2. WHAT IS AN IDIOM?
•IDIOM COMES FROM THE GREEK WORD
“IDIOS” WHICH MEANS PERSONAL.
•IS A PHRASE OR AN EXPRESSION THAT HAS A
FIGURATIVE, OR SOMETIMES LITERAL,
MEANING.
14. GUIDE QUESTIONS:
•WHAT HAVE YOU NOTICED ABOUT THE
ILLUSTRATED PICTURES?
•WHAT DOES THIS PICTURE MEANS?
•HOW DO IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS CAN
ENHANCE THE VOCABULARY OF THE
WRITERS OF ENGLISH?
•DOES IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS LITERALLY
15. HOW DO IDIOMATIC EXPRESSION
USED IN A STATEMENT?
GRADE 8 IDIOMS POWTOON.MP4
WATCH THIS VIDEO :
16. THERE ARE MANY IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS IN OUR
LANGUAGE. ONE IS THAT SEVERAL WORDS ARE
COMBINED WHICH LOSE THEIR LITERAL MEANING
AND EXPRESS SOMETHING VERY REMOTELY
SUGGESTED.
EXAMPLES:
BIRDS OF A FEATHER, BLACKLIST, LAY UP, TOE THE
LINE, MAKE OUT, BED OF ROSES, DARK HORSE,
HEAVY HAND, OPEN HOUSE, READ BETWEEN THE
LINES, NO AX TO GRIND, HARD ROW TO HOE.
21. A SECOND STATEMENT ABOUT IDIOMS IS THAT PARTS OF
THE HUMAN BODY HAVE SUGGESTED MANY OF THEM:
BURN ONE‘S FINGERS
ALL THUMBS STEP ON SOMEONE‘S
TOES
FLY IN THE FACE OF RUB ELBOWS WITH
STAND ON ONE‘S OWN FEET GET ONE‘S BACK UP
KEEP BODY AND SOUL TOGETHER KEEP ONE‘S CHIN UP
KEEP ONE‘S EYES OPEN
22.
23.
24. Put your foot in your mouth – say or do the
wrong thing
26. To step on
someone’s feet
- to upset
someone, esp.
by getting
involved in
something that
is that person's
27. A THIRD GENERALIZATION IS THAT
HUNDREDS OF IDIOMATIC PHRASES CONTAIN
ADVERBS OR PREPOSITIONS WITH OTHER
PARTS OF SPEECH.
HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES:
WALK OFF RUN DOWN GET THROUGH
WALK OVER RUN IN GET OFF
WALK-UP RUN OFF GET
NOWHERE
28. Walk off - to leave a
place because you are
angry or unhappy
about something
29.
30. Run off -
To chase som
eone away with
force or the thr
eat of force or
punishment.
31. TOP 20 AMERICAN IDIOMS
AND THEIR MEANING
OTHER EXAMPLES OF IDIOMATIC
EXPRESSIONS AND THEIR MEANING :
32.
33. MIX AND MATCH
•MATCH THE GIVEN PHRASES INTO
THE MISSING WORD TO FORM AN
IDIOMATIC EXPRESSION.
34. A B
1.A piece of the ice
2.break like a horse
3.Work tears
4.Rock my mind
5.Crocodile the boat
6.Read cake
35. DRAW AN IDIOM
•DRAW AN ILLUSTRATION USING THE
GIVEN IDIOMATIC EXPRESSION AND
INTERPRET ITS MEANING.
36. Break her heart
Zip your mouth
Apple of someone’s eyes
Copycat
Make mouth water
37. ACT AN IDIOM
•THINK OF AT LEAST THREE
IDIOMS AND ACT THEM OUT IN A
CLASS TO MAKE A GUESS.
38. SPOKEN WORD
•COMPOSE AT LEAST EIGHT-LINE
SPOKEN WORD USING THE IDIOMATIC
EXPRESSIONS. READ YOUR WORK IN THE
CLASS.
39. SING IT!
SING A SONG AND REPLACE THE LYRICS
USING THE GIVEN IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS.
(ANY SONG CAN DO)
40. EXERCISES : COMPLETE THE MISSING
IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS IN THE GIVEN
STATEMENT.
A. WRITE A PIECE OF CAKE, ODDS AND ENDS, PROS AND CONS
OR UPS AND DOWN IN THE BLANKS PROVIDED.
1. THE TEACHER ASKED US TO TALK ABOUT THE ___________ OF
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.
2. DO NOT WORRY ABOUT THE PROBLEMS YOU HAVE IN YOUR
BUSINESS .YOU KNOW THERE ARE ALWAYS ___________ IN
BUSINESS.
3. THE POLICE FOUND NOTHING SPECIAL IN THE HOUSE OF THE
CRIMINAL AS HE HAD TAKEN ALL THE IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS
WITH HIM LEAVING JUST _____________.
4. IF YOU THINK THAT DOING THIS MATH PROBLEM IS
41. B. WRITE OCEAN, MUSIC, RAGS, COLD AND PIE IN THE BLANKS
PROVIDED.
1. ALL THESE PROMISES THE POLITICIANS MAKE ARE JUST ____
IN THE SKY.
2. THE SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY DONATED IS JUST A DROP
IN THE _____ COMPARED TO THE LARGE SUM OF MONEY
NEEDED.
3. HE HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE. HE WENT FROM ____ TO
RICHES.
4. THEY HAD A DISPUTE YESTERDAY. THAT‗S WHY SHE GAVE
