Thursday 6 May 2010

Lecture Extra:Idioms

As noted in the Vocabulary section of class this week, Idioms are expressions, words or phrases that have figurative meanings that are septerate from their literal meanings. Idiomatic expressions, words or phrases are commonly used in everyday spoken English as so and well worth becoming acquaited with.

There are lots of sites and resources on the web related to idioms [just type in the word 'idiom' in to search engine you use] bust some of the most useful are:

Links:
http://www.idiomsite.com/
http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/

To take some online idiom related quizes try these sites:

http://www.idiomconnection.com/
[click on the topics in the right column to find the quizzes]
http://a4esl.org/q/h/9801/lk-idiomsp.html
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/439.html

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