Idioms

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In deze les zitten 20 slides, met interactieve quizzen, tekstslides en 1 video.

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Slide 1 - Tekstslide

couch potatoe

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Idioms
"uitdrukkingen / gezegdes"
"an Idiom is an common expression used informally that cannot be understood by the literal meaning of its words, but only by common knowledge of what the expression means."


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Slide 4 - Video

cost an ... and a ...
missed the ...
kill two ... with one ...
give it a ...
shot
birds, stone
boat
arm, leg

Slide 5 - Sleepvraag

missed the boat

Slide 6 - Woordweb

missed the boat


definition: to lose an opportunity by not taking action quickly enough

Slide 7 - Tekstslide

"cost an arm and a leg"

Slide 8 - Woordweb

Slide 9 - Tekstslide

"give it a shot"

Slide 10 - Woordweb

Slide 11 - Tekstslide

"kill two birds with one stone"

Slide 12 - Woordweb

Slide 13 - Tekstslide


"Don't look a gift horse 
in the mouth."

Slide 14 - Tekstslide

"Een gegeven paard niet in de bek kijken."

"Wees niet te kritisch bij iets wat je cadeau hebt gekregen."

Slide 15 - Tekstslide

What do you think the idiom
"Read between the lines."
means?
A
to try to understand someone's real feelings or intentions from what they say or write
B
to read someone's writing very closely as someone's handwriting is badly written

Slide 16 - Quizvraag

Slide 17 - Tekstslide

Don't take them literally!

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Exercise 1: Read the text
Using a highlighter of colored pencil (if you have any), identify the idioms in the following story. There are 20 idiomatic expressions in the story. Can you find them all?
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Exercise 2: What do the idioms mean?
Write down what the 20 idioms truly mean on the back.
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Slide 20 - Tekstslide