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English – Grade 6
Quarter 4 – Module 12: Idioms with Verbs
First Edition, 2020
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 English 6
Quarter 4
Self-Learning Module 12
Idioms with Verbs

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Introductory Message

For the Facilitator:

Welcome to the English 6 Self-Learning Module on Idioms with Verbs!

This Self-Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed and

reviewed by educators from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its
Officer-in-Charge Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A.
Agustin, in partnership with the City Government of Pasig through its mayor,
Honorable Victor Ma. Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards set by the K
to 12 Curriculum using the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) in
developing this instructional resource.

This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims to help learners
acquire the needed 21st century skills especially the 5 Cs, namely: Communication,
Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Character while taking into
consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that
will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to
manage their own learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and assist the
learners as they do the tasks included in the module.

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 For the Learner:

Welcome to the English 6 Self-Learning Module on Idioms with Verbs!

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You
will be enabled to process the contents of the learning material while being an active
learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectations - This points to the set of knowledge and skills

that you will learn after completing the module.

Pretest - This measures your prior knowledge about the lesson

at hand.

Recap - This part of the module provides a review of concepts

and skills that you already know about a previous lesson.

Lesson - This section discusses the topic in the module.

Activities - This is a set of activities that you need to perform.

Wrap-Up - This section summarizes the concepts and

application of the lesson.

Valuing - This part integrates a desirable moral value in the

lesson.

Posttest - This measure how much you have learned from the
entire module.

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 EXPECTATIONS

This is your self-instructional learner module in English 6. All the

activities provided in this lesson will help you learn and understand: Idioms
with Verbs

By the end of this lesson you are expected to:

A. infer meaning of the given idioms;
B. identify the correct idiom to be used in a sentence; and
C. use an idiom in a sentence.

PRETEST

Directions: Match the idioms with their meanings. Write the letter of your
answer on the blanks before the numbers.

Idioms Meaning

_______1. Hang in there A. To rain a lot

_______2. Lend an ear B. very sick
_______3. Out of work C. Don’t give up
_______4. Sick as a dog D. Unemployed
_______5. Raining cats and dogs E. To listen

RECAP

In your previous lesson, you have learned that Idioms are phrases or
expressions that are part of a language and whose meaning can’t be predicted
easily from the meaning of its individual parts.

For example, when someone says “This test is a piece of cake”, it doesn’t
literally mean that the test is a cake but rather the word cake is used as an
idiom. It figuratively means that the test is easy.

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 LESSON

Today, we will still talk about idioms but this time it is about idioms
with verbs.

Idioms help us express ourselves or say things in a creative way. It

enriches and adds color to our language. Whether in speaking or in writing,
it livens up the words that we use. It also helps us think outside the box by
making us understand things in different perspective.

Let’s dig a little deeper to understand more about idioms. An Idiom is a

phrase whose meaning isn’t obvious from looking at the individual words. It
says one thing but actually means something quite different. That is why we
don’t translate idiomatic expressions word-for-word or literally otherwise we’ll
end up getting confused about its meaning. One way to understand the true
meaning of an idiom is to learn them in context.

Take a look at this as an example.

When someone is about to perform on a stage or play in a game, and

someone said “Break a leg!”. It doesn’t actually mean to fracture the leg; it is
just another way of saying “good luck”.

Another example is the idiom “Hit the sack”.

“Ella doesn’t want to be late for her class tomorrow morning, so she’s
going to hit the sack early tonight”

This idiom actually means go to bed or to sleep. In this sentence the

idiom “hit the sack” is used to say that Ella is going to sleep early. Instead
of saying the plain words “go to bed or to sleep” you can say it in a very
interesting way by using an idiom.

Let’s take the idiom, barking up the wrong tree as our last
example. If you will translate this word-for-word maybe it is a dog barking at
the wrong tree. But the real meaning of this is unique. It means that
someone is accusing the wrong person.

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 These are examples of idioms with verb and their meaning. Let’s read
them.

Idiom with Verb Meaning

sit on the fence avoid making decisions

bury the hatchet make peace or end a quarrel

cry about something but without

shed crocodile tears actually caring

do something poorly in order to save

cut corners time or money

stop working or stop doing something

call it a day for the rest of the day

kick the bucket to die

do or say something that will upset

rock the boat people or cause problems

fed up irritated or bored

get out of hand get out of control

spill the beans to tell a secret

cross one’s mind to remember

give a hand to help

jump on the bandwagon join a popular trend or activity

Guided Practice

Let us try a few items as practice exercise.

Fill in the blanks with the correct idiom. Select your answer from the
given choices inside the box.

rock the boat call it a day bury the hatchet

After the class, the teacher said “Let’s _____________ and get ready to
go home.”

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 The correct answer here is call it a day. The idiom “call it a day”
means stop working or stop doing something for the rest the rest of the
day.
In this sentence, it means that their class is over for that day

Mario was told not to ____________ until his father becomes the new
mayor of their town.

Rock the boat is the correct answer here. Rock the boat means to do
or say something that will upset people or cause problems.
In this sentence, the idiom “rock the boat was used to tell Mario that he
must not do or say anything that will cause problems until his father becomes
the new mayor or their town.

After weeks of not talking with each other, Lily and Jane decided
to______________ and be friends again.

If your answer is “bury the hatchet” it is correct! The idiom “bury the
hatchet” was used in this sentence to imply that Lily and Jane decided to
end their quarrel.

ACTIVITIES

Activity 1

Directions: Complete the cross-word puzzle about the idiom. You can refer
to the list of idioms in the given chart.

5. FED UP

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Activity 2

Directions: Read the idioms below and write them on the correct blanks to
complete the sentences.

bite the bullet jumped on the bandwagon

pull someone’s leg hang in there take it to heart

1. Every time my parents say something to me I ________________

because I know it is for my own good.

2. I’d rather ________________ than continue fighting with my

friends and end up hurting each other.

3. She started became famous when she ________________.

4. Whenever I have problems, my family is always there to comfort me

and says ________________ everything is going to be fine.

5. To ________________ with that kind of joke is not funny. It already

hurts someone’s feelings.

Activity 3

Directions: Write a sentence based on the given idioms below.

Idioms Meaning Sample Sentence

1. Eat like a Eat small amount
bird of food

2. Bring To return home

home the with reward at the
bacon end of the day

3. Add fuel to To add more to an

the fire existing problem

4. Crack a Open up a book

book and study

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 5. Killing two Accomplishing
birds with two different tasks
one stone in the same
undertaking

WRAP-UP

Write T if the statement is true and write F if the statement is false.

___ 1. An idiom says one thing but actually means something quite different.
___ 2. Idioms help us express ourselves or say things in a creative way.
___ 3. Idioms can be translated literally to understand its meaning.
___ 4. The use of idioms enriches and adds color to our language.
___ 5. Idioms help us think outside the box.

VALUING

Use the idiom “feel fit” in a sentence.

idiom meaning

feel fit to feel well and healthy

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 POSTTEST

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct idiomatic expression to complete

the sentence.

1. Arnold likes to ________________ because he thinks that this is the only way
he can get his parents’ attention.
A. shed crocodile tears
B. get into hot water
C. get out of hand
D. fed up

2. She __________________ after feeling depressed because she lost her job.
A. bite the bullet
B. get her act together
C. turn over a new leaf
D. cross my mind

3. His boss told him to _____________________ or else he will lose his job.
A. get his act together
B. draw a blank
C. cut corners
D. give a hand

4. You made a promise to your friend not ____________________ before she told
you her secret.
A. turn over a new leaf
B. spill the beans
C. eat like a bird
D. kick the bucket

5. I don’t want to __________________ but tomorrow is the deadline and I want

to pass my project on time.
A. cut corners
B. kick the bucket
C. pull someone’s leg.
D. Hang in there

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 KEY TO CORRECTION

contest. 5. To make peace

from the someone’s leg 4. Get out of control
the bacon 5. Pull without actually caring
bring home 4. Hang in there 3. To cry something but
5. To die
2. Shiela band wagon time or money
5. A 4. Go to bed
dinner. 3. Jump on the poorly in order to save
4. B 3. To help
a bird at 2. Bite the bullet 2. Doing something
3. A 2. To remember
1. I eat like heart make a decision
2. C secret
may vary 1. Take it to not want to choose or
1. B 1. To tell a
Answers Activity 2 1. When someone does
Activity 4 Activity 1
Activity 3 Wrap Up

References

https://www.lingokids.com/english-for-kids/idioms
https://www.fluentu.com/blog/english/english-idioms-6/
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/knowledge-is-power-using-idioms-to-
give-power-to-your-writing/
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/idiom
https://www.quora.com/Why-do-we-need-idioms
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barking_up_the_wrong_tree?fbclid=IwAR0
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https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/sink+your+teeth+into
https://www.idioms.online/in-hot-water/
https://www.theidioms.com/bite-the-bullet/
https://www.theidioms.com/cut-corners/
https://www.oysterenglish.com/spill-the-beans.html
https://www.theidioms.com/cut-corners/
https://simple.wikibooks.org/wiki/English/Idiomatic_Phrases?fbclid=IwAR
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