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Cultural Sayings - Idioms
In this grammar activity, students read the definition and an example of idioms or cultural sayings. They work on-line to match 14 idioms with their true meanings.
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Idioms
Students study the meanings of idioms containing the phrase "up" or "down." In this language activity, students are given an online scenario where the idiom phrases are used. Students answer multiple choice questions about their meaning.
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Total English Advanced: Getting the Idiom Right!
In this advanced idiom review instructional activity, students unscramble 10 sentences containing idioms and respond to 5 short answer questions.
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Total English Pre-intermediate: Name That Animal!
In this animal vocabulary instructional activity, students consolidate animal vocabulary as they respond to 15 short answer questions and discuss 3 questions regarding animals and idioms.
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Total English Intermediate: Very Useful Idioms
In this intermediate idioms worksheet, students practice idioms as they complete a graphic organizer by interviewing classmates and write a paragraph based on the notes from the graphic organizer.
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Idiom Choices
In this idioms review instructional activity, students answer 10 questions that require them to identify the commonly used idiom and explain what it means.
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Idiom Sentence Maze
For this idiom sentence maze worksheet, learners use problem solving skills to work their way through the maze by stringing together idiom sentences.
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Daily Oral Language Activities: Idioms
Third graders examine the use of idioms. In this vocabulary and reading instructional activity, 3rd graders explore what idioms are and make their own idiom cards to help them understand the use idioms in language.
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Body Idioms
In this ESL idioms learning exercise, students read 24 common idioms that contain a body part reference. Students read 13 sentences that have a missing phrase. Students select an idiom that would make sense in each sentence.
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ESL Use of Idioms Multiple Choice Worksheet
In this ESL understanding idioms learning exercise, students examine 6 small clip art illustrations of idioms before choosing the idiom that best matches the phrase that explains its meaning.
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ESL Complete the Sentence- Idiom Worksheet
In this ESL complete the idiom worksheet, students fill in the endings to common idioms. They see a small, colorful clip art picture that shows the meaning of the idiom before they complete the sentence.
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Shopping
In this shopping worksheet, students, with a partner, brainstorm all the words they can think of associated with shopping, discuss thirteen words and phrases associated with shopping and fill in the gaps of four sentences with shopping...
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Reading in English is a Waste of Time!
In this reading worksheet, students, with a partner, decide which of eight words are not connected to reading and fill in ten blanks in ten sentences with idioms.
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Idioms
In this ESL worksheet, students match 10 idioms with their keywords. Idioms include "She's dead two-faced" and "I was walking on air!"
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Understanding Idioms
In this language arts worksheet, students discover that idioms are spoken or written sentences where the meaning is not obvious from the individual words used. Students read 10 idioms and match them with their meanings from a word bank.
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Common Idioms 5
In this writing idioms learning exercise, learners define what an idiom is and then match ten common idioms with their keywords for mastery.
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Idiom Conversations
In this idioms worksheet, students choose the answer that is closest in meaning according to the preceding conversation. All of the sentences include different idioms and slang.
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Idiom Ideographs
Students explore idioms. They divide into groups of three. Each group is given an idiom and three sentence clues. They discuss the meaing of their assigned idiom. Students create a new sentence using their idiom and dramatize the idiom.
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"Rolling Out the Red Carpet," and Other Idioms
Students study the idiom as a form of speech. They practice using idioms by developing a Jeopardy game using a provided template.
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Writer's Workshop
Students, after brainstorming what the concept of idioms are, listen for idioms while the book, "Chocolate Moose for Dinner," is read to them out loud by the teacher. They then write a short narrative incorporating at least one idiom...
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Fourth graders identify examples of figurative language in the book, "One Day in the Woods," by Jean Craighead George. They illustrate a figure of speech and identify it as a simile or metaphor. Each student then records their...
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Language Arts:Similes That Make Us Smile
Students identify similes and create their own self descriptions using them as examples. After identifying characteristics associated with pictures of the sun, fish, and other items, they discover how those traits can be used as...
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Idiom Games
Learners identify idioms as groups of words with special meanings that paint a mental picture for the reader.They compete in a game in which they draw and interpret pictures of idioms.
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Hats Off to You!
Students research why people wear hats, caps or bonnets. They investigate various occupations, world costumes, sports, or idioms around hats. Students become more aware of cultures different from their own within this lesson.