother/sister
teacher
neighbour
uncle/aunt
parent
cousin

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FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

Exercise 1. Choose the correct definition of a multi-verb word

To take after someone:

To tell someone off (for doing something)

To get out of doing something

To get through to someone

To get away with something

To look back on something

Exercise 2. Fill in the gaps below.

4. To compare someone/something someone/something

6. To argue someone something

b. My family is very ashamed of my

To be close to someone c. Whenever I had an argument with

To be the black sheep of the family d. My father and I usually agree

To take someone’s side e. I can talk to my sister about my

2. Do you like David? b. No, I can’t get through to him.

3. Did he do the washing up? c. No, he puts up with it.

4. Does he listen to you? d. No, he got out of it.

7. Has he complained about the noise? f. Yes, I look up to them.

bring up look back on tell off

2. Are you similar to anyone in your family?

3. Do you have the same opinions as other members of your family?

4. Where did you spend your childhood?

5. Who took care of you when you were very young?

6. Did you have a strict upbringing?

7. When were you reprimanded as a child/ teenager?

8. Were you be able to do what you wanted all the time?

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