Bad behaviour

mess about, misbehave, be up to no good...

1. Expressions for behaving badly.

Look at these expressions, which describe behaving badly. Drag the words into the two boxes below.

2. Behaving badly.

Look at the following sentences and answer the questions below.

1. Stop messing about with that toy and do your homework!
2. Some children fool about so much at school that they learn nothing.
3. Instead of working they just mucked about all afternoon and went home early.
4. The police removed several fans from the stadium for misbehaving during the match.
5. She knew she had behaved badly, so she apologised.
6. Jane realised that her brother was up to no good, because he was always coming home so late, but she told no one.

Now choose the word that matches the definition.

3. Behaving badly.

Complete these sentences with the correct expression.