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Idioms: A Figure of Speech
Idioms: A Figure of Speech
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Idioms: A Figure of Speech
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.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
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Idioms: Tell Us What You Think!
Idioms: Tell Us What You Think!
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Idioms: Tell Us What You Think!
Use this worksheet to review figurative language! Students will write what they think each idiom on this worksheet means.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
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Figurative Language: Idioms
Figurative Language: Idioms
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Figurative Language: Idioms
Use this resource with your students to practice using context clues to determine the meaning of idioms.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
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Explaining Literal and Nonliteral Language
Explaining Literal and Nonliteral Language
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Explaining Literal and Nonliteral Language
Use this worksheet to teach your students how to explain the meaning of literal and nonliteral language. Don’t forget the context clues!
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
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Mixed Review Language Arts Assessment
Mixed Review Language Arts Assessment
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Mixed Review Language Arts Assessment
In this mid-year assessment, students will apply their language arts knowledge to a broad set of problems.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
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Easy Easter Idioms
Easy Easter Idioms
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Easy Easter 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.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
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Idioms: Picture This!
Idioms: Picture This!
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Idioms: Picture This!
Introduce your students to some common English idioms and their meanings.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
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Puns with Idioms
Puns with Idioms
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Puns with Idioms
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!
5th grade
Reading & Writing
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Idioms in Context
Idioms in Context
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Idioms in Context
Introduce your students to these common English idioms, used in the context of a sentence.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Literal and Nonliteral Language
Literal and Nonliteral Language
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Literal and Nonliteral Language
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!
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Mixed Up Idioms
Mixed Up Idioms
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Mixed Up Idioms
What in the world? Your students will have a blast unpacking the meaning of common idioms and creating original art as they learn the difference between literal and figurative interpretations of sayings.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
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What Is an Idiom?
What Is an Idiom?
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What Is an Idiom?
Learn what an idiom is, and do some fun coloring with this informative worksheet.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Expressions Explained
Expressions Explained
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Expressions Explained
Are you so hungry you could eat a horse? Your students will have fun identifying the examples of hyperbole and idioms in this worksheet.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
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Show Your Idioms
Show Your Idioms
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Show Your Idioms
Children draw the literal meaning of a few idiomatic expressions as they consider their true social meaning.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
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Identical Idioms
Identical Idioms
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Identical Idioms
This resource makes matching idioms as easy as pie! ​Students will pair idioms based on their identical meaning.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
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Identify the Idiom
Identify the Idiom
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Identify the Idiom
Kids practice using idioms in this figurative language worksheet.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
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Making Sense of Idioms
Making Sense of Idioms
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Making Sense of Idioms
Kids complete sentences with idioms in this worksheet.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
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Visual Puns
Visual Puns
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Visual Puns
Introduce your students to visual puns with these fun images! Then, challenge them to come up with their own visual puns.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
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Vocabulary Cards: Idioms
Vocabulary Cards: Idioms
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Vocabulary Cards: Idioms
Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Idioms.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
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Glossary: Idioms
Glossary: Idioms
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Glossary: Idioms
Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Idioms.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
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Idioms Printable Worksheets

These idiom worksheets will quickly become your new teacher’s pet. As kids become proficient writers, idioms provide a great opportunity for them to branch out and play with language. Our idiom worksheets offer all kinds of practice for kids in second through fifth grade. And since idioms can be a tricky concept for EL students, our resources also include idiom vocabulary cards and an idioms glossary.