If somebody is rolling in money, it means that he is:
a)poor
b)rich
c)mean
Answer: b) rich / If somebody is a big cheese, he is:
a)fat
b)important
c)always smiling
Answer: b) important
If you smell a rat, you think that
a)an animal is in your house
b)your friend is coming to visit you
c)something is wrong
Answer: c) something is wrong / If your name is mud, you
a)did something wrong
b)you are very popular
c)your name is stupid
Answer: a) did something wrong
If something is right up your street, it is
a)in front of your house
b)perfect for you
c)at the end of your street
Answer: b) perfect for you / If you are a coach potato, you are
a)healthy
b)rich
c)lazy
Answer: c) lazy
If you are doing something once in a blue moon, you do it
a)very often
b)never
c)rarely
Answer: c) rarely / If you add fuel to the fire, you
a)do something to make a bad situation even worse
b)solve a bad situation
c)help your friend with a bad situation
Answer: a) do something to make a bad
situation even worse
If the situation is going to the dogs, it is
a)getting better
b)getting worse
c)known all over the world
Answer: b) getting worse / If something is not your cup of tea, you
a)don’t drink it
b)don’t like it
c)don’t buy it
Answer: b) don’t like it
If you are over the moon, you are
a)high
b)ill
c)happy
Answer: c) happy / If you have a pipe dream, it is
a)unrealistic
b)romantic
c)tragic
Answer: a) unrealistic

Complete the sentences with the correct form of an idiom

  1. Jane is very happy at the moment because she won the first prize in a lottery and now she is …………………………………………………………….
  1. When I grow up, I want to be ……………………………………………………………!
  1. I’ve heard that news and I have to say that I …………………………………………………………….
  1. Peter’s ……………………………………………………………now because he stole the money in the shop.
  1. I’m a bit disappointed because my boyfriend buys me flowers …………………………………………………………….
  1. Don’t say to your father that you didn’t pass the exam. You’ll just …………………………………………………………….
  1. The restaurant has too expensive meals but the quality is awful. It’s …………………………………………………………….
  1. You have to buy this T-shirt! It’s ……………………………………………………………!
  1. I wouldn’t go to a rugby match because …………………………………………………………….
  1. I was ……………………………………………………………when I got a new mobile for my birthday.
  1. Tom’s idea of having an expensive sport car is just …………………………………………………………….
  1. Since Anne left John, he is ……………………………………………………………and is getting fatter and fatter.

Instrukce:

studenty rozdělit do dvojic a do každé dvojice rozdat nastříhané kartičky sidiomy; kartičky položit lícem na stůl

studenti si postupně berou kartičky a čtou je svému partnerovi; ten odhaduje významy jednotlivých idiomů

pokud student odpoví správně, kartičku si vezme, pokud ne, kartičku si ponechá ten, kdo idiom četl

vítězem se stává student světším počtem kartiček

pro následné procvičení všech idiomů studenti individuálně vypracují cvičení

KEY:

  1. Jane is very happy at the moment because she won the first prize in a lottery and now she is rolling in money.
  1. When I grow up, I want to be a big cheese!
  1. I’ve heard that news and I have to say that I smell the rat.
  1. Peter’s name is mud now because he stole the money in the shop.
  1. I’m a bit disappointed because my boyfriend buys me flowers only once in a blue moon.
  1. Don’t say to your father that you didn’t pass the exam. You’ll just add fuel to the fire.
  1. The restaurant has too expensive meals but the quality is awful. It’s going to the dogs.
  1. You have to buy this T-shirt! It’s right up your street!
  1. I wouldn’t go to a rugby match because it’s not my cup of tea.
  1. I was over the moon when I got a new mobile for my birthday.
  1. Tom’s idea of having an expensive sport car is just a pipe dream.
  1. Since Anne left John, he is a coach potato and is getting fatter and fatter.

Použitá literatura:

HORNBY, A.S. Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary of current English. 7.vyd. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.ISBN 0194316491.

Autorem materiálu a všech jeho částí, není-li uvedeno jinak, je Mgr. Radmila Záviská.
Dostupné zMetodického portálu ISSN:1802-4785, financovaného zESF astátního rozpočtuČR. Provozováno Výzkumným ústavem pedagogickým vPraze.