1. ❶• A proverb is a simple and concrete saying
that expresses a truth based on common
sense or experience.
❷Proverbs are popularly defined as "short
expressions of popular wisdom“
❸They are often metaphorical.
2. Check your knowledge
What does this
proverb mean?
a) Everyone must
know his/her
place.
b) You cannot
change what
already
happened.
c) One is told to
do something but
will never do it.
3. What does this
proverb mean?
a) You are like the
ones you keep
close to you.
b) It is not
important where
you start, but where
you finish.
c) Good thing has
happened
4. What does this proverb mean?
a) There is a black sheep in every flock
b) Quiet people are often very thoughtful.
c) You are like the ones you keep close to you.
5. When do we use this
proverb?
a) When someone
isn’t honest with us.
b) When something
has happened and it’s
too late to reverse it.
c) When someone
bothers us.
d) When something is
getting badly.
6. What does this proverb mean?
a) It’s not important where you start, but
where you finish.
b) If you’ve been through trouble, you are
more careful next time and you know what
to do.
c)There aren’t sinless people
d) It doesn’t matter how you are dressed,
it’s more important what’s on your head.
7. What does this proverb mean?
a) There is a reason for everything that happened.
b)If you’ve been through trouble, you are more
careful next time and you know what to do.
c) It is not important where you start, but where
you finish.
8. What does this
proverb mean?
a) You cannot
change what
already
happened.
b) The situation
gets out of
hand.
c) No matter
how small, each
contribution
matters.
