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Common Idioms

Authored by Shaun Chiles

English

6th - 8th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 13+ times

Common Idioms
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which idiom means "he has a trick planned"?

An extra lemon

Card up his sleeve

A patch in the quilt

Cat got your tongue?

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5A

2.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which idiom means that someone is about to change their mind.

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5A

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When a person started off very unfortunate, but now became fortunate we would say that person went from...

rags to riches.

a snail to a caterpillar.

an apartment to a house.

a squirrel to a limousine.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.2

4.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A misleading clue in an investigation may be called a...

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

If the teacher is about to summarize the instructions, she might say...

To fill the bucket

All of the eggs in the basket

In a nutshell

Burrito

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

6.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Something nice and extra can be called a...

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.L.6.4A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

"He got his job on a silver platter" means...

He got lost

He was going to be a waiter

He worked really hard to achieve his dreams

He got his job with little effort (wasta)

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

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