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2nd - 8th Grade Common Core Idiom Resources

Help students learn and remember key types of figurative language with this convenient handout!

Figurative Language Handout

Learn all about the history of candles with this two-page nonfiction reading worksheet!

Informational Reading Comprehension: History of the Candle

Introduce students to the world of idioms with this exercise that shares some of the most common expressions in the English language.

Idioms 1

Give a cultural lesson and expand your students’ vocabulary at the same time with this idioms exercise.


Idioms 2

What does "when pigs fly" mean if pigs can't really fly? Kids use context clues to learn the meanings of common idioms on this third grade reading worksheet.

Idioms: A Figure of Speech

Use this resource with your students to practice using context clues to determine the meaning of idioms.

Figurative Language: Idioms

This grammar worksheet gives students a chance to study real examples of figurative language in context, including similes, metaphors, idioms, and personification.

Figurative Language in Context #1

Children will love coming up with creative drawings that depict common idioms literally in this engaging grammar worksheet.

What Is an Idiom?

This resource makes matching idioms as easy as pie! ​Students will pair idioms based on their identical meaning.

Identical Idioms

Introduce your students to these common English idioms, used in the context of a sentence.

Idioms in Context

Introduce your students to some common English idioms and their meanings.

Idioms: Picture This!

Kids practice using idioms in this figurative language worksheet.

Identify the Idiom

Use this worksheet to review figurative language! Students will write what they think each idiom on this worksheet means.

Idioms: Tell Us What You Think!

In this two-page worksheet, learners will use context clues to decipher the meaning of idioms used on literal and non-literal contexts.

Idioms: Explaining Literal and Nonliteral Language

Challenge your students to use what they know about idioms to find the double meaning in these silly puns. They will ‘get a kick’ out of it!

Puns with Idioms

Use this worksheet to teach your students to write compound sentences with the support of sentence frames as they differentiate between literal and nonliteral meanings of idioms. Don’t forget the context clues!

Literal and Nonliteral Language

In this grammar worksheet, learners will enjoy writing what each idiom means figuratively, then drawing a picture to illustrate its meaning.

Mixed-Up Idioms

Kids complete sentences with idioms in this worksheet.

Making Sense of Idioms

Are you so hungry you could eat a horse? Your students will have fun identifying the examples of  hyperbole and idioms in this worksheet.

Expressions Explained

Children draw the literal meaning of a few idiomatic expressions as they consider their true social meaning.

Show Your Idioms

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Idioms.

Glossary: Idioms

Introduce your students to visual puns with these fun images! Then, challenge them to come up with their own visual puns.

Visual Puns

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Idioms.

Vocabulary Cards: Idioms

Put all your Easter eggs in this worksheet! Help your students use the context of a sentence to discover the meaning of these Easter idioms.

Easy Easter Idioms

Children will discover how figurative language can enliven writing in this fun cut-and-paste worksheet.

Rainy Day Friend Classroom Story

Strengthen your students' understanding of figurative language by helping them interpret visual puns! Students will use a webpage to help them understand puns in their future reading and writing endeavors.

Pun Visuals

Your little poets will love how their creative writing abilities will grow with this lesson about similes and metaphors. Students engage in fun activities to learn about similes and metaphors and write comparisons as directed.

Similes and Metaphors: Comparisons Done Right

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