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Matching Practice: Worksheet


Match each term to it's sentence.





- jack of all trades - - john hancock - - johnny-come-lately - - jump the gun - - jumping-off point - - junk food -




My children seem to live on junk food: hamburgers, French fries, milkshakes, chips, cakes, cookies, candy, and soda pop.

The position in the company required someone who knew everything about a very narrow subject. They weren’t looking for a jack of all trades.

You can’t expect to join the company, take over immediately, and not cause some hard feelings. To the workers, you’re a Johnny-come-lately.

Kelly used her mother’s lasagna recipe as a jumping- off point, but added her favorite ingredients to make it the way she liked it.

You bought your son a football and he’s only six weeks old. Don’t you think you’re jumping the gun a little?

If you’ll just put your John Hancock on this line at the bottom of the contract, you can drive the car away right now.