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Idioms and sayings Grade 4 · Reading & writing · 16 questions Back to the game Tip: print on A4, cut the flashcards along the dashed lines. The answers are on the last page. Print: Worksheet Answers Worksheet: Idioms and sayings Name:Class: Answer the questions. What does "It's raining cats and dogs" mean? a) It is raining a littleb) It is raining very hardc) Pets are falling from the skyd) The rain has just stopped If a test is "a piece of cake", what is it? a) Very easyb) Very hardc) Very longd) Very sweet What does "break the ice" mean at a new class party? a) Leave the party earlyb) Smash frozen waterc) Start a friendly talkd) Tell a loud joke Someone who is "under the weather" is feeling what? a) A bit illb) Very angryc) Very cold outsided) Very happy "Let the cat out of the bag" literally means to open a bag so a cat can leave. a) Trueb) False Which sentence uses "hit the books" with its real meaning? a) I hit the books off the shelf with a stick.b) I must hit the books to prepare for my exam.c) She hit the books with a hammer.d) The books hit the floor with a bang. The idiom "spill the beans" really means to tell a secret. a) Trueb) False What does "hold your horses" tell you to do? Which proverb means you should not judge by looks alone? a) A stitch in time saves nineb) Actions speak louder than wordsc) Don't judge a book by its coverd) Practice makes perfect "Practice makes perfect" means that… a) doing something often makes you betterb) perfect people never practisec) practice is not neededd) you should stop when it is hard The proverb "Don't count your chickens before they hatch" is only about farm birds. a) Trueb) False "A stitch in time saves nine" teaches us to… a) always count to nineb) fix small problems earlyc) sew more clothesd) wait until a problem grows Finish the proverb: "The early bird catches the ..." "Actions speak louder than words" means what you do matters… a) less than what you sayb) more than what you sayc) only at schoold) only when you shout Choose the meaning of "costs an arm and a leg". a) Hurts your bodyb) Is very cheapc) Is very expensived) Takes a long time In your own words, what does "once in a blue moon" mean? Answers It is raining very hard Very easy Start a friendly talk A bit ill True I must hit the books to prepare for my exam. True Wait / be patient Don't judge a book by its cover doing something often makes you better False fix small problems early worm more than what you say Is very expensive Very rarely

Idioms and sayings

Grade 4 · Reading & writing · 16 questions

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Tip: print on A4, cut the flashcards along the dashed lines. The answers are on the last page.

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Worksheet: Idioms and sayings

Name:Class:

Answer the questions.

What does "It's raining cats and dogs" mean?
a) It is raining a littleb) It is raining very hardc) Pets are falling from the skyd) The rain has just stopped
If a test is "a piece of cake", what is it?
a) Very easyb) Very hardc) Very longd) Very sweet
What does "break the ice" mean at a new class party?
a) Leave the party earlyb) Smash frozen waterc) Start a friendly talkd) Tell a loud joke
Someone who is "under the weather" is feeling what?
a) A bit illb) Very angryc) Very cold outsided) Very happy
"Let the cat out of the bag" literally means to open a bag so a cat can leave.
a) Trueb) False
Which sentence uses "hit the books" with its real meaning?
a) I hit the books off the shelf with a stick.b) I must hit the books to prepare for my exam.c) She hit the books with a hammer.d) The books hit the floor with a bang.
The idiom "spill the beans" really means to tell a secret.
a) Trueb) False
What does "hold your horses" tell you to do?
Which proverb means you should not judge by looks alone?
a) A stitch in time saves nineb) Actions speak louder than wordsc) Don't judge a book by its coverd) Practice makes perfect
"Practice makes perfect" means that…
a) doing something often makes you betterb) perfect people never practisec) practice is not neededd) you should stop when it is hard
The proverb "Don't count your chickens before they hatch" is only about farm birds.
a) Trueb) False
"A stitch in time saves nine" teaches us to…
a) always count to nineb) fix small problems earlyc) sew more clothesd) wait until a problem grows
Finish the proverb: "The early bird catches the ..."
"Actions speak louder than words" means what you do matters…
a) less than what you sayb) more than what you sayc) only at schoold) only when you shout
Choose the meaning of "costs an arm and a leg".
a) Hurts your bodyb) Is very cheapc) Is very expensived) Takes a long time
In your own words, what does "once in a blue moon" mean?

Answers

It is raining very hard
Very easy
Start a friendly talk
A bit ill
True
I must hit the books to prepare for my exam.
True
Wait / be patient
Don't judge a book by its cover
doing something often makes you better
False
fix small problems early
worm
more than what you say
Is very expensive
Very rarely