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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Over a hundred printable Taboo Game cards with template for beginner and intermediate students. The objective of the game is for a player to have his/her partner(s) guess the word on his/her card ...
This power point presentation includes twenty slides illustrating some idioms like "big cheese", "piece of cake", "to be in the soup", "one smart cookie" etc. I use it with my students to extend t ...
The following activity is designed for students of upper-Intermediate and Advanced level. It is suggested to play the video without subtitles. The worksheet is divided in two parts, in the first ...
The following activity is designed for students of upper-Intermediate and Advanced students. In the first part of the activity the students have to listen carefully in order to answer the 10 que ...
This worksheet is suitable for intermediate students. There's a role play that can be used as a warm-up. Students are encouraged to learn new vocabulary (slangs, phrasal verbs, etc.) in context. I ...
In this ppt presentation students have to choose the meaning of an idiom with a name of a colour in it from three possible variants. My students of pre-intermediate level found it great fun. It co ...
There are two pages in this activity: one of them is entirely in English, and the other has its exercise bit in Portuguese (I used it with beginners, so they weren't able to understand the exercis ...
Not really an activity; I have made this one so students can get to know different expressions (in this case, using colors - I used "colors" as in American English). I always try to make them use ...
Introducing '7 Idiom Activities to Get Your Students’ Creativity Flowing' - our third reference poster with 7 fresh and interesting ways to teach or review idioms. You can click the image be ...
This worksheet is an introduction to tea in Britain. I used 2 different sources from the BBC Learning English website to make it. The first section (listening and questions) uses the audio found ...
Introducing '7 No-Prep Activities for Teaching Idioms' - our second reference poster with 7 more interesting ways to teach or review idioms. Click the image below to view the full-size poster for ...
Here's a reference poster (HI-RES) with 7 interesting ways to teach or review idioms. Click the image below to view the full-size poster for printing. If you think these idiom activities are gr ...
This worksheet is for more advanced students and is in two parts. In the first part students have to complete the sentences using one of the words given and in the second part find the correct de ...
This accompanies the lyrics worksheet I submitted (gap fill). There are key expressions with definitions at the top, followed by an activity for students (translate the verbs into own language an ...
Gap-fill based on this famous song by Beyonce. Great for reviewing tenses with higher levels, plus there are quite a few idiomatic expressions to work on too (see other worksheet). Can also be u ...
This food worksheet includes a speaking task, two vocabulary exercices and a proverb activity. Really useful to spread the vocabulary learners may have. This worksheet is focused on ways of cookin ...
Four common idioms in English to do with politeness: the done thing- mind your p's and q's- excuse my French - bow and scrape. They are explained and there is space to practise their usage. This ...
This listening gap-fill and speaking activity sheet is designed to help students learn and detect some common idioms and expressions as well as giving them some informal English. It works well as ...
A simple activity and discussion about English proverbs. Students cut out a list of 12 proverbs and glue/tape to match with their correct meaning. These proverbs provoke interesting discussion. I' ...
This worksheet uses the song obla-di obla-da, which students have to complete, and learn about. It also includes a reading comprehension about the same song. You will find as well a section where ...
This is part 2 of Food Idioms. There fifteen pictures and their names. Learners must macth them. It can be used as a warmer for pre intermediate learners or as pre-activity for lower levels. My su ...
Food idioms with a brief definition of idioms. Learners have to match definition with meaning. There are two different blocks. It is possible to use them individually. There is a pre-activity with ...
This worksheet is created for practising some expressions containing the word 'time'. I think it will be useful for students who want to expand their vocabulary. I have chosen thirteen expressions ...
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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.
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