Jim told his daughter that she was the APPLE OF HIS EYE.

She is extremely important to her dad.

They make apple pie and put it in their eyes.

He doesn't like being with his daughter.

Which idiom goes the best with this sentence? I have a problem.

Don't put all of your eggs in one basket

Which idiom goes the best with this sentence? I'm tired. Let's go to bed .

Stuck between a rock and a hard place.

My friend is a pain in the neck .

My friend can be hard to get along with sometimes.

My friend went to the hospital.

Get to the point. Tell me what you need!

You cut something with a knife.

You were cut by something else.

What does it mean to give someone the "cold shoulder?"

Someone feels that they need a sweater

If you take something with a pinch of salt,

you don't completely believe something because you think it's probably not true

you think something might bring you bad luck

you go to bed because you are very tired

you give up a sport because you feel you are not good enough

If you cut corners when doing something,

you do it badly or cheaply at the expense of high standards

you accomplish two different things at the same thing with very little effort

If you are over the moon,

you are very pleased about something

you become serious about something

you are very angry with someone

If I say “I’m going to hit the books now”,

I am going to take a short break from studying

I am going to throw my books away

If you say that something is a piece of cake,

it is very good but very few people know it

If you speak/talk of the devil,

the person you are talking about unexpectedly appears

you say something bad about someone

you talk directly about a hot issue

If you go the extra mile,

you are willing to make a special effort to achieve something

you walk a bit more although you are tired just to prove that you can

you put yourself in a tough position in order to support someone

If you let the cat out of the bag,

you accidentally reveal a secret

you pretend to be someone you are not and you are discovered

If you hear something on the grapevine, you hear it...

from someone who heard it from someone else

from an authoritative or dependable source

while shopping at the greengrocer's

When you see eye to eye with someone,

you agree with someone completely

you look extremely similar to someone

you are glad to see this person

If something is a hot potato,

it is difficult, unpleasant or risky and nobody wants to deal with it

it is delicious and everybody wants to eat it

it is unfair competition where one side has an advantage

Idioms

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English

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5th - 6th Grade

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Practice Problem

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Medium

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CCSS

L.4.5B, L.3.5A, L.11-12.5A

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WONG SIEW lING Moe

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35 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

That was a PIECE OF CAKE!

hard

easy

messy

fun

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

I was about to go on stage and had BUTTERFLIES IN MY STOMACH.

sick

bugs crawled inside of me

mad

nervous

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

After I made an A on the test, I felt like I was ON TOP OF THE WORLD!

excited

upset

disappointed

confused

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

You're talking a HUNDRED MILES A MINUTE!

jumbled

slow

fast

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

I only get to visit my grandparents ONCE IN A BLUE MOON.

once a while

every year

whenever I want

all the time

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

It is RAINING CATS AND DOGS!

It's been raining all day.

It's raining a lot.

It's not raining.

There are scattered thunderstorms.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

William will keep his room clean WHEN PIGS FLY.

he always keeps it clean

his room is never clean

he likes to clean

he asks his sister to clean

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

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Idioms

35 questions

That was a PIECE OF CAKE!

I was about to go on stage and had BUTTERFLIES IN MY STOMACH.

After I made an A on the test, I felt like I was ON TOP OF THE WORLD!

You're talking a HUNDRED MILES A MINUTE!

I only get to visit my grandparents ONCE IN A BLUE MOON.

It is RAINING CATS AND DOGS!

William will keep his room clean WHEN PIGS FLY.

Jim told his daughter that she was the APPLE OF HIS EYE.

Sam's sister was always STEALING HER THUNDER on the dance floor.

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