The document provides a list of 8 common idioms along with their meanings. It then presents 8 sentences where the reader is asked to insert one of the idioms into each sentence. The idioms are: 1) The calm before the storm 2) Chasing rainbows 3) To steal someone's thunder 4) A walking disaster 5) Quake in your boots 6) To be snowed under 7) Where there's smoke, there's fire 8) Flood in / out
The document provides a list of 8 common idioms along with their meanings. It then presents 8 sentences where the reader is asked to insert one of the idioms into each sentence. The idioms are: 1) The calm before the storm 2) Chasing rainbows 3) To steal someone's thunder 4) A walking disaster 5) Quake in your boots 6) To be snowed under 7) Where there's smoke, there's fire 8) Flood in / out
The document provides a list of 8 common idioms along with their meanings. It then presents 8 sentences where the reader is asked to insert one of the idioms into each sentence. The idioms are: 1) The calm before the storm 2) Chasing rainbows 3) To steal someone's thunder 4) A walking disaster 5) Quake in your boots 6) To be snowed under 7) Where there's smoke, there's fire 8) Flood in / out
The document provides a list of 8 common idioms along with their meanings. It then presents 8 sentences where the reader is asked to insert one of the idioms into each sentence. The idioms are: 1) The calm before the storm 2) Chasing rainbows 3) To steal someone's thunder 4) A walking disaster 5) Quake in your boots 6) To be snowed under 7) Where there's smoke, there's fire 8) Flood in / out
2. Chasing rainbows. 3. To steal someone’s thunder. 4. A walking disaster. 5. Quake in your boots. 6. To be snowed under. 7. Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. 8. Flood in / out
B) Write the meaning for each idiom in the
table below:
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8. C) Place idioms from exercise A into the sentences below. Each idiom can only be used once.
a. My city was right in the hurricane’s path. I was ______________________________
____________________________with fear. We were okay in the end. b. My whole family is coming over this weekend, including all my little cousins. I’m enjoying __________________________________________________ because after Friday there’s going to be chaos. c. Shaun wants to go to Japan but flights are 2000 euros. With our current budget, he’s _________________________________________. d. Anna said she can’t meet this week. Apparently ____________________________ ____________________________________. e. When the bus arrived, people on the bus stop _______________________________. f. A: ‘’Kyle’s been blamed for stealing money from Ella!’’ B: ‘’So I’ve heard but I don’t think it’s true.’’ A: ‘’Nor do I. It’s not like him but _____________________________________________ ____________________________’’ g. Josh got fired again. He lost some important files for the boss. The poor guy’s a real ____________________________________________. h. Paula did all the work for the project but on the day of presentation she was sick. I basically _______________________________________________________. She was so mad at me but I found it hilarious.