Common IDIOMS in English!

Hi, Guys!!!,

Learning Idioms is a good way to improve your English. Idioms are common expressions which mean something different form their literal meanings. Now, look at all these examples and links. Later, try to use them in your conversations.

1. superteacherworksheets (IDIOMS Worksheet)

2. english-idioms-commonly-used 

CLASSROOM LANGUAGE

Hi, Teachers!,

I'm sure you, teachers, already use most of these sentences in your English class, but I just want to refresh our memory and post these common expressions. If you use others, I'll be pleased to add them to this list! They are really functional for our students, they feel more comfortable when they see these sentences on a poster in class, they look at them and speak up!

Your students and you, as a teacher, can also create your own list to encourage them to speak up, learn new words, refresh their memory, and so on. Now, are you ready? 1,2,3, GOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

I've chosen 30 sentences, I know there are more, but there could be enough for our students, then, we can add new others.

C l a s s r o o m    L a n g u a g e

For STUDENTS

1. May I come in, please?
2. I’m sorry for being late.
3. How do you say that in English?
4. What’s the meaning of …?
5. Can you repeat, please?
6. Can you speak louder?
7. I don’t / can’t understand.
8. How do you pronounce this?
9. Is this OK?
10. Did you correct our exams?
11. Can I correct, please?
12. Can we play an English game today?
13. Can I borrow a pencil / pen, please?
14. Can I open the window?
15. Good morning!

For TEACHERS

1. Good morning everyone! / Hi, there! / How are you today?
2. Stop talking, please! / Be quiet!
3. Who is missing today?
4. Open your Student’s Book / Workbook at page …
5. You have 3 min. to do this! Quickly! Hurry up!
6. Any questions? Everything is clear enough?
7. Can anyone tell me …?
8. Put your hands up if you know the answer.
9. Sit down properly.
10. Please, do these exercises while I’m away.
11. Who wants to start reading?
12. Let’s listen and answer the questions.
13. Let me think / explain this again.
14. Good luck! / Well done! / Great Job!
15. Have a nice day / weekend!

I hope you'll find them useful!!! ;)

AIN'T, what does it mean?

Hi, Guys!,

Have you ever seen "AIN'T"? Where? Maybe in a lyric song? What does it mean? 

Well, according to some linguists, AIN'T comes from the contraction of AM NOT and it seems to have appeared in 1706. One century later, in Cockney dialect in London, AIN'T began to be used as a generic contraction for ARE NOT or IS NOT. Then, it was also used as a contraction of has not and have not. Even more, in some dialects, does not or do not can be replaced by AIN'T.

As you can imagine or see, AIN'T is a colloquialism. So those who use this are regarded as uneducated, informal or improper people. However, I can give some famous examples: "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" or  "Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone".

Therefore, I think it's interesting to know the origin and uses of this word, we just want to learn English, no matter if it's not always the Standard proper English ;)

10 CommoN ExpreSSionS in EnGlisH

Hi, Guys!,

Learning English idioms or common expressions is a very good way to enlarge your vocabulary. Let's take a look the following expressions which appear on this video.Can you guess their meanings? Have you ever heard them?

1. 24/7 twenty-four seven (every minute of everyday)
2. Get the ball rolling (to sart something)
3. Take it easy (relax)
4. Sleep on it (need time to take a decision)
5. I'm broke (I have no money)
6. Sharp (exactly)
7. Like the back of my hand (you're very familiar with it)
8. Give me a hand (help me)
9. In ages (for a long time)
10. Sick and tired (I don't like it or I hate it)

If you're a teacher, spend 10 min. talking about these common idioms, your students will get more involved 

and learn a lot! SURE ;)

Common Necessary Idioms

Hi, Guys!,

Sometimes, you forget what you should say when someone sneezes, that is "Bless You". Because of that, I'd like to share with you this fantastic worksheet, it's a perfect summary for you. Even more, if you are a Teacher, you can use it to decorate your classroom and make your students familiar with these social expressions.

SOCIAL EXPRESSIONS

Practical Idioms as well as Decorating Your Classroom

Hi, Teachers!,

Many times in class, our students ask us "How can I say 'hacer la vista gorda' in English?", "Fat sight?", "Oh, no, no, ... they say: "Turn a blind eye".
Becuase of that, it's very constructive and effective if you use a small white board in class and every week, you write down a new English idiom for your students.Even more, I'm going to propose you to have a look at the following list.

Obviously, you can create your own list of idioms and hang these later as a poster.

hacer falta to be lacking hacer la vista gorda to turn a blind eye
hacer las maletas to pack
hacer lo posible to do one's best
hacer muecas to make faces
hacer pinta to play hookey
llorar a lágrima viva to cry like a baby
llorar a mares to cry a lot
lo hecho hecho está what is done is done
lo mismo da it's all the same
manos a la obra get to work
meter la pata to mess up
muerto de cansancio dead tired
ni pensarlo don't even think about it
no poder dar crédito a los oídos to not believe my ears
por consguiente as a result
por lo tanto therefore
por resultas de as a result of
por su cuenta all by himself
prender fuego a to set fire to
puesto que since

Idioms that mean EASY

Hi, Guys!,

Do you really want to improve your English? Well, I encourage you to watch the following video and learn some idioms related to EASINESS, Jennifer is a good English teacher. Let's take a look!

"I can do it with my eyes closed"
"It's not rocket science"

"It's a child's play"