This worksheet, ‘British Idioms’ is a great resource when exploring colloquial English. It introduces the importance of understanding idioms and then requires students to illustrate the literal meaning of a selection of British sayings like ‘not my cup of tea’ or ‘the bees knees’. This worksheet provides a great platform for exploring the true meaning …More

This worksheet, ‘British Idioms and Slang’ assists students in identifying British idioms and slang. For example, students can use this graphical scaffold to provide evidence of their learning following the completion of an activity or topic. Alternatively, it can be used effectively in pairs or with a whole class to prompt initial discussion before further …More

This worksheet, ‘British Slang’ helps students to recognise the difference between colloquial English and Standard English. It requires students to match the colloquial language to its meaning in Standard English. This is a great resource for broadening students’ social, cultural and linguistic awareness and could be a useful foundation for further discussion of language usage.

This worksheet, ‘Common English Slang’ is a fantastic activity to fuel ideas in a communal environment. Sharing ideas, particularly for less confident student can be daunting however, this resource provides a very informal prompt to develop ideas in order to compare and share them with others. Students are required to choose a side of the …More

This worksheet, ‘English Slang’ is a simple resource that requires students to collect colloquial English terms and then find their meanings using Standard English. The use of this graphical organiser allows students to directly compare both lists and can be used as an aid to whole class discussions or for individual work. This is a …More

This worksheet, ‘Idiom Pictionary’ is a fun resource that provides instructions, example cards and game boards for the game of idiom Pictionary. Students are put into teams and must illustrate an idiom well enough for their group to guess it. The team that guesses the quickest the most amount of times is the overall winner. …More