Idioms Posters and Task Cards

Idioms Posters

Each poster (20 in all) includes an idiom, definition, and a literal illustration. They can be cut apart and used as a matching activity or left together as visual aids. These are especially helpful for your English language learners!

Idioms Task Cards

Students will read a sentence that contains an idiom and choose the correct meaning.

Includes

• 16 task cards

• recording sheet

• answer key

The task cards are provided in 2 sizes – quarter page for use by students and full page for display on your interactive whiteboard (great for whole group practice).

The idioms included in this resource are:

• once in a blue moon

• bend over backwards

• the apple of my eye

• back to square one

• an arm and a leg

• add fuel to the fire

• a piece of cake

• a dime a dozen

• cry over spilt milk

• go out on a limb

• hit the hay

• hit the nail on the head

• keep your chin up

• let sleeping dogs lie

• under the weather

• raining cats and dogs

• let the cat out of the bag

• barking up the wrong tree

• a drop in the bucket

• when pigs fly