IDIOMS IN ENGLISH

R E S E A R C H W O R K I N E N G L I S H

D O N E B Y R O G A C H E V S E R G E I

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S U P E R V I S O R : A L E X E E V A A . A .
R E L E VA N C E O F R E S E A R C H

English language nowadays is confirmed as international one, so it is

important to be aware of all its parts to be able to speak fluently with
native speakers. Idioms are being the big and important part of language,
they are used every day in normal speech and I am sure that without
appropriate knowledge of idiomatic expressions person will not be able
to understand some phrases in dialogue with foreigner and it can cause
to misunderstanding between people.
PURPOSE OF THE WORK

The main purpose of the research consists of making our own exercise
book to increase the level of English proficiency and to improve
language skills among the students of 5th-11th grades, that can be
further used in Olympics or on exam.
TA S K S O F T H E R E S E A R C H
• Find information about the “idiom” definition.

• Explore information about idioms’ classification.

• Structure all information about idioms.

• Find several types of exercises for improving idioms’ knowledge and

try to remake them with our own examples.
WHY ARE IDIOMS SO
I M P O RTA N T
• Connected with culture

• Colour and brighten the speech

• Indicate language proficiency

• Make language more complex and interesting

• Add humour and spirit to the language

• Expanding one's vocabulary while using them

C L A S S I F I C AT I O N O F
IDIOMS
• Phraseological combinations (some parts of idiom as for example in idiom "by the
skin of one's teeth" where "one's" can be replaced with "my", "his" etc.)
• Phraseological units (each of the components is subject to the unity of the general
figurative meaning of the entire phraseological expression as a whole, for instance
"to know the way the cat is jumping" which means to have an exceptional flair for
changing situations and quickly adapt to them)
• Phraseological unions/Pure idioms (we cannot understand the meaning with a
literal translation, example: "to show the white feather")
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1. It’s as good as a ........ teapot 2. He had failed an exam, but later he was
given a second bite of .......

a. chocolate a. cherry

b. gold b. berry

c. silver c. apple

d. iron d. grape
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It’s a hot the bacon

To bring home the beans

Flat as a the cookie crumbles

Piece of grapes

That's the way potato

Sour the pudding

The proof of pancake

Spill cake

Don’t put all your eggs in one basket

To have like hotcakes

To be sold a sweet tooth

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1. Playing the guitar ... - every time I try, I can’t play anything good.

2. She always eats some candies – she …

3. Working in this office is his ... - he won’t be able to live normally if he

loses this job.

a. has a sweet tooth

b. bread and butter

c. not my cup of tea

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It’s a hot potato that's the way life goes

Piece of cake Two identical people

Spill the beans something useless

Like two peas in a pod a job or activity that provides you with the money you need to live

That's the way the cookie crumbles a problem, situation, etc. that is difficult to deal with and causes a lot of
disagreement

Cool as a cucumber to become extremely angry or excited

Bread and butter Reveal the secret

It’s as good as a chocolate teapot to be full of energy

To go bananas something easy to do

To be full of beans A bad person

A bad egg very calm or very calmly, especially when this is surprising
 CONCLUSION

By the end of our research, we must sum up all work that was done, we
completed all four tasks which were set in the beginning: we found out what is
an “idiom”, considered several types of idioms’ classification, found examples of
tasks and finally redone it with our own idiomatic expressions.