> Other English exercises on the same topic: Idioms [Change theme]
	> Similar tests: - Vocabulary: greeting people - Adjectives and prepositions - Vocabulary: asking and answering - Vocabulary: on the phone - Vocabulary: at the restaurant - Return thanks - English idioms: Food II - Idioms; human body
	> Double-click on words you don't understand

Expressions with the word WAIT

wait your turn = to wait in a patient way for the opportunity to have or do something

an accident waiting to happen = a situation that is likely to cause an accident

can hardly wait = used to say that you are excited about something that will happen

keep somebody waiting = to make somebody have to wait or be delayed, especially because you arrive late

wait and see = used to tell somebody that they must be patient and wait to find out about something later

wait a minute/moment/second = to wait for a short time OR used when you have just noticed or remembered something, or had a sudden idea

wait till/until = used to show that you are very excited about telling or showing something to somebody

just you wait = used to emphasize a threat, warning or promise

waiting in the wings/waiting (for) your chance = to be prepared for an opportunity to do something that you have wanted to do for a long time

wait for the dust to settle = to wait for a situation to become clear or certain

wait behind = to stay after other people have gone, especially to speak to somebody privately

wait about/around = to stay in a place, with nothing particular to do, for example because you are expecting something to happen or somebody to arrive

wait on somebody (hand and foot) = to act as a servant to somebody

wait something out = to wait until an unpleasant event has finished

wait up for somebody = to wait for somebody to come home at night before you go to bed

there's no time to wait = used for saying that you must do something immediately

  See you later...

Lesson created by notrepere, then lucile83 assisted with the French.         

Twitter Share
English exercise "Expressions with the word WAIT" created by anonyme with The test builder.
Click here to see the current stats of this English test

Please log in to save your progress.

1. You have no talent at all! - You are wrong! I will be a famous dancer one day, just you waitwait a secondwait your chanceI don't know!

2. Hold on! wait behindwait a secondwait and seeI don't know! I've not finished talking to you!

3. The storm is too strong and dangerous so we can't leave. We'll have to wait in the wingswait a secondwait it outI don't know.

4. Hurry, hurry! There's no time to waitWait your turnJust you waitI don't know! We have to catch the thief.

5. No fighting, children. You need to share that toy and wait in the wingswait your turnwait it upI don't know.

6. My husband is so lazy! He expects me to wait a secondwait on him hand and footwait behindI don't know!

7. I never knew that opera singer was so good! - Yes, I know. She has been waiting and seeingwaiting in the wingswaiting a secondI don't know for quite some time.

8. You had better move that knife from the edge of the counter! That is waiting a minutewaiting behindan accident waiting to happenI don't know!

9. You've had a very stressful life lately. I think you should rest and wait on him hand and footwait a minutewait for the dust to settleI don't know before making any decisions.

10. Christmas is right around the corner and I just waited itam waiting untilcan hardly waitI don't know ! It is my favourite holiday.

11. Mum, can we go to the park? - I don't know, dear, we have to wait for the dust to settlewait it outwait and seeI don't know if we'll have the time.

12. I have to work late tonight, dear, so please don't wait up for mewait and seewait in the wingsI don't know.

13. Mark, please wait and seewait it outwait behindI don't know after the meeting. I need to talk to you about your job.

14. We have to go now or we'll be late! I don't want to wait and seehardly waitkeep them waitingI don't know.

15. Wait tillJust you waitWaitingI don't know you see what I have just bought!

16. I can hardly waitWait up for meWait a minuteI don't know--this isn't the right key.