PROVERBS AND IDIOMS FOR YEAR 5

Mrs McLaren teaches her students that _______________ is the best policy.

• bravery

• honesty

• saving

• hardworking

Choose the most suitable proverbs for the following sentence.

Harry is always there to help his best friend, William especially when he needs help in his homework.

• many hands make light work.

• Better late than never.

• A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Choose the most suitable proverb for the following sentence.

The class was very noisy when the teacher left the class to see the headmistress for an emergency.

• A man's meat is another man's poison.

• A stitch in time saves nine.

• Home is where the heart is.

• When the cat's away, the mice will play.

Mr Jonathan invited a clown and a band of musicians to _______________________________ to his son's birthday.

• add some spice

• see eye to eye

• give me a hand

Mary is ___________ with envy when she sees that her rival won the first prize.

• red

• yellow

• green

He admitted that he forgot to do his homework because to him, _______ .

• better late than never

• great minds think alike

• honesty is the best policy

• don't judge a book by its cover

My father has always stayed in a good health with his habit of eating fruits everyday. As the saying goes _______________________.

• the old monkey gets the apple

• one bad apple spoils the bunch

• don't upset the apple chart

• an apple a day, keeps the doctor away

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

• If a bad thing is done to you, do not do something bad as a response.
• A person often realizes how much they care for someone when they are apart.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

When Ivan fixed my bike, I was on cloud nine!

• a person improves by trying

• a lot of time

• feeling bad

• a lot of money

• was really happy

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

I hope that you can __________ to do this project.

• lend me a hand

• caught red-handed

• all ears

• turn a deaf ear