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Idioms-Black Sheep of the Family
Free ESL English Lessons Using PowerPoint
After working hard to put together some powerful and useful ESL presentations for students to use at no cost, it’s time. Our first PowerPoint lesson is attached to this post.
This first lesson will be on idioms-a fun way to improve fluency and add color to your conversations. Most appropriate for students at around level 7-8. At this level, students should have a strong vocabulary and be familiar with many idioms and English expressions. You should have a decent English vocabularyy, and be able to easily substitute words with appropriate synonyms. You will have a lot of grammar practice. Ready? Are you the black sheep of the family? Do you keep it in the family? Do you protect the family jewels? You’re about to find out how much you really know about family idioms. Idioms are fun. They are difficult because they do not make sense if you try to decipher them by the meaning of the words. Confused? It gets better. Idioms are everywhere! You’ll hear them at work, at school, at home and in social groups. The best way to understand and learn idioms is to understand the idiom or expression and what it means and then practice using the idiom with friends or family. You’ll become more comfortable as you utilize these colorful expressions. Enjoy!
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