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--*--*--*-- Idioms 01! --*-- Animals --*-- Definitions + Exercise --*-- BW Included --*--*--*-- FULLY EDITABLE WITH KEY!
Simple exercise: students match the idioms to their definitions and then complete the sentences. The definitions and the sentences were taken from Cambridge Dictionary (online). Idioms: A bird in the hand (is worth two in the bush) ~*~ Sb�s bark is worse than their bite ~*~ Be like a bear with a sore head ~*~ Like a bull in a china shop ~*~ At a sn...
Level: intermediate Age: 10-17 Type: worksheet Downloads: 115
--*--*--*-- Idioms 02! --*-- Animals --*-- Definitions + Exercise --*-- BW Included --*--*--*-- FULLY EDITABLE WITH KEY!
Simple exercise: students match the idioms to their definitions and then complete the sentences. The definitions and the sentences were taken from Cambridge Dictionary (online). Idioms: The early bird catches the worm ~*~ Take the bull by the horns ~*~ Eat like a horse ~*~ The lion�s den ~*~ Do sth off your own bat ~*~ Make a pig of yourself.
Level: intermediate Age: 10-17 Type: worksheet Downloads: 93
--*--*--*-- Idioms 03! --*-- Animals --*-- Definitions + Exercise --*-- BW Included --*--*--*-- FULLY EDITABLE WITH KEY!
Simple exercise: students match the idioms to their definitions and then complete the sentences. The definitions and the sentences were taken from Cambridge Dictionary (online). Idioms: A little bird told me ~*~ Be like a red rag to a bull ~*~ Flog a dead horse ~*~ (as) Blind as a bat ~*~ A pig in a poke ~*~ The lion�s share.
Level: intermediate Age: 10-17 Type: worksheet Downloads: 82
--*--*--*-- Idioms 04! --*-- Animals --*-- Definitions + Exercise --*-- BW Included --*--*--*-- FULLY EDITABLE WITH KEY!
Simple exercise: students match the idioms to their definitions and then complete the sentences. The definitions and the sentences were taken from Cambridge Dictionary (online). Idioms: (as) Free as a bird ~*~ Back the wrong horse ~*~ Make a pig�s ear of sth ~*~ Beard the lion (in his/her own den) ~*~ Have a bee in your bonnet ~*~ Not have a cat in...
Level: intermediate Age: 10-17 Type: worksheet Downloads: 74
--*--*--*-- Idioms 05! --*-- Animals --*-- Definitions + Exercise --*-- BW Included --*--*--*-- FULLY EDITABLE WITH KEY!
Simple exercise: students match the idioms to their definitions and then complete the sentences. The definitions and the sentences were taken from Cambridge Dictionary (online). Idioms: Bird�s eye view ~*~ Put the cart before the horse ~*~ Be (as) busy as a bee ~*~ Play cat and mouse ~*~ Hot dog! ~*~ Dog-eat-dog.
Level: intermediate Age: 10-17 Type: worksheet Downloads: 78
--*--*--*-- Idioms 06! --*-- Animals --*-- Definitions + Exercise --*-- BW Included --*--*--*-- FULLY EDITABLE WITH KEY!
Simple exercise: students match the idioms to their definitions and then complete the sentences. The definitions and the sentences were taken from Cambridge Dictionary (online). Idioms: Rare bird ~*~ Never look a gift horse in the mouth ~*~ Be the bee�s knees ~*~ Fight like dog and cat ~*~ A dog�s life ~*~ Drink like a fish.
Level: intermediate Age: 10-17 Type: worksheet Downloads: 43
--*--*--*-- Idioms 07! --*-- Animals --*-- Definitions + Exercise --*-- BW Included --*--*--*-- FULLY EDITABLE WITH KEY!
Simple exercise: students match the idioms to their definitions and then complete the sentences. The definitions and the sentences were taken from Cambridge Dictionary (online). Idioms: Let the cat out of the bag ~*~ Sick as a dog ~*~ Big fish ~*~ Fish or cut bait ~*~ Put/throw a spanner in the works ~*~ Be the nature of the beast.
Level: intermediate Age: 10-17 Type: worksheet Downloads: 103
--*--*--*-- Idioms 08! --*-- Animals --*-- Definitions + Exercise --*-- BW Included --*--*--*-- FULLY EDITABLE WITH KEY!
Simple exercise: students match the idioms to their definitions and then complete the sentences. The definitions and the sentences were taken from Cambridge Dictionary (online). Idioms: See a man about a dog ~*~ Be neither fish nor fowl ~*~ Have bigger/other fish to fry ~*~ By a whisker ~*~ The worm turns ~*~ Cast pearls before swine.
Level: intermediate Age: 10-17 Type: worksheet Downloads: 66
--*--*--*-- Idioms 09! --*-- Animals --*-- Definitions + Exercise --*-- BW Included --*--*--*-- FULLY EDITABLE WITH KEY!
Simple exercise: students match the idioms to their definitions and then complete the sentences. The definitions and the sentences were taken from Cambridge Dictionary (online). Idioms: Be like a fish out of water ~*~ Come within a whisker of (doing) sth ~*~ Separate/sort out the sheep from the goats ~*~ Be not your pigeon ~*~ A chicken and egg sit...
Level: intermediate Age: 10-17 Type: worksheet Downloads: 87
