For the second quarter, you will continue working on creating interesting, specific sentences by using idioms. Please look at each week to see which skill needs to be shown. Each week you will need to start your sentence with one of the following phrases/words.


Idioms Week #11


Sentence Opening: When...., (example: When Johnny told me he had been to the moon two times, I knew he was full of hot air.)

1. all ears

2. beware of Greeks bearing gifts

3. birds of a feather flock together

4. eat your heart out

5. every cloud has a silver lining

Week #12


Sentence Opening: When...., (example: When Johnny told me he had been to the moon two times, I knew he was full of hot air.)

1. go for broke

2. goody-two-shoes

3. keep your fingers crossed

4. keep your shirt on

5. kicked the bucket

Week #13


Sentence Opening: Although...., (example: Although Johnny constantly is ridiculed by his classmates, he consistently keeps a stiff upper lip)

1. rain or shine

2. rings a bell

3. Rome was not built in a day

4. shoot from the hip

5. show must go on

Week #14


Sentence Opening: Although...., (example: Although Johnny constantly is ridiculed by his classmates, he consistently keeps a stiff upper lip)

1. take a backseat

2. take someone under your wing

3. waiting for the other shoe to drop

4. walking on air

5. watched pot never boils

Week #15


Sentence Opening: Prepositional Phrases: (example: During the concert, the unruly boy continued to dance sporadically. My only thought was that this poor child must have had a screw loose.)

What is a preposition: http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/preposit.html
Prepositions of Place: http://www.hiway.co.uk/ei/sect10.html
Prepositions of Time: http://www.hiway.co.uk/ei/sect9.html

1. bull in a China shop

2. burn the candle at both ends

3. butter someone up

4. dark-horse candidate

5. dead duck

Week #16


Sentence Opening: Prepositional Phrases: (example: During the concert, the unruly boy continued to dance sporadically. My only thought was that this poor child must have had a screw loose.)

1. Dutch treat

2. eating you out of house and home

3. flash in the pan

4. full of beans

5. get away with murder

Week #17


Sentence Opening: Prepositional Phrases: (example: During the concert, the unruly boy continued to dance sporadically. My only thought was that this poor child must have had a screw loose.)

1. get-up-and-go

2. hit the sack

3. go fly a kite

4. go against the grain

5. hold the fort