🔔 Idiom Activity 🔔


➕Please read the text below and rewrite it in simple words.


I thought the do at Coleen’s would be a good laugh, but actually it was a bit of a drag.


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🤨English Idioms Describing Character And Personality😜

✅1. Pain in the neck – an irritating, annoying person
Ex. Sarah is such a pain in the neck these days.

✅2. A people person – an outgoing person who gets along with people really well and is a good listener
Ex. Tom is enthusiastic and positive and he is a people person.

✅3. Party animal – someone who likes to attend parties often
Ex. Are you going out again tonight? You are such a party animal.

✅4. Cheapskate – a mean person who doesn’t like spending money
Ex. He was always a cheapskate even though he was earning $200,000 a year.

✅5. Happy camper – a person who is always happy and satisfied. We often use ‘happy camper’ in the negative.
Ex. The apartment was much smaller than I expected, I was not a happy camper.

✅6. Nerd – someone who is very interested in science or technology, particularly in computers
Ex. He spends all weekends at his laptop, he is such a nerd.

✅7. Life and soul of the party – someone who is energetic, and good fun during social occasions.
Ex. It was a great night, Jim was life and soul of the party.

✅8. Dipstick – a person who seems to be stupid (very informal)
Ex. I don’t know whether to laugh or be angry at his behaviour. What a complete dipstick!

✅9. Down-to-earth – someone who is practical and close to reality, who accepts other people as equals
Ex. Despite his wealth, he was a down-to-earth man. He was very generous and had a kind heart.

✅10. Early bird – a person who wakes up, arrives to work, etc. before the usual time
This expression comes from the English proverb “The early bird catches the worm”.
Ex. My Mum is the early bird in our family, she gets up at 5 o’clock in the morning.

✅11. Larger than life – someone who is more exciting or interesting than other people
Ex. All who knew him would agree that his personality was larger than life, he was a joy to be around.



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🔔Word Of The Day🔔


🔸Ecstatic
/ɪkˈstatɪk,ɛkˈstatɪk/


adjective


♦️Feeling or expressing overwhelming happiness or joyful excitement.


✨Ecstatic fans filled the stadium.



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🔔 Idiom Of The Day 🔔


🔻 ”OFF” IDIOMS 🔻


🔸Off and on

▫️Meaning: occasionally.

✨We are not very good friends anymore. I see him off and on.

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🔹Off base

▫️Meaning: inaccurate

✨If you think I paid one thousand dollars for this coat, you are way off base.

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🔸Off color

▫️Meaning: in bad taste, rude, dirty.

✨He told an off-color joke at the party that embarrassed my wife.

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🔹Off one’s rocker

▫️Meaning: crazy

✨He is off of his rocker if he thinks I’m going to help him decorate for the party.

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🔸Off the hook

▫️Meaning: out of something, freed from an embarrassing situation.

✨I don’t want to have dinner with him. Let’s tell him that we will be out of town so that we will get off the hook.

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🔹Off the record

▫️Meaning: privately, unofficially, not for public announcement.

✨I need to tell you about one of my accounts, but it needs to be off the record.

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🔸Off the top of one’s head

▫️Meaning: from memory, spontaneously.

✨Off the top of my head, I think her last name begins with an ‘M’.



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🟧🔷 Listening Activity 🔷🟧


Please listen to the audio twice and then answer the following questions.


✍️You can find the transcript below later.


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1️⃣ How often does he work?

Everyday
All day
Rarely


2️⃣ What is he starting to think about?

Playing basketball
Watching TV
His health
Work


3️⃣ What decision is made to get more exercise?

Running or Jogging
Doing more outdoor activities
Going to the local gym


4️⃣ What type of lessons are they considering?

Dance
Tennis
Basketball


5️⃣ For $120, How often will they meet?

Everyday for a month
Once a week for two months
Every afternoon
Twice a week for one month


6️⃣Please fill the blank and tell me what does whole sentence mean?


Playing tennis twice a week will be a good start. ..... me .... .



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