Idioms
What is an idiom?
Phrases or meanings that have hidden meanings.
What are homophones?
Two or more words that sound the same but are spelled differently and mean different things.
Are these two words homophones?
flu
flew
Yes
True or False
An analogy is a comparison that shows a relationship between things.
True
What does this idiom mean?
It's raining cats and dogs.
It is raining very hard.
What is a homophone of this word:
herd
heard
What is a homophone of this word:
Greece
grease
Bat is to baseball as racket is to tennis.
Describes what type of equipment you use in each sport.
What does this idiom mean?
A piece of cake.
Something is easy.
What is a homophone of this word:
groan
grown
Use these words correctly in the sentence below (fair, fare).
The students had to pay a taxi _____________ to travel to the country _____________.
1. fare
2. fair
Look at the analogy below. Describe the relationship.
King is to castle as camper is to tent.
Explains where each type of person lives/sleeps.
Use context clues to figure out what his idiom means:
You might think that Billy Parker is the kid who has everything, but if you saw the list of chores his parents give him, I guarantee that you wouldn’t want to be in his shoes.
a. You wouldn’t want your shoes to get as dirty as Billy’s when he’s doing his chores.
b. Billy shoes are so uncomfortable that doing his chores is really unpleasant.
c. Billy has so many chores to do that it is unpleasant to imagine doing them all.
C
Where do each of these words fit in the sentence (through, threw)?
Jerry ____________ the basketball ____________ the hoop.
1. threw
2. through
What is a homophone of this word:
all ready
already
Complete the analogy.
leaf: tree :: petal: ___________
flower
Use context clues to determine what the idiom means:
Keisha got up a started yelling at Ronnie and threatening him but Ronnie didn’t even flinch because he knew that her bark was worse than her bite.
She is really very innocent. She sounds scarier than she actually is.
to
two
too
Answers will vary.
Use each homophone correctly in a sentence:
their
there
they're
Answers will vary.
Complete this analogy:
Goose is to flock as fish is to ___________
School