Topic: Idioms
Standard Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsThat’s a bit over the top!
Business GeneralThis lesson focuses on business competition vocabulary through learning about unusual business ideas. Students learn useful phrases, watch a video, and discuss business cases.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsDo you trust your memory?
GeneralThis ESL lesson gives students the opportunity to learn phrases to talk about memory, watch a video, and have a fascinating discussion.
Flipped Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsLife-changing decisions
LifestyleIn this lesson students learn some expressions with ‘mind’, watch a video and discuss life-changing decisions.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsPut a ring on it
GeneralIn this lesson, students learn idioms and phrasal verbs with put. They also practise working out the meaning from context, and have an opportunity to use the new language in speaking activities.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsAdvanced vocabulary activities
GeneralThis is a set of ESL vocabulary activities rather than a typical ESL Brains lesson plan. Each of the activities can be used separately as a time filler, a warm-up, etc.
Standard Lesson 45 min
Add to saved lessonsCan you figure it out? ESL vocabulary puzzles
BusinessThis is a set of ESL vocabulary puzzles rather than a typical ESL Brains lesson plan. Each of the puzzles can be used separately as a time filler, a warm-up, etc.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsBehind every success there are dozens of failures
BusinessIn this lesson about success and failure students watch an interview with Jeff Bezos and learn a few idioms related to failure. They also put them into practice through a role-play activity involving different aspects of business failures.
Standard Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsUnusual ways of using food
LifestyleIn this lesson about foodscape design, students practise listening, reflect on unusual ways of using food and learn several food idioms through a series of written and oral exercises.
Flipped Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsNever stop learning (sequence adverbs)
Grammar LifestyleIn this lesson about learning new skills, students discover and practise several expressions with the verb learn and talk about their learning experiences using sequence adverbs.
Standard Lesson 45 min
Add to saved lessonsHe couldn’t have seen a ghost!
GrammarIn this grammar lesson, students learn a few idioms for expressing emotions, discover how to use past modals as well as practise them in speaking activities.
Flipped Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsImmediate response (not) required
BusinessThis lesson plan deals with synchronous and asynchronous communication. Apart from doing listening comprehension tasks, students will build adjectives with negative prefixes and learn some communication idioms.
Flipped Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsDitch the lawn!
LifestyleIn this flipped lesson plan on gardening, students learn a few verbs, watch a video about turning lawns into gardens as well as discover the meanings of some expressions with the word ‘green’.
Standard Lesson 45 min
Add to saved lessonsAt a crossroads and other travel and transport inspired idioms
GeneralThis lesson plan deals with travel and transport idioms. Students get a lot of exercises to discover their meanings and practise them in writing as well as speaking.
Flipped Lesson 60 min
Add to saved lessonsGive it a shot for 30 days! (+ 30-day English challenge)
LifestyleThis lesson plan is based on a popular TED Talk by Matt Cutts about taking 30-day challenges. It consists of vocabulary and speaking activities, and includes a 30-day English challenge.
Standard Lesson 30 min
Add to saved lessonsHold your horses! – Horse idioms
GeneralThe worksheet is built around the word ‘horse’. It includes eight horse idioms which are introduced through various tasks. Your students will discover the meanings of new idioms, see in what context they can be used and practise them in writing.
Standard Lesson 45 min
Add to saved lessonsNow I get it! – phrases with get
GeneralA lesson plan which is built around phrases with the verb ‘get’. It is prepared for stronger students (B2) and consists of various tasks.
Standard Lesson 30 min
Add to saved lessonsIdioms with fruit and veggies
GeneralWith this 2-page worksheet, your students will discover 14 common idioms with fruit and veggies and learn in what contexts they can be used.
Standard Lesson 30 min
Add to saved lessonsPenny, nickel & dime – money phrases and idioms
GeneralThis three-task vocabulary worksheet focuses on money phrases and idioms. Actually, a common denominator here is names for American money.
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