Question

Underline the context clues in the sentence, and then write the
idiomatic expression before the number on the space provided before the
number.
1. It was as if my mother knew exactly what I was thinking and read my
mind.
2. I wanted to quit the piano lessons, but my father convinced me not to
throw in the towel.
3. Archilles ran home quickly and he did it in a flash.
4. Aizy was nervous during the interview as if she got butterflies in her
stomach.
5. The shouting and yelling of the neighbors annoy the old woman. She
bangs the door and bent out of shape.
6. Fiona spins a yarn just about anything. Perhaps she’ll be a good story
teller someday.
7. My grandfather shares stories that too impossible to happen as if he’s
building castles in the air.
8. The guide warns off the tourists to be careful and alert while walking
in the hill.
9. The LunetaPark was a very busy place where hive of activities
happened all the time.
10. My sister was bug eyed when she saw my sets of jewelry, to her
amazement she forgot her cell phone ringing.

Answer 1

Answer:

1. what I was thinking and read my

what I was thinking and read mymind.

Answer 2

The idiomatic expressions in the given paragraph are:

Explanation:

Throw in the towel: This idiomatic expression means " to quit"

In a flash: It means immediately or quickly.

Got butterflies: means having a nervous feeling

Bent out of shape: It means to become angry or upset over something.

Spin a yarn: it means to tell a false story.

Building castles in the air: plans that have little chance to become true.

A hive of activities: It means a very place.

Bug-Eyed: it means not to believe at once in seeing something extraordinary.

Read my mind: To know about someone's plans

Warn of: Means to caution someone.