GRADO 10: ENGLISH IDIOMS TALLER SPEAKING CLASS

 

 

 ENGLISH IDIOMS

Idioms are words or phrases that aren’t meant to be taken literally and usually have a cultural meaning behind them. Most of the English idioms you hear are offering advice’s but also contain some underlying principles and values. You have probably heard some of them, especially in TV-shows and movies, and wondered why you can’t understand these idioms even though you fully understand the words. To learn English idioms and expression it can take some time but there are some of them that are more popular than others that will come handy if you know them.

ACTIVITY:

 Look at the following IDIOMS and create a meaning for them. You win if you get closed to its original significance.

 

1. Speak of the devil:

2. See eye to eye:

3. When pigs fly:

4. A piece of cake:

5. Kill two birds with one stone:

6. Add insult to injury:

7. Call it a day:

8. No pain no gain:

9. Bite the bullet:

10. Steal someones thunder:

 

 Complete the following sentences using some of the idioms already mentioned. This is done after clarifying with your teacher what every idiom is

 

1. Jane is just never on time to work, it’s really annoying. O wow, _____________________ here she comes…

2. We missed our flight to Paris because the connecting flight was late and to ________________ they made us pay for a new ticket as if it was our fault!

3. Ha! John has been promising to paint the house for five years…. Maybe when __________________.

4. I can’t believe that was our test. I think it was easier than some of our homework! It was a _________________.

 

 Create a comic strip using two (2) of the idioms already worked