Have fun with Idiomatic Expressions

Strategic Intervention
Material

Prepared by:

ALMA BELLA G. CABLINAN

Nueva Vizcaya State University, Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya

‘take the cake’

Guide Card
Hello! Are you ready for your activity
today?

Today you’re going to learn about

IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS and how they are used.

For this lesson, you are expected to:

 find out the appropriate IDIOMATIC EXPRESSION for

each of the statement
 use the examples in sentences
 complete the dialogue using the examples

Come on…… Try it…

you can do it!
Activity Card
I think it’s best if you know what an idiom is. It can refer to one thing but can
mean another thing.
Idiomatic Expressions comes in different levels:
colors, shapes, qualities and etc.

Are you familiar with the different colors?

Can you name few?

What do you mean

when you see RED? What about GREEN?

NOW, try to read the passage..

“COLORS”
We use the name of colors in many common expressions
and emotions. A person sees red when he loses his temper, or
green with envy at someone’s luck. He feels blue because
someone has called him yellow. But once in a blue moon
everything goes all right and he has a red-letter day.
We take these colors for granted, for we cannot prove
that they exist. In fact, we know that dogs and many other
animals, such as bees, see colors we do not see. All we know is
that our eyes see color when light strikes them.
Assessment Card
A. What colors are mentioned?
1.____________2.___________3.___________4.__________
B. What do they stand for?
1.____________2.____________3.___________4._________
_ Activity 1

“Color Coding”
What does the author mean when he used colors to express emotions?

sees red blue moon green with envy feel blue red-letter day

1. Liza was ___________________ when she saw my new hand

bag.
2. Don’t ______________________, I’m still with you.
3. Tito John visits us once in a _______________________.
4. It’s my birthday this Saturday. This is my __________________.
5. Mother ___________________ whenever I flunk the test.

Hey, come on.. take more of the challenges.. It will make you
wiser, smarter and brighter
Assessment Card
Activity 2
“Creatures Hunting Activity”
Complete the idiomatic expression by filling each blank with an
animal in the picture.

1. A big _____________ in the pond

2. At the pace of a ________________.
3. Free as a ________________.
4. It rained ____________ and _____________.
5. Like a _____________ out of cold water.

Good job!! Keep going!!!

Take the last challenge

Enrichment Card
Activity 3: Dialogue

Complete the dialogues by supplying the

appropriate idiomatic expressions. Choose from
the word pool below.

Alice: You are doing many assignments today. You are so (1)_______________.
Ben: I can’t work at school. My classmates are so boastful. They are all
(2)___________________. I cannot (3)___________________________.
Carla: Why do you say so? I think one of your classmates is Eunice.
Dan: Yeah, she is a person who could (4)_______________________. She gets
high scores without even reviewing. She could help.
Ben: Nah, she’s always (5)______________________. She couldn’t live without
bragging of her accomplishments.
Carla: What about Flora?
Alice: That girl? She moves in the(6) ________. It seems she doesn’t know what
she’s doing.
Dan: You can work with Gab. Although he works with the(7)_______________,
he is a good companion.
Ben: Okay, I’ll try to ask him to help me.
Carla: Then you can have outing with us. We will be (8)____________________,
doing anything you like to do after your work.
Alice: You could even watch your favorite (9)_______________.
Dan: Next time, be alert, be attentive, and (10)____________to your teachers.
Ben: Yes, perhaps. This is a lesson all of us should learn.

pace of snail jazz

blowing trumpet free as a bird
busy as a bee all ears
dance with the music
soap opera
Key to Correction:
Now that you are done with your activities, check your answers against the keys on this page.

Activity 1
1. green with envy
2. feel blue
3. blue moon
4. red-letter day
5. sees red

Activity 2
1. fish
2. snail
3.bird
4. cats and dogs
5. frog

Activity 3
1. busy as a bee 6. pace of a snail
2. blowing trumpet 7. jazz
3. dance with the music 8. free as a bird
4. dance with the music 9. soap opera
5. blowing trumpet 10. all ears

Did you get 20-perfect score? Great! You did very well.

Did you score between 17-19? Good! Keep it up!

Is your score between 13-16? You’re on the right track.

Study harder and work on so you can improve your score.

Did you get only 12 or below? Don’t worry, you can go

over the activities again and do the exercises carefully
and read more so you’ll do better. Good luck!
Reference Card

Arago, Julita & Alajar, Juanita (1997). Learning Effective English I. Adriana Publishing Co., Inc.
776 Aurora Blvd., Cubao, Quezon City

Bermudez, Virginia F. et al. (2007). English Expressways II. SD Publications, Inc. G. Araneta Avenue,
Quezon City

Thank you!!!!