Reading and Using Idiomatic Expressions
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The document discusses idiomatic expressions in English. It provides definitions and examples of common idioms. The tasks involve familiarizing learners with idioms, matching idioms to their meanings, reading idioms in context, and giving advice using idioms. Learners are expected to define idiomatic expressions, understand implicit meanings, continue stories, and incorporate idioms into writing and conversations.
Reading and Using Idiomatic Expressions
- 1. READING and USING IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS ENGLISH 1 Study and Thinking Skills
- 2. Expected Outcomes: Define what is idiomatic expression; Read closely to get specific and implicitly stated information; Give ending to a story; Read more idioms and use them in life’s situation, in giving advice, writing a story or composing a song.
- 3. TASK 1. Watch. Listen. Remember. 1. All At Once by Lenka
- 4. TASK 2. FAMILIARiZE As sly as a fox As strong as an ox As fast as a hare As brave as a bear As free as a bird As neat as a word As sweet as a song As pretty as a picture As light as play As quiet as a mouse As big as a house As mean as a wolf As sharp as a bite As dark as the night
- 5. TASK 3. Matching Expressions and Meanings 1. Hit the books 2. An arm and leg 3. Under the weather 4. Out of the blue 5. Give the benefit of the doubt A. Feeling sick B. Study hard C. Very expensive D. Unexpected E. Large amount, expensive F. Believe on someone’s statement
- 6. TASK 4 IDIOM in CONTEXT
- 7. TASK 4 IDIOM in CONTEXT NOW, USE IT!
- 8. TASK 4 IDIOM in CONTEXT NOW, USE IT! Do you want my back pack? It costs an arm and leg.
- 10. WHAT IS AN IDIOM? An idiom is an expression whose meaning cannot be understood based on the definition of its constitutional elements. Idioms are phrases which people use in everyday language which do not make sense literally but we understand what they mean.
- 11. 1.When the politician was caught stealing from the taxpayers, everyone thought he would receive a severe punishment, but all he got was a slap on the wrist. 2.We thought that our neighbors, the Jones family, were rich beyond our wildest dreams, but it turns out that we’re all in the same boat. 3.If Kim thinks that I’m going to let her copy my English homework, she’s barking up the wrong tree. 4.The Lions thought that they would easily beat the other team, but when it was tied with a minute left in the fourth quarter, they knew that this game was really coming down to the wire. Read each idiom and determine the meaning.
- 12. 1. Having lost everything he owed on the horses a few days before, he knew he would have to start from square one again. 2.As he approached the bar in the tiny Sahara Village, he paused for a moment and savored the smells of cooking wafting across the terracotta rooftops. He was so hungry he could eat a horse, or a chicken or two. 3.I escaped by the skin of my teeth and fled to the Southern Jungle where I set a casino. 4. After all what he had done, I think it’s time for Marcus to face the music. Read each idiom and determine the meaning.
- 13. Idiom Advice- Make a dialogue Using the idioms, give advice to these people: Tom: I really want to go see a movie tonight, but I'm trying to save my money to buy a new watch. Advice:______________________________________ Julie: I just saw my brother's girlfriend with another boy, but he's in a really bad mood because he got fired this morning. Do you think I should tell him? Advice:______________________________________ Iris: Did you hear that? I think I heard something in the kitchen! Wait. . . . I'm not sure. There it is again! I think I heard something. Do you hear it? Maybe it's a ghost! Maybe it's a thief! Advice:______________________________________ William: My grandfather is so old that he's almost deaf. When I talk to him, he doesn't even notice that I'm talking. Advice:______________________________________ A penny saved is a penny earned. Don’t kick the man when he’s down. It’s all in your head! Shout at the top of your lungs.
- 14. FIN