Given
below are jumbled sentences. Working in groups, rearrange the
words in each sentence to form correct sentences.
You
will find that each sentence contains an idiomatic expression that
you have come across in the lesson. Underline the idiom and write
down its meaning. Then use you dictionary to check the meaning.
(i)
Stop/and
tell me/beating about/what you want/the bush
Ans:
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Idiom:
_______________________________________________________________
(ii)
don’t pay/if you/attention/you might/the wrong train/to the
announcement/board
Ans:
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Idiom:
_______________________________________________________________
(iii)
The village/tried/the crime/on the young woman/to pin
Ans:
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Idiom:
_______________________________________________________________
(iv)
Bepin Babu/orders to/telling people/under/loved/doctor’s/eat
early/that he was
Ans:
________________________________________________________________
Idiom:
_______________________________________________________________
(v)
the student/The teacher/his eyebrows/when/said that/all their
lessons/raised/they had revised
Ans:
________________________________________________________________
Idiom:
_______________________________________________________________
Given below are jumbled sentences. Working in groups, rearrange the words in each sentence to form correct sentences.
You will find that each sentence contains an idiomatic expression that you have come across in the lesson. Underline the idiom and write down its meaning. Then use you dictionary to check the meaning.
(i) Stop/and tell me/beating about/what you want/the bush
Ans: ________________________________________________________________
Idiom: _______________________________________________________________
(ii) don’t pay/if you/attention/you might/the wrong train/to the announcement/board
Ans: ________________________________________________________________
Idiom: _______________________________________________________________
(iii) The village/tried/the crime/on the young woman/to pin
Ans: ________________________________________________________________
Idiom: _______________________________________________________________
(iv) Bepin Babu/orders to/telling people/under/loved/doctor’s/eat early/that he was
Ans: ________________________________________________________________
Idiom: _______________________________________________________________
(v) the student/The teacher/his eyebrows/when/said that/all their lessons/raised/they had revised
Ans: ________________________________________________________________
Idiom: _______________________________________________________________
(i)
Ans. Stop
beating about the bush and tell me what you want.
Idiom:
beating about the bush − avoiding
the main topic, not coming straight to the point
(ii)
Ans. If
you don’t pay attention to the announcement, you might board
the wrong train.
Idiom:
pay attention − listen carefully
(iii)
Ans. The
villagers tried to pin the crime on the young woman.
Idiom:
pin the crime − place the
responsibility of the crime
(iv)
Ans. Bepin
Babu loved telling people that he was under doctor’s orders to
eat early.
Idiom:
under doctor’s orders − in
complete necessity
(v)
Ans. The
teacher raised his eyebrows when the students said that they had
revised all their lessons.
Idiom:
raised his eyebrows − expressed
doubt/surprise
(i) Ans. Stop beating about the bush and tell me what you want.
Idiom: beating about the bush − avoiding the main topic, not coming straight to the point
(ii) Ans. If you don’t pay attention to the announcement, you might board the wrong train.
Idiom: pay attention − listen carefully
(iii) Ans. The villagers tried to pin the crime on the young woman.
Idiom: pin the crime − place the responsibility of the crime
(iv) Ans. Bepin Babu loved telling people that he was under doctor’s orders to eat early.
Idiom: under doctor’s orders − in complete necessity
(v) Ans. The teacher raised his eyebrows when the students said that they had revised all their lessons.
Idiom: raised his eyebrows − expressed doubt/surprise
