![Song Worksheet: The Lazy Song by Bruno Mars [Alternative]](http://busyteacher.org/uploads/posts/2012-03/thumbs/1331693215_mars.jpg)
Lower level ESL students. Studentd should listen to the song first, then have a free chat about some difficult words. Finally they can work in groups to find some of the idioms in the song.
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Lower level ESL students. Studentd should listen to the song first, then have a free chat about some difficult words. Finally they can work in groups to find some of the idioms in the song.
"I have changed one word in the lyrics so that this will be m ...
An idioms matching exercise for advanced students. A good idea would be to show them just the idioms and have them think of a meaning for each one. After that they could match with the meanings. You could also ask them to form sentences or even dialogu ...
This worksheet allows students to practice their listening skill while they unwind and have fun. Students have to complete the gaps with words from the box provided. It can be used with pre-intermediate and intermediate students. The video can be easil ...
![Song Worksheet: Someone Like You by Adele [Alternative V]](http://busyteacher.org/uploads/posts/2012-03/thumbs/1333046063_adelle.jpg)
A very useful and interesting worksheet with the song "Someone like you". With this song you can work before listening with some questions about love, about the singer and so on. While listening to the music students fill the blanks with the correspond ...
In this worksheet you will find two exercises on idioms with food vocabulary. It´s a good idea (and a funny one) for teaching some of the common expressions of the English language in a teenager /adult class at the end of a lesson on food. If giv ...
The worksheet is about “Idiomatic Pairs of Words” such as: pros and cons, sick and tired, grin and bear it, take it or leave it, slowly but surely ,.. etc
There is an introductory explanation and three subsequent exercises with answer key ...
This is a list of idioms related to weather. You can use this worksheet to introduce them to your students or let them guess what the idioms mean and then discuss their ideas in a class. Both the idioms and the explanations are in English. Happy teaching!
This worksheet is created for practising some expressions containing the word 'time'. I think it will be useful for students who want to expand their vocabulary. I have chosen thirteen expressions. There are more, of course. The worksheet is editable, ...
Food idioms with a brief definition of idioms. Learners have to match definition with meaning. There are two different blocks. It is possible to use them individually. There is a pre-activity with pictures and their meanings. Look for part2. I hope you ...
This is part 2 of Food Idioms. There fifteen pictures and their names. Learners must macth them. It can be used as a warmer for pre intermediate learners or as pre-activity for lower levels. My suggestion is to have the pictures printed in photo paper. ...
This worksheet uses the song obla-di obla-da, which students have to complete, and learn about. It also includes a reading comprehension about the same song. You will find as well a section where students are suppossed to differentiate between verbs, n ...
A simple activity and discussion about English proverbs. Students cut out a list of 12 proverbs and glue/tape to match with their correct meaning. These proverbs provoke interesting discussion. I've successfully used this lesson with high school studen ...
This listening gap-fill and speaking activity sheet is designed to help students learn and detect some common idioms and expressions as well as giving them some informal English. It works well as part of a discussion task as it is more philosophical th ...
Four common idioms in English to do with politeness: the done thing- mind your p's and q's- excuse my French - bow and scrape. They are explained and there is space to practise their usage. This is a simple worksheet for intermediate learners. You can ...
This food worksheet includes a speaking task, two vocabulary exercices and a proverb activity. Really useful to spread the vocabulary learners may have. This worksheet is focused on ways of cooking as well as food portions. Students should have an FCE ...
![Song Worksheet: Best Thing I Never Had by Beyonce [Gap Fill]](http://busyteacher.org/uploads/posts/2012-08/thumbs/1344176610_best-thing-i-never-had-beyonce.png)
Gap-fill based on this famous song by Beyonce. Great for reviewing tenses with higher levels, plus there are quite a few idiomatic expressions to work on too (see other worksheet). Can also be used to highlight pronunciation points such as syllable s ...
![Song Worksheet: Best Thing I Never Had by Beyonce [Vocabulary Worksheet]](http://busyteacher.org/uploads/posts/2012-08/thumbs/1344176846_beyonc-btinhad-vocab.png)
This accompanies the lyrics worksheet I submitted (gap fill). There are key expressions with definitions at the top, followed by an activity for students (translate the verbs into own language and provide an example sentence). This should be used pri ...
This worksheet is for more advanced students and is in two parts. In the first part students have to complete the sentences using one of the words given and in the second part find the correct definitions for the fixed expressions. Complete with key.
Here's a reference poster (HI-RES) with 7 interesting ways to teach or review idioms. Click the image below to view the full-size poster for printing. If you think these idiom activities are great, why not share the link on Facebook, tweet about them, ...
Introducing '7 No-Prep Activities for Teaching Idioms' - our second reference poster with 7 more interesting ways to teach or review idioms. Click the image below to view the full-size poster for printing. If you think these idiom activities are usefu ...