Quarter 1

Week 1
Idiomatic
Expressions
Objective:
Infer the meaning of
idiomatic expressions
using context clues.
 Rearrange the words to make
complete sentences.
1. is/ band/ a/ tonight/ playing/
there/ jazz
Answer: There is a jazz band playing
tonight.

2.channel/ DNB/ news/ best/ is/ the

Answer: DNB is the best news channel.
3. album/their/ new/ you/ have/
heard/ ?
Answer: Have you heard their new
album?.
4. favorite/ of/ lots/ posters/ have/
I/ singer/ of/ my
Answer: I have lots of posters of my
favorite singer.
5. can/ Ormoc City/ in/ culture/ of
lots/ you/ living/ experience

Answer:
You can experience lots of culture living
in Ormoc City.
Match the following
idioms to the left
with its figurative
meaning to the right.
 Figurative
Idioms meaning
a. Give me a hand * Be quiet
b. Zip your lip * Don’t make a plan
c. Keep an eye out * Help me
d. Have egg on * Look and see
your face
e. Play it by ear * Feel embarrassed or
silly
 Read the sentence
aloud.
Brad comes into the house
soaked all over , because it
was raining cats and dogs
outside.
 Where cats and
dogs really falling
from the sky?
In answering this question you
found out that the expression
used does not mean what is
says.
-- In today’s lesson, we are
going to learn how to infer
meaning of idiomatic
expressions using context
clues.
 What do you think
raining cats and dogs
mean?

--use the context clue soaked

all over as a hint
 “Raining cats and dogs” is
an idiomatic expression that
means it was raining hard
because Brad came in
soaking wet.
 Idiomatic Expression

I’ve spent years writing this

book, and now I’ve been
told to write it over again, so
it’s back to square one.
Context Idiomatic
clue/hint Expression
 Choose from the choices
idiomatic expression
which has a meaning closed
“back
to to square
the identified contextone”
clue.
means
a. to end it b. to go back to
to go back to
beginning

beginning.
 Read each statement carefully.
Encircle the letter of the correct
answer.
1. Jen was planning a surprise party for
Elena. Friends were told about the time
and place for the party. “ don’t spill the
beans to Elena,” said Jen to the girls.”
a.Don’t tell Elena about the party.
b.Don’t drop the jar of beans on the way
to the party
c. Bring beans to the surprise teacher
2. Courtney was sad. She had lost her
favorite bracelet. Her best friend
was going away for the entire
summer. She had just found out
that she was going to summer
school. As a result, Courtney felt
down in the dumps.
a. Sad
b. Bringing the garbage to the end
of the driveway
c. excited
3. Jodi’s grandmother spent
months knitting a sweater for
Jodi. When Jodi took a look at
it, she really dislike the colors .
She couldn’t tell her
grandmother that, so she told a
little white lie instead.
a. Huge, made –up story
b. Truth
c. lie that is told to avoid hurting
someone’s feeling.
4. My brother is always calling
“help, help, there’s a ghost in
my room. “When I get to his
room, he’s hiding behind the
doors to just scare me. Why
does he cry wolf so much?
a. a brother needs help
b. the brother sees a ghost
c. the bother warns something scary
that is not happening
5.He was on the carpet for not
finishing his assignment?

a.He is in trouble
b.He is in the carpet
c. He did not finish his
asignment