Idioms and Homophones in English

An ____ is a group of words with a meaning different from the individual words.

• idiom
• contraction
• homophone
• verb

What does "raining cats and dogs" mean?

• A storm of pets
• Animals falling
• Light rain
• Raining very hard

What does "break a leg" mean?

• Run fast
• Sit down
• Get hurt
• Good luck

What does "piece of cake" mean?

• Real cake
• Very easy
• Very hard
• Very tasty

What does "hit the books" mean?

• Go to bed
• Read fast
• Study hard
• Get sick

"Under the weather" means feeling sick or unwell.

• True
• False

To "spill the beans" means to cook a meal.

• True
• False

What does "costs an arm and a leg" mean?

• Very painful
• Very expensive
• Very cheap
• Very heavy

What does "once in a blue moon" mean?

• Every night
• At midnight
• Very often
• Very rarely

What does "hit the sack" mean?

• Get angry
• Go to bed
• Pack a bag
• Study hard

____ are words that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings.

• Contractions
• Synonyms
• Homophones
• Idioms

Which word shows something belongs to someone?

• they're
• their
• there
• the

"They're" is a contraction of "they are."

• True
• False

The word "____" refers to a place, as in "over there."

• here
• there
• they're
• their

Which word means the number 2?

• two
• too
• tow
• to