Idioms and Colloquial Words

This language presents a neutral tone, not so much informal or formal.

• slang

• familiar

• colloquial

Tags

CCSS.SL.7.6

CCSS.W.7.1D

CCSS.W.7.2E

CCSS.W.8.1D

CCSS.W.8.2E

This language reflects the close relationship of the people speaking.

• slang

• familiar

• colloquial

Tags

CCSS.SL.7.6

CCSS.W.7.1D

CCSS.W.7.2E

CCSS.SL.6.6

CCSS.W.6.1D

These expressions are spoken, not written and would be considered inappropriate in formal types of communication.

• Idiomatic Expressions

• Colloquial Language

• Slang Expressions

Tags

CCSS.SL.7.6

CCSS.W.7.1D

CCSS.W.7.2E

CCSS.SL.6.6

CCSS.W.6.1D

An idiom is a phrase or an expression that has a figurative meaning.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

The test was just a piece of cake. The underlined phrase is an example of:

• Colloquial Words

• Idiomatic Expressions

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

The girl in the book I read was a shopaholic. The underlined word is an example of:

• Colloquial Words

• Idiomatic Expressions

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

If something is a hot potato,

• it is delicious and everybody wants to eat it.

• it is difficult, unpleasant or risky and nobody wants to deal with it.

• it is an unfair competition where one side has an advantage.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

If you speak/talk of the devil,

• the person you are talking about unexpectedly appears.

• you talk directly about a hot issue.

• you say something bad about someone.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

If you feel under the weather,

• you feel sad.

• you feel frustrated.

• you feel ill.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

What’s on your bucket list? Your bucket list is:

• a list of things you want to do before you die.

• a list of things you need to pack for your holidays.

• a list of things you need to buy because you have run out of them.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A