How Idioms Work

A resource book for building students' idiomatic language skills

Key Features

• High-frequency idioms chosen specifically for their lexical value in the workplace
• Vivid illustrations show literal representation of idioms for high impact and retention
• Ten six-page sections comprising: activity cards, definitions, reading consolidation using simulated newspaper articles, revision activities
• Twenty suggested activity types for exploiting materials
• Resource section containing further background information, answer keys, index and templates for devising more activity cards
• Ideal for complementing functional course books
• Ideal as both fun and purposeful filler activities

Types of activity: picture match, find the definition, matching pairs, memory game, happy families, cloze, guess the idiom, bingo, mime, improvisation, real-life relate, anagrams, make a million, snap, pencil pictures, three in a row, right or wrong?, word chain, hit on a headline