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Welcome to the quotations and saying section of the website where you can see 47 free, printable worksheets related to this particular topic. This is one such worksheet. It focuses on English proverbs which only your advanced students might be familiar with. There are two activities as well as the answer key included in the file. You may want to use this as a review since students are unlikely to be familiar with all of these phrases. Another approach may be to include a reading passage that uses these proverbs so that students can read through the material to complete the first matching exercise and then look at the context of each to better answer the comprehension matching activity. If you have already created a worksheet on quotations and sayings for your students, please upload it to this site to share it with other busy teachers.
Students will not likely be familiar with English quotations and sayings unless they are quite advanced and have been doing a lot of reading in English. One phrase did become famous around the world in 2008; it was “Yes we can.” which was used as the slogan in Barack Obama’s presidential campaign in the United States. If you would like to talk about less recent or less well known phrases, you should choose only a handful to introduce at one time and give students meanings and examples of them before asking them to complete any practice activities.

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Understanding English Proverbs

Understanding English Proverbs

•, Quotations and Sayings
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' ...
21 Views 27,001 IntAdv
Idioms With Food

Idioms With Food

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In this worksheet you will find two exercises on idioms with food vocabulary. It´s a good idea (and a funny one) for teaching some of the common expressions of the English language in a teen ...
24 Views 24,496 Pre-IntIntAdvExam
Proverbs Tile Puzzle 15

Proverbs Tile Puzzle 15

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Proverbs are short, well known sayings that express a common truth or belief. We often use them when we give advice. In your English class they can be used as an authentic fun material, as a tool ...
5 Views 7,190 All
Proverbs Tile Puzzle 14

Proverbs Tile Puzzle 14

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Proverbs are short, well known sayings that express a common truth or belief. We often use them when we give advice. In your English class they can be used as an authentic fun material, as a tool ...
4 Views 3,627 All
Proverbs Tile Puzzle 13

Proverbs Tile Puzzle 13

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Proverbs are short, well known sayings that express a common truth or belief. We often use them when we give advice. In your English class they can be used as an authentic fun material, as a tool ...
5 Views 3,871 All
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Proverbs Tile Puzzle 12

Proverbs Tile Puzzle 12

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Proverbs are short, well known sayings that express a common truth or belief. We often use them when we give advice. In your English class they can be used as an authentic fun material, as a tool ...
5 Views 6,790
Proverbs Tile Puzzle 11

Proverbs Tile Puzzle 11

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Proverbs are short, well known sayings that express a common truth or belief. We often use them when we give advice. In your English class they can be used as an authentic fun material, as a tool ...
4 Views 4,662 All
Proverbs Tile Puzzle 10

Proverbs Tile Puzzle 10

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Proverbs are short, well known sayings that express a common truth or belief. We often use them when we give advice. In your English class they can be used as an authentic fun material, as a tool ...
4 Views 5,814
Proverbs Tile Puzzle 3

Proverbs Tile Puzzle 3

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Proverbs are short, well known sayings that express a common truth or belief. We often use them when we give advice. In your English class they can be used as an authentic fun material, as a tool ...
3 Views 8,500
Crime and Punishment Tile Puzzle

Crime and Punishment Tile Puzzle

•, Quotations and Sayings
This is a famous saying which can be used for further discussion. Secret phrase that your learners will need to unscramble in this puzzle: Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it. Hen ...
7 Views 31,337 All
Proverbs Tile Puzzle 2

Proverbs Tile Puzzle 2

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Proverbs are short, well known sayings that express a common truth or belief. We often use them when we give advice. In your English class they can be used as an authentic fun material, as a tool ...
2 Views 5,244
Proverbs Tile Puzzle 1

Proverbs Tile Puzzle 1

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Proverbs are short, well know sayings that express common truth or belief. We often use them to give advice. Teaching proverbs can add some authentic fun to your classes. They can also be useful a ...
3 Views 7,681
Proverbs Tile Puzzle 9

Proverbs Tile Puzzle 9

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Proverbs are short, well known sayings that express a common truth or belief. We often use them when we give advice. In your English class they can be used as an authentic fun material, as a tool ...
4 Views 6,657 All
Proverbs Tile Puzzle 8

Proverbs Tile Puzzle 8

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Proverbs are short, well known sayings that express a common truth or belief. We often use them when we give advice. In your English class they can be used as an authentic fun material, as a tool ...
2 Views 3,736
Proverbs Tile Puzzle 7

Proverbs Tile Puzzle 7

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Proverbs are short, well known sayings that express a common truth or belief. We often use them when we give advice. In your English class they can be used as an authentic fun material, as a tool ...
2 Views 3,152
Proverbs Tile Puzzle 6

Proverbs Tile Puzzle 6

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Proverbs are short, well known sayings that express a common truth or belief. We often use them when we give advice. In your English class they can be used as an authentic fun material, as a tool ...
2 Views 4,035 All
Proverbs Tile Puzzle 5

Proverbs Tile Puzzle 5

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Proverbs are short, well known sayings that express a common truth or belief. We often use them when we give advice. In your English class they can be used as an authentic fun material, as a tool ...
3 Views 6,234
Proverbs Tile Puzzle 4

Proverbs Tile Puzzle 4

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Proverbs are short, well known sayings that express a common truth or belief. We often use them when we give advice. In your English class they can be used as an authentic fun material, as a tool ...
2 Views 3,837
An English Proverb

An English Proverb

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This is an English proverb about the place you live in. Your learners will need to re-arrange the tiles to reveal the secret phrase. Secret phrase that your learners will need to unscramble in th ...
6 Views 6,881 ElemPre-IntInt
20 St. Patrick's Day Sayings & 10 Things You Can Do With Them

20 St. Patrick's Day Sayings & 10 Things You Can Do With Them

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Here's a new discussion worksheet for your St. Patrick's Day lesson! This worksheet contains 20 Irish proverbs and sayings for you to build your lesson around.   Here's a list of just a few ...
17 Views 26,800 Pre-IntIntAdvExam
A Puzzling Proverb

A Puzzling Proverb

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Fill in the answers to the following clues. Then, transfer the letters to the corresponding numbered blanks to reveal a famous proverb. This worksheet was kindly provided by Teacher Created Mater ...
14 Views 14,193 ElemPre-IntInt
English Proverbs 1

English Proverbs 1

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Similar to "English proverbs 2", which got sent in the wrong order! Students have to match the beginnings and endings of common sayings, and then find the right explanation. Usually fun for a ...
24 Views 19,678 IntAdv
A History of 1500s: Idioms and Sayings

A History of 1500s: Idioms and Sayings

This ws deals with the origing of some sayings and idioms we use everyday, for instance, where does the saying "it's raining cats and dogs" come from? Why was it used first? It's interesting to k ...
20 Views 16,478 Adv
Strange facts and quotations

Strange facts and quotations

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Categorizing and guessing the source of quotations and facts.
12 Views 8,261 Int

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