It's Raining Idioms!

After a brief definition of idioms, you will find three multiple-choice questions to test student understanding of different expressions. At the end of the PowerPoint, there is a list of more common idioms and their meanings and a list...

What is an idiom, and why is it necessary that we know and understand them? This brief PowerPoint helps answer these questions by looking at examples and offering a strategy for reading new text that might contain an idiom. The final...

Idioms are really confusing, but learning them will help your readers deepen their understanding of a variety of texts. This 11-slide presentation offers several examples (like "break a leg" and "mind your manners") to help readers use...

A six question, multiple choice, on-line interactive exercise asks learners to identify the meaning of animal idioms. A little bird told me the answers can be accessed with a click of a button.

In this idioms learning exercise, students write meanings of the idioms provided to them. Students complete 20 idiom meanings on this learning exercise.

In this idioms online instructional activity, students use drop down menus add the correct word to 10 idioms. They submit their answers using the "Done" button.

For this English idioms about weather worksheet, students interpret sayings about weather and complete sentences using them correctly.

For this idioms quiz worksheet, students read the example idioms about sports used in the sentences. Students select the best answer to complete the 10 online exercises.

For this English idioms about nature worksheet, students interpret sayings about nature and complete sentences using them correctly.

In this English Idioms worksheet, students determine the meaning of idioms based on color and colors.  Students use the meanings of the idioms to complete sentences in which the idioms are used.