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