2. Extracts necessary information from
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Competency 5
Extracts necessary information from
Various types of texts

3. Infers implied information
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Competency 5.7
Infers implied information
To ommunicate an idea
Without saying directly

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Idioms
Idioms are phrases which people use in everyday language which do not make sense literally but we understand what they mean

5. C. To preserve ones energy D. To be aloof from E. None of these
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To keeps one's temper
A. To become hungry
B. To be in good mood
C. To preserve ones energy
D. To be aloof from
E. None of these
Answer: Option B

6. A. To trap wanted criminal with great difficulty
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To catch a tartar
A. To trap wanted criminal with great difficulty
B. To catch a dangerous person
C. To meet with disaster
D. To deal with a person who is more than one's match
E. None of these

7. B. To return to place of rest C. Back to original position
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To drive home
A. To find one's roots
B. To return to place of rest
C. Back to original position
D. To emphasise
E. None of these

8. B. To fail to arouse interest C. To have no result
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To have an axe to grind
A. A private end to serve
B. To fail to arouse interest
C. To have no result
D. To work for both sides
E. None of these

9. D. To keep off starvation E. None of these
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To cry wolf
A. To listen eagerly
B. To give false alarm
C. To turn pale
D. To keep off starvation
E. None of these

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An idiom is an expression that has a meaning apart from the meanings of its individual words.

11. The idiom will show here. Read the idiom, discuss with the teacher,
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The idiom will show here. Read the idiom, discuss with the teacher,

12. A Bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In The Bush:
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A Bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In The Bush:
Having something that is certain is much better than taking a risk for more, because chances are you might lose everything.

13. A Blessing In Disguise:
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A Blessing In Disguise:
Something good that isn't recognized at first.

14. A Chip On Your Shoulder:
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Idioms: What Does This Mean?
A Chip On Your Shoulder:
Being upset for something that happened in the past.

15. Anything that is common and easy to get.
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A Dime A Dozen:
Anything that is common and easy to get.

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A Doubting Thomas:
A skeptic who needs physical or personal evidence in order to believe something

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A drop in the bucket
A very small part of something or unimportant when compared with something else.

18. A Fool And His Money Are Easily Parted:
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A Fool And His Money Are Easily Parted:
It's easy for a foolish person to lose his/her money.

19. A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand:
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A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand:
Everyone involved must unify and function together or it will not work out.

20. A Leopard Can't Change His Spots:
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Question 1
A Leopard Can't Change His Spots:

21. You cannot change who you are
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Answer 1
You cannot change who you are

22. A penny for your thoughts Add insult to injury Once in a blue moon
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A penny for your thoughts
Add insult to injury
Once in a blue moon
See eye to eye
Hear it on the grapevine
Miss the boat
This idiom is used as a way of asking someone what they are thinking about.
To make a bad situation even worse.
When something happens very rarely.
idiom is used to say that two (or more people) agree on something.
This means ‘to hear a rumor' about something or someone.
This idiom is used to say that someone missed his or her chance at something.

23. Kill two birds with one stone On the ball Cut corners
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This means ‘to do two things at the same time'.
When someone understands the situation well.
When something is done badly to save money.
To hear something from the authoritative source.
When something is very expensive.
The final problem in a series of problems
Kill two birds with one stone
On the ball
Cut corners
To hear something straight from the horse's mouth
Costs an arm and a leg
The last straw

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For example: It’s raining cats and dogs. Its literal meaning suggests that cats and dogs are falling from the sky. We interpret it to mean that it is raining hard.
Other Examples:

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To stick your neck out is to say or do something that is bold and a bit dangerous. A similar idiom that is used for slightly more dangerous situations is to "go out on a limb." In both idioms, the idea is that you put yourself in a vulnerable position.

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To break the ice is to be the first one to say or do something, with the expectation that others will then follow. Another idiom that means something similar is "get the ball rolling."

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To get long in the tooth means to get old. The expression was originally used when referring to horses since gums recede with age. So the longer the teeth a horse has, the older it is said to be.

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To have a chip on one's shoulder is usually an expression to describe a person who acts, as you say, rudely or aggressively, but also in a manner that could be described as "aggressively defensive." The person seems always ready for a fight

29. Feel like a fish out of water
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Question 2
What does this mean ?
Feel like a fish out of water

30. Feel uncomfortable because you are in an unfamiliar situation.
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Answer 2
Meaning:
Feel uncomfortable because you are in an unfamiliar situation.
If you feel like a fish out of water, you feel awkward or uncomfortable because you are in an unusual or unfamiliar situation.

31. Finish something or succeed before
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Beat the clock means
Finish something or succeed before
Time is up.

32. Better late than never means
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Better late than never means
It is better for someone to arrive
or do something late than not to
arrive or do it at all

33. Turn back the hands of time To go back to the past.
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Turn back the hands of time
To go back to the past.

34. Being old fashioned means they are unfashionable or not aware
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Behind the times means
Being old fashioned means they
are unfashionable or not aware
of modern fashions tastes and developments

35. The highest or most successful level in a carrier, especially in
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The big time means
The highest or most successful
level in a carrier, especially in
Entertainment.

36. (mostly current)which many people are
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Smart idioms
A hot potato
Speak of an issue
(mostly current)which many people are
Talking about and which is usually disputed

37. A penny for your thoughts
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A penny for your thoughts
A way of asking what someone is thinking

38. To further a loss with mockery or indignity;to worsen an unfavourable
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Add insult to injury
To further a loss with mockery
or indignity;to worsen an unfavourable
situation

39. Without any hesitation;instantly
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At the top of a hat
Without any hesitation;instantly

40. It is up to you to take the next decisionor step
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Ball is in your court
It is up to you to take the next decisionor step

41. Barking up the wrong tree
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Barking up the wrong tree
Looking in the wrong place
Accusing the wrong person

42. Match the following idioms with their meanings.
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Question 3
Match the following idioms with their meanings.

43. Turn back the hands of time The top level of a profession
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Better late than never
To go back to the past
Beat the clock
Being old fashioned
Turn back the hands of time
The top level of a profession
Behind the times
Succeed in something before time is up
The big time
Better to do something late than not do it at all

44. 1).Better late than never 3) .To go back to the past
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1).Better late than never
3) .To go back to the past
2) .Beat the clock
4) .Being old fashioned
3). Turn back the hands of time
5). The top level of a profession
4) .Behind the times
2). Succeed in something before time is up
5). The big time
1) .Better to do something late than not do it at all

45. Unit 5 BEST USE OF TIME Grade 11- English
Idioms
Idioms are phrases which people use in everyday language which do not make sense literally but we understand what they mean