How many common idioms do you know? Test your knowledge with a set of ten phrases to complete. The idioms range in difficulty level, making it a good challenge for even advanced readers.

Concepts

proverbs, adages, figurative language, idioms

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Include in your unit on figurative language
• Have kids compete to see who can finish the worksheet first, using their knowledge of common idioms
• A good resource for English learners when studying idioms

Classroom Considerations

• Worksheet is in color, but you should be able to print in black-and-white

Pros

• Comes with an answer key for easy assessment
• Sentences vary with blank placement, prompting kids to focus on both parts of the phrases

Cons

• Does not provide a word bank to work from

Common Core

L.4.5.b L.5.5.b