Education idioms:

1. Use the picture to help you guess the

idiom.
2. If you can’t, your teacher will help you
with some clues.

3. Enjoy!
If I love reading I’m a....

bookworm!
When we all try to think of as many ideas as possible without
giving feedback on the ideas we are...

brainstorming!
When it’s time to start studying I might say it’s time to...

hit the books!

When you do really really well in a test you...

pass with flying

colours!
If someone leaves school without graduating they...

drop out of school!

When someone is really really nice to the teacher, the other
students might call them a...

teacher’s pet!
 When someone is about to get revenge, sometimes they say...

I’m going to teach you a

lesson!
If instead of thinking of an original idea, I just imitate what
someone else does, I’m a....

copycat!
Think of a time you felt you had to “teach someone a lesson”. Did
you? Did it work?
Who was the teacher’s pet in your class in primary school? What
were they like?
What’s the opposite of pass with flying colours? Which did you do
more of in Mathematics?
Do you think bookworms have an advantage in academic fields?
Which ones?
How did you feel if someone asked to copy your homework? Did
you ever ask to copy someone’s homework? WERE YOU A
COPYCAT!?!?!?