Appropriate in teaching Grade 7 students of learning basic idiomatic expressions.

1. Arjay: Ooh, wow. Look at that roller
coaster!
Angelo: It goes upside-down!
Arjay: My stomach aches just looking at
it. I will not ride that.
Angelo: Ah, come on. Don’t be a
chicken!

3. OBJECTIVES:
• use appropriate idiomatic expressions
in a variety of basic interpersonal
communicative situations.

4. What is idiomatic expression?
An idiom (also called idiomatic expression)
is an expression, word, or phrase that has a
figurative meaning conventionally understood
by native speakers. This meaning is different
from the literal meaning of
the idiom'sindividual elements. In other
words, idioms don't mean exactly what the
words say.

6. A good sales man must be able to
think on his feet to close the deal.
EXAMPLE:

7. Example:
She was up to the
ears in work.
Meaning:
Up to the ears means
full of.

8. Example:
The girl who came in was
an eyeful. Her pleasing and
striking appearance
charmed everybody.
Meaning:
Eyeful means pretty or
striking

9. Example: You are the
apple of my eye darling.
Meaning:
Apple of my eye means
that one cherishes above
all others

10. Example: Something
bad must have
happened. She looks
down at the mouth.
Meaning:
Down at the mouth
means sad

11. Example: His ear for
music earned for him a
composer’s award.
Meaning:
Ear for music means
ability to catch up the
rhythm of music.

12. GROUP ACTIVITY
Create a simple dialogue using
idiomatic expressions mentioned in
the activity.