Idioms

What are idioms?



Idioms & meaning

Idioms are expressions which have the meaning that is not obvious from the individual words. For example, the idiom drive somebody round the bend means make somebody angry or frustrated, but we cannot know this by looking at the words.

The best way to understand an idiom is to see it in context. If someone says:

This tin opener’s driving me round the bend! I think I’ll throw it away and get a new one next time I’m in town.

Then the context and the comma sense tells us that drive round the bend means something different from driving a car round a curve in the road. The context tells us the tin opener is not working properly and that its having an effect on the person using it.

Types of idioms

1. verb + object/complement(and /or adverbial)

Example: kill two birds with one stone

Meaning: produce two useful result by just doing one action

 2. prepositional phrase

Example: in the blink of an eye

Meaning: in an extremely short time

3. compound

Example: a bone of contention

Meaning: something which people argue and disagree over

4. simile (as + adjective + as, or like + noun)

Example: as dry as a bone

Meaning: very dry indeed

5. binomial (word + and + word)

Example: rough and ready

Meaning: crude and lack of sophistication

6. trinomial (word + word + and + word)

Example: cool, calm and collected

Meaning: relaxed in control, not nervous

7. whole clause or sentence

Example: to cut a long story short

Meaning: to tell the main points, but not all the fine details

For more idioms clilck here

Simple Future

Simple Future has two different forms in English: "will" and "be going to." Although the two forms can sometimes be used interchangeably, they often express two very different meanings. These different meanings might seem too abstract at first, but with time and practice, the differences will become clear. Both "will" and "be going to" refer to a specific time in the future.

FORM Will

[will + verb]

Examples:

      You will help him later.

       Will you help him later?

      You will not help him later.

FORM Be Going To

[am/is/are + going to + verb]

Examples:

       You are going to meet Jane tonight.

       Are you going to meet Jane tonight?

       You are not going to meet Jane tonight.

Exercise on Future Simple -will

Exercise on Future I Simple -going to 



summary of Teaching/ learning Aids

It is important for teacher to know about teaching/learning  aids (instructional aids). Because it has a profound impact on the students’ academic performance, instructional aids should be carefully selected. Dale’s cone of experience, which classify the instructional aids according to the experience , help teacher in selecting  instructional resources and activities that are most appropriate for the subject matter or the topic. The cone is consisted of 3 main categories, learning by doing, learning by observing and learning through abstraction. As the teacher move up the cone, he/she involves few senses of the students of the learner. On the other hand, the aids selected from the button of the cone involve more sensory channels. Direct-purposeful experience is the closest instructional aids to the real life as it allow students to use all senses. However, text/verbal symbol experience is the furthest removed from reality. For learning to be more effective learning, teacher should appeal more senses of the learners ,so students can see, hear, touch and taste if possible.

In English every word can be verbed.  ~Alan J. Perlis


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