elective lesson

Open Ended

How Good are you at proverbs ? Can you write any one you know BUT in English

​what do they mean?

Match

Match the proverb with the meaning

• Before criticising a man, walk a mile in his shoes.

• You reap what you sow.

• Don’t burn your bridges.

• A problem shared is a problem halved

• Actions speak louder than words.

Understand someone else's perspective before judging them.

Your actions will determine your future.

Once you make a decision, don't go back on it.

Sharing a burden makes it lighter.

What you do is more important than what you say.

• Understand someone else's perspective before judging them.

• Your actions will determine your future.

• Once you make a decision, don't go back on it.

• Sharing a burden makes it lighter.

• What you do is more important than what you say.

​Do you like to give advice? On what occasions would you ask for advice from others?

Word Cloud

usually when do ask for advice

Match

Listen to four people talking about giving advice. Match the speakers (1–4) to their attitude to giving advice (a–e). There is one

• speaker 1

• speaker 2

• speaker 3

• speaker 4

e

d

c

b

• e

• d

• c

• b