Review Sentences (I)

1. Carla's husband really made her angry because he didn't clean up his mess. He's in the doghouse.

2. Mary went through the buffet and took a lot of food. She's too full to eat it. Her eyes were bigger than her stomach.

 

3. I asked a woman when her baby was due and found out that she wasn't even pregnant. I put my foot in my mouth.

 

4. Martin didn't like speaking in front of so many people. He had butterflied in his stomach.

 

5. Sabring is always working. She has her regular job plus she volunteers at the school, does work at church and takes care of her family. She's really burns the candle at both end.

I think she is doing too much. She has many ions in the fire.

 

6.We went from store to store in an attempt to find the "perfect gift" for our friend. It was a futile effort. We just wasted a lot of time, never accomplishing anything. It felt like we were on a wild goose chase.

 

7. Right before the actors went on stage, the director wished them luck by saying, "break a leg!"

 

8. If you want to be successful in that job, you must put forth some effort. You really have to put your nose to the grindstone.

 

9. Fred had put off doing his homework until 10:00 pm. At that point he realized that he had not brought his math book from school. It was too late to call anyone and there was nothing he could do to get the math problems. He was in one ear and out the other ear.