Idioms are an important part of language learning and are something that students often struggle with. The idiom worksheets in this section are some of the ways teachers have found to address this topic with learners of various levels and ages. This idioms worksheet, for example, includes stories, pictures and a comprehension question for many common idioms. You could use this with any level but they were created with pre-intermediate and intermediate classes in mind. The file is a large packet of idiom worksheets; you can choose to do just one or two at a time and this might be a better approach. There are 168 worksheets available in this section so you can also find material on other idioms and for more advanced learners.
While many teachers leave idioms for advanced learners, you can start practicing idioms with your students much earlier. Intermediate and even some beginner classes will be able to benefit from the introduction of simple idioms. Just like learning new vocabulary, students need to understand the meaning of idioms, complete pronunciation practice exercises, and have sufficient practice using them in order to commit them to memory and feel comfortable using them.
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With the help of this worksheet you will teach your students the most widespread body idioms with words ‘eye’, ‘arm’ and ‘leg’. They will have to match up the i ...
Idioms are a lot of fun. If students can speak using idioms they can talk in all English speaking countries. This is a worksheet about idioms. Everyday use conversation. This can be used for int ...
This worksheet contains an article about different diamond heists that have occurred in recent history. Throughout the article, certain pieces of vocabulary have been highlighted in bold, the defi ...
This exercise helps learn and practise idioms about music. It consists of three parts: one matching activity (match idioms to their definitions), the list of idioms and their definitions, and one ...
Sometimes it is difficult to be as free in your FL as in your L1. Certain colloquial words, phrases, sentence constructions in your L1 have a definite translation in FL. The material represents Ru ...
The material presents idioms with the names of colours with explanations in English, examples and some translations into Russian. An exercise and video references are supplied at the end of ...
The worksheet contains two exercises for using sleeping idioms in speech. First is a matching exercise where your students need to find the appropriate meaning of some idioms. Second is a speaking ...
This worksheet, based on Cutting Edge Advanced, contains such idioms as: keep a straight face; go out of one's way; near the knuckle; on the way; take it step by step; in a bad way; give somebody ...
This worksheet could be used as a test or just as an ordinary practice worksheet on such idioms and phrases as: say what's on your mind; stop beating about the bush; take on board; go bankrupt; ha ...
The worksheet is based on the song Pompeii by the British group Bastille. This song is great for practising phrasal verbs and idioms. Besides the song tells us about the volcano eruption that happ ...
You can work with this worksheet to introduce vocabulary sts are going to learn about hotels. They have to guess and remember vocabulary they may know about hotels, and then they can watch this sc ...
This PPT includes idioms about weather (for example, "feeling under the weather", "raining cats and dogs", etc.). There's an example and an explanation. Also there are pictures to make it more int ...
If you watch movies with your students this worksheet might be useful. I combined subtitles from 'what women want' into the text and highlighted interesting words and expressions. You can describ ...
Crime idioms for teaching English to law enforcement agencies' officers and other students interested in law and crime topics. The worksheet will help your students enrich their vocabulary on the ...
Powerpoint presentation which includes fifteen idioms which use parts of the body. The presentation includes a literal illustration of the idiom as well as an example. At the end is a list of defi ...
This is a short activity to revise the use of the verb: to make (as a phrasal verb, idiom). It could be used after having taught several idioms, expressions and phrases with "MAKE". I have used wi ...
Daily Phrases 1 I have prepared this paper in order to teach my beloved student significant daily expressions which are definitely helpful for our daily life. This paper contains ten daily express ...
PowerPoint presentation includes pictures to accompany the idioms regarding the state of mind or general state or health of a human organism. Examples are simple and are used often in English lang ...
A simple, maybe fun, activity for an intermediate level Valentine's Day lesson or for any other lesson-topic about love. Contains a few warmer questions about love and a chart where you can go thr ...
This worksheet is based on the 8th episode of season 2 of Modern Family and it includes spotting idioms and phrases, filling in the blanks and a space for students' discussion. It also suggests a ...
This is a great song to practise idioms such as "as sweet as sugar", "as old as time" etc. First give them to the students without the examples from the table at the bottom and ask them to fill in ...
A great song to use for PAST TENSE practise, PHRASAL VERBS, TIME IDIOMS and CONTRACTIONS I haven’t included the full lyrics this time … do some of the work yourself with the students! ...
This is a very nice song that can be used to teach the use of different expressions with the meaning "being the same". It can be used in the "Frienship and relationships" unit, your adult students ...
Many EFL students find idioms hard to be understood, that's why they avoid using idioms while they speak English. They always find some problems in using the idioms in sentences properly. The b ...
Students listen to the song 'Electrical Storm' by U2, completing a gap-fill exercise. Song will most likely need to be replayed at least one extra time. Following this, there are a few questions ...
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