Week 6 – Lesson 1 (Idiom)

Subject: General Knowledge
Grade : 4
Date : November 13, 2020.
Topic : Idioms
What is an idiom?

An idiom is a common phrase which means something different from its
literal or actual meaning but can be understood because of their popular use.
In order to understand an idiom, one has to sometimes know the culture from
which the idiom comes.
There are over 25,000 idiom in the English Language.
Look at the following idioms.

What do you suppose this means? It means that you
should not fuss about something that has already passed or happened and that
you cannot change.

What about this one? If you or someone were to
hold on to your tongue, what would happen? Do you think you would be able
to talk? So, what do you think it mean?

What is the man about to eat? What does this
picture tell us? What does this mean?
Activities
New Junior English Revised – page 118, 119, 120 and Exercise 165 on page 121.
Homework
New Junior English Revised – page 121, Exercise 166.