What does it mean if it is "raining cats and dogs" outside?
It's raining really hard
Jack and John are eating lunch. Jack has chocolate chip cookies. John says, "Wow, I love chocolate chip cookies. Those are my FAVORITE kind." What do you think he might actually be saying?
"Can I have a cookie?"
Anna and Steven just sat through the most boring math class ever. After the class was over, Anna says to Steven, "That was soooooo fun." What do you think her voice sounded like when she said that? What did her facial expression look like?
She was using a sarcastic tone of voice: Low pitch, slow tempo
Sam was on the soccer team at school. During Friday's soccer game, he played on the field the entire time without taking a break. After the game, when his friends asked how he was feeling, he said "I'm dead." What does he really mean?
I'm really tired
Olivia is running for student council. Although the election is not for another month, when her mom asks her about her strategy for winning the election, Olivia says, "I'm already making plans to have a celebration at lunch after I get elected!" Her mom says, "Well, don't get ahead of yourself." What does her mom mean?
There are more important things you should be worried about right now; save those plans for later!