Idioms

Sometimes the things English speakers say are confusing. This is because we often use idioms.

Wikipedia calls an idiom "a phrase or an expression that has a figurative, or sometimes literal., meaning. Categorized as formulaic language, an idiom's figurative meaning is different from the literal meaning."

Here are some sites to practice

http://www.eslcafe.com/idioms/id-mngs.html

https://www.ereadingworksheets.com/figurative-language/idiom-worksheets/

This video explains "put up" and "put down".

This video explains idioms with "get".

This site explains fruit idioms:

Go to this site to practice some common idioms.

Grammar Review

This video reviews some irregular past tense verbs. Listen to them and then repeat!

Please write a little bit about what you did in the past--yesterday, or last night or last week, etc. Try to use some idioms from the videos you watched.

Example:

Last night, I wanted to get a life, so I watched a movie with my husband. He's the apple of my eye. We hadn't watched a movie in a long time and we really got into it because it was funny. Most of the comedies I have watched this year have been real lemons, so I didn't want to watch it. My husband chose the movie, so I didn't want to put it down. I decided not to upset the apple cart and gave it a try. In the end, we were happy that we tried it.