First Idioms EWorkbook

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INTERACTILE

LEARNING

eWorkbook


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Table of Contents

Page 3 Basic Test 1 25

Page 4 Basic Test 1 50

Page 6 Intermediate Test 1 25

Page 7 Intermediate Test 1 50

Page 9 Body Idioms

Page 10 Pet Store

Page 11 Advanced Test 1 25

Page 12 Advanced Test 1 50

Page 14 Grocery Store

Page 15 Prepositions of Place

Page 16 Beautiful War


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Wow. Steve is doing his

share of the work.

Yeah. I think he has been

working non-stop.

Why dont we stop work?

OK. Its late but we could go

to the Seven-Eleven and getsome junk food. He might

enjoy that.

Hey Steve! You look busy.

Come with us to the store.

Why did you have to tell me

the bad news?Lets run to the store. We need

to get fit and healthy anyway.

Part 2: Take this really boring conversation and make it interesting

using idioms. Change the underlined words to idioms you know.Dan

Jon

Dan

Jon

SteveIts raining heavily outside.

Dan

Jon

DanWow. Steve is

.

JonYeah. I think he has been working

.

Why dont we

?

Dan

OK. Its late but we could to the Seven-Eleven

and get some junk food. He might

that.

JonHey Steve! You look

. Come with us to the store.

SteveIts outside.

Dan

Why did you have to ?JonLets run to the store. We need to

anyway.

Basic Test 1 - 25Name: Grade: /20

Part 1: Correct these idioms:

1. Call it a month.2. A piece of cheese.

3. Cockroaches in your stomach.

4. Green sheep.

5. Ants in your slippers.

6. Better late than sometimes.

7. Easy bring, easy take.

8. Put your shoulder down.

9. The early duck catches the bread.

10. Back to triangle one.

11. As cool as a cabbage.

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Take this really boring conversation and make itinteresting using idioms. Change the underlined words to idioms youknow. You may need to change verb tenses.

Correct these idioms:

1. Cold elbow.

2. Into the green.

3. Theres no place like school.

4. Drive someone out the window.

5. Eat your sentences.

6. In the same canoe.

7. As sad as Gary.

8. Fair and rectangle.

9. See the dark.

10. Back to triangle one.

11. Fit for fat.

12. Call it a week.

Basic Test 1 - 50Name: Grade: /25

PART 1

PART 2

Tom: This baseball game is taking a

long time.

Brad: Yes, the teams are very close.Tom: The pitcher must be very tired

now.

Brad: Im sure if they take a break,

itll be of great help for his arm.

Tom: I think the Yankees are using

very new bats.

Brad: They will be useful.

Tom: I think the Red Sox are going

to win.

Tom: This baseball game is ______ _____.

Brad: Yes, the teams are _____ ___ _____

Tom: The pitcher must be ______ _____________ now.

Brad: Im sure if they _______ ______,

itll _____ ______ for his arm.

Tom: I think the Yankees are using

______ ______ bats.

Brad: They will _______ ___ ______.

Tom: I think the Red Sox are going to win.

Brad: I wouldnt ____ on it.

Tom: The Yankees might cheat. Then they

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Brad: I wouldnt be very sure about

that.

Tom: The Yankees might cheat. Then

they would have a surprising win.

Brad: That wouldnt be fair.

Ten minutes later.

Tom: Well, the game is over.

Brad: Hmmm. I guess late is better than

not at all.

Tom: Lets go.

Brad: Who is going to tell the bad news

to Dad that his favorite team

lost?

would have an ___ ___ ____ ____

win.

Brad: That wouldnt be _____ ____

______.

Ten minutes later.

Tom: Well, the game is over.

Brad: Hmmm. I guess ______ ______

_____ _______.

Tom: Lets _____ _____ _____.

Brad: Who is going to _____ _____

_____ to Dad that his favorite

team lost?

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Bob I got an idea!

Rob Your ideas are not well thought

through.

Bob Quiet. This idea is great.

Rob Ok. Im listening carefully.

Bob Somebody told me, that the

teacher is out of the office. Lets

steal the test papers!

Rob That might be easy to say, but I

think difficult to do. Where

is the teacher?

Bob He is in the classroom taking a

nap. Lets go!

Rob Be patient! Lets check first.

Bob Hes awake! Lets come back early

in the morning and steal them.

Rob OK. But dont tell anyone our

secret.

Bob I got an idea!

Rob Your ideas are _____________.

Bob Quiet. This idea is great.

Rob Ok. Im __________________

Bob _________________________,

that the teacher is out of the

office. Lets steal the test papers!

Rob That might _________________

Where is the teacher?

Bob He is in the classroom _________

_______ . Lets go!

Rob ____________! Lets check first.

Bob Hes awake! Lets come back _____

______________ and steal them.

Rob OK. But dont ________________

__________________________.

Intermediate Test 1 - 25Name: Grade: /20

Part 1: Complete these idioms:

1. Pop the _____.2. A pain _____ the _____.

3. Alive and _____.

4. I heard it _____ the _____.

5. _____ your hair _____.

6. _____ the weather.

7. I _____ a rat.8. To _____ your chickens _____ _____ _____.

9. All skin and _____.

10. A _____ out of _____.

11. Running around _____ a _____ _____

12. Has the ______ ______ your _____?

Part 2: Take this really boring conversation and make it interestingusing idioms. Change the underlined words to idioms you know.Change the verb tense if needed.

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Part 4 / Write an idiom that uses one of these animals.

1. horse

2. bird

3. chicken

4. fish

5. dog

Part 5 / Write an idiom, or two, that means the same asthese adjectives.

1. cheap

2. expensive

3. clean 1.

2.

4. active

5. sick 1.

2.

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Body Idioms

Intermediate

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11.

12.

13.

14.

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6.

7.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Use idioms from the intermediate level that use different body parts to completethis worksheet.

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1. cat

11.horse

2. butterfly 3. sheep

4. ant 5. bee

7. dog 8. rat

9. chicken 10. fish

6. bird

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Pet storeUse idioms from the beginner, intermediate levels that usedifferent animals to complete this worksheet.

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Part 1: Correct these idioms

Part 2: Complete these idioms:

Advanced Test 1 - 25

1. Cabbages in a pod.

2. Dogs of a fur, run together

3. Its on the tip of my nose.

4. Put your money where your bank is.

5. Cross that road when you come to it.

6. Any Mary, Jane or Sally.

7. Save something for a cloudy day.

8. More news is bad news.

9. Summer duck.

10. Talk is expensive.

1. On cloud ____________.

2. At the end ___________ ___________ ___________.

3. Great minds ___________ ___________.

4. Passing the ___________.

5. The ___________ of ___________ party .

7. Come ___________ or high ___________.

8. The ___________ is ___________ ___________ wall.

9. Thats the last ___________.

10. Growing ____________ a ___________.

Name: Grade: /20

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Part 1: Correct these idioms:

Part 2: Write the opposites of these idioms from theadvanced level.

Advanced Test 1 - 50

1. On cloud twelve.

2. Growing like a vegetable.

3. Beans in a pod.

4. Blue wash.

5. Paint the city green.

6. Poker head.

7. To pass the gloves around.

8. Cross that road when you come to it.

9. On your first hands.

10. Every sun has a golden lining.

1. Wallflower

2. A leopard doesnt change his spots.

3. Spring chicken.

Name: Grade: /25

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1. mind

2. tongue

3. mouth

4. tooth

5. face

6. blood

7. feet

8. back

9. nose

Part 3: Write an idiom from the advanced level usingthese idioms.

1. bird

2. bull

3. chicken

Part 4: Write an idiom from the advanced level usingthese body parts.

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Prepos

itions

of

Place

Prepos

itions

of

Place

up

down

left

under

abov

e

over

on

through

out

righ

t

bo

ttom

in

around

Level-Intermediate

Useidiomsthatusedifferentprepositionsofplacetocompletethisworksheet.

Think:on,in,over,betwe

en,under,behind,nextto...

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Beautiful Warby The Kings of Leon

Verse 1

Bite your tongue

Don't make a scene dear

Everybody's been here

At least once

But we've been here more

Your heart breaks

Rolls down the

I've it all go

Comeback

I've heard the

Chorus

The tip of your tongue

The top of your lungs

Is making me crazy

I say love

Don't mean nothing

Left them something

Worth fighting for

It's a beautiful war

I say love

You don't need nothing

Left them something

Worth fighting for




I say love, I say love

Don't need nothing

Left them something,

Worth fighting for

I say love

Don't need nothing

Left them something

Worth fighting for

It's a beautiful war (*4)

Verse 2

When I

The warmth of your

There is

That I'd rather

Shattered and

Chorus

The tip of your tongue

The top of your lungs

Is doing my in

I say

Don't mean

Left them

Worth fighting for


Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVDc6bYy3j4

Song with lyrics: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICLbuTRuWcQ

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Idioms and verbal phrases

1. Would you rather eat pizza or pasta?

I would rather eat ___________.

2. Would you prefer to play tennis or table tennis?

________________________________________________________________________

3. Would you rather play computer games or go shopping?

________________________________________________________________________

4. Would you prefer to go to Taipei or Tokyo?

________________________________________________________________________

5. Would you rather learn to swim or learn to play the piano?

Discuss the meaning of these idioms and verbal phrases with your teacher and thenwrite a small dialogue to show you understand the meaning of each.

Grammar I would rather/I would prefer toWould rather and would prefer to are used to show a choice is available. Would rather is

always followed by a base verb and would prefer is followed by an infinitive.

to bite your tongue

to make a scene

your heart breaks

the tip of your tongue

the top of your lungs

to make s/b crazy

For example Positive I would rather eat at home. I would prefer to go to a restaurant.

Negative I would rather not eat at home. I would prefer not to go to a restaurant.

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