LanguageCircle:
MarchBreak
basedon
RelaxationIdioms
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Objectives
• Review and practice the Relaxation Idioms
Use them in a related reading activity
• Speak about your personal experience
• Listening, Grammar and Test – There, their and they’re
• Write a paragraph about March Break
• Reflect on your learning today

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Review the idioms
in this related lesson
https://livelearn.ca/lessons/language-training/relaxation-idioms/

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Review the idioms in this related lesson
“To take a break ” – to stop doing something for a short period
of time
“To take your mind off something”– to make you stop thinking or worrying about
something
“To recharge your batteries” – to regain your strength and energy by resting
and relaxing for a bit
“To have a blast” – to have a good time, to really enjoy oneself
“To indulge yourself (in something)”– to allow yourself to have or do something that
you like

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Idioms activity
Answer the following questions:
1. When Dad said he will “take a break” he meant
a) something is broken and he needs to take it to repair
b) he will buy new brakes
c) he will stop for a while from what he is doing

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Idioms activity
Answer the following questions:
1 When Dad said he will “take a break” he meant
a) something is broken and he needs to take it to repair
b) he will buy new brakes
c) he will stop for a while from what he is doing

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Idioms activity
Answer the following questions:
2. There is a saying that “the night will take your mind off your day troubles”.
It means
a) you will lose your mind
b) you will get in more trouble
c) at night you can relax and sleep and not think of what happened
during the day

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Idioms activity
Answer the following questions:
2. There is a saying that “the night will take your mind off your day troubles”.
It means
a) you will lose your mind
b) you will get in more trouble
c) at night you can relax and sleep and not think of what happened
during the day

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Idioms activity
Answer the following questions:
3. When the teacher told us to recharge our batteries during the March Break, she
meant
a) regain our strength and energy by resting
b) her batteries were empty and she wants us to bring some when
we return from March break
c) there will be a charge if we use batteries during March Break

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Idioms activity
Answer the following questions:
3. When the teacher told us to recharge our batteries during the March Break, she
meant
a) regain our strength and energy by resting
b) her batteries were empty and she wants us to bring some when
we return from March break
c) there will be a charge if we use batteries during March Break

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Idioms activity
Answer the following questions:
4. He assured me we will “have a blast” when we went to the concert.
He meant
a) there will be fire at the concert
b) we will have a great time and really enjoy ourselves
c) the music will be blasted loudly

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Idioms activity
Answer the following questions:
4. He assured me we will “have a blast” when we went to the concert.
He meant
a) there will be fire at the concert
b) we will have a great time and really enjoy ourselves
c) the music will be blasted loudly

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Idioms activity
Answer the following questions:
5. When we indulge ourselves in candies, we
a) don’t like candies
b) allow ourselves to have as many as we want
c) look at people who eat candy with indulgence

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Idioms activity
Answer the following questions:
5. When we indulge ourselves in candies, we
a) don’t like candies
b) allow ourselves to have as many as we want
c) look at people who eat candy with indulgence

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Speaking

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Speak about your personal experience
March Break is always eagerly awaited by
students and parents alike.
Do you agree with this statement?
Did you take a March Break this year? What did you do?
Share your experience with the class.

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Listening
Grammar
Test

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There, They’re and Their
Watch the video, learn about when
to use “there, they’re and their”
and practice with “the video test”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEgtjrAcRIo
Source: Natural English

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Here is something to help you
Source: Quora

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Writing

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Write a paragraph about March Break.
Use some of the idioms learned today
and correct forms of
“there, they’re and their”.

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Reflect
on
learning

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What did you learn today?
• Review and practice the Relaxation Idioms
Use them in a related reading activity
• Speak about your personal experience
• Listening, Grammar and Test – There, their and
they’re
• Write a paragraph about March Break
• Reflect on your learning today

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Homework
Choose the correct form:
1. ________________ were many people at the party. (they’re, there, their)
2. I left my backpack over _______________ by the door. (they’re, there, their)
3. When I arrived at school, many of my friends were already _______________. (they’re, there, their)
4. _______________ going to do homework after school. (they’re, there, their)
5. ._______________ is a hold in my pocket! (they’re, there, their)
6. Pete and Jenny are on _______________ way here. (they’re, there, their)
7. I can’t wait to see _______________ new puppy! (they’re, there, their)
8. I’m not sure if _______________ planning on going to the park with us. (they’re, there, their)
9. _______________ is a gas station on the corner. (they’re, there, their)
10. _______________ not going to come on vacation with us. (they’re, there, their)
11. _______________ still waiting for the teacher to pass out report cards. (they’re, there, their)
12. Was _______________ first pet a dog or a cat? (they’re, there, their)
13. _______________ was not enough room at the table, so I sat by myself. (they’re, there, their)
14. _______________ hamster’s name was Snickers. (they’re, there, their)
15. When we finished our tests, we sat _______________ quietly. (they’re, there, their)
• Source: https://www.weareteachers.com/

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Created by : Ruxandra Nicolescu – English Online
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