Thanksgiving is on November 26: ready worksheets, lessons, flashcards and speaking cards for every level

Idioms & fixed expressions

Vocabulary · C2 · 9 printable sheets, each with an answer key.

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Sheet 1 · 20 minIdioms: inferring meaning from a memoir extractWork out the meaning of idioms from context in a memoir about taking over a family bakery.Free
Sheet 2 · 20 minIdioms: disagreement and reconciliationIdioms for conflict and making peace, from at loggerheads to bury the hatchet, in context and in use.Premium
Sheet 3 · 20 minIdioms: truth, deception and pretenceInterpret idioms about honesty and deceit, complete fixed phrases and use them to discuss a misleading claim.Premium
Sheet 4 · 20 minFixed expressions: binomials and frozen pairsLearn binomials such as by and large and part and parcel, whose word order and form never change.Premium
Sheet 5 · 20 minIdioms: fixed wording and common slipsSpot idioms that have been slightly changed, restore the exact wording and use them accurately.Premium
Sheet 6 · 20 minIdioms review: register and appropriacyChoose the idiom that suits the situation and replace informal idioms with neutral, formal equivalents.Premium
Sheet 7 · 40 minIdioms for persuading peopleIdioms for persuasion, resistance and agreement, practiced in realistic contexts and used in a persuasive message.Premium
Sheet 8 · 45 minIdioms: everyday metaphorsRecognize the conceptual metaphors behind common expressions about argument, time, ideas and understanding, then use them.Premium
Idioms & fixed expressions: half-baked ideas and sour grapesFood idioms for ideas and attitudesComplete what the Okafor-Lin family say around the Thanksgiving table What does the speaker mean? Choose the best answer.Are the expressions used correctly? Write T (correct) or F (incorrect)T / FT / FT / FT / FIn English, ideas are often talked about as food. Match each expressioFind someone who… Walk around the class and ask questions with the exp
Sheet 9 · 45 minIdioms & fixed expressions: half-baked ideas and sour grapesFourteen food idioms and metaphors for ideas and attitudes (half-baked, a recipe for disaster, sour grapes, sugarcoat, rehash, cherry-pick…), met in one family's Thanksgiving dinner, checked for meaning and correct use, extended to food metaphors for thinking, then used in a find-someone-who and a short paragraph.Premium