Unit 8,

A bag of
Laugh
Today’s material
IDIOMS SIMILES

Definition and example of Idioms and Definition and example of similes

how to use them and how to use them

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IDIOM
What is Idiom?
“An idiom is a commonly used
expression whose meaning
does not relate to the
literal meaning of its words.”.

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Idioms
▪ Remember, Idiom does not represent
the literal meaning of the word. For
example :
▪ “Ants in your pants” does not mean
that we have ants inside our pants,
but it means that it represent the
meaning of someone who cannot
stay still.
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Example of Idioms
▪ Ants in your pants
▪ Learn something off by heart
▪ On the tip of the tongue
▪ There is no use crying over the spilt
milk
▪ In the twinkling of an eye
▪ Turn a deaf ear
▪ By word of mouth
▪ Break someone’s heart
▪ Put your foot down
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▪ Lend a helping hand
Simile
What is Simile?
“A simile is a figure of speech
that compares two different
things in an interesting way. ”.

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 Example of simile
•You were as brave as a lion.
•They fought like cats and dogs.
•He is as funny as a barrel of monkeys.
•This house is as clean as a whistle.
•He is as strong as an ox.
•They are as different as night and day.

• Remember, Simile is used to compare two things in a non literal

meaning or in an interesting way.

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Order of
adjectives
How to form a proper adjective
 Order of adjective

•To form a proper adjective, we have to follow some rules.

•The use of adjective is to modify the noun
•Follow the rules of adjective :
Opinion, Size, Age, Shape, Colour, and Origin

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 Order of adjective

Opinion Size Age Shape Color Origin Noun

Cute Small Pink Teddy

bear
beautiful Big Ancient Round Brown Indian Chair

Small Old Round japanese Umbrella

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1. Indonesian, Old, flag
2. Young, Smart, boy
3. Korean, thrilling, movie
4. Round, red, Small, table
Opinion Size Age Shape Color Origin Noun

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Workbook
exercise
Page 28, 30 (part 1 and 2) and 32

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