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Grade 4 Idioms & Expressions Worksheet with Answers
Grade 4 (US) · Year 5 (UK) · Class 4 (India) · English
Unit 7: Going FurtherAdvanced: Grade 5 PreviewCCSS L.5.5bAdvanced
Understanding what common idioms and expressions really mean, beyond their literal words. This free upper elementary worksheet has 12 questions and a full answer key. Print it or save it as a PDF — every answer is checked by code, not guessed.
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Grade 4 · English
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Learning goal: Advanced: Grade 5 Preview · CCSS L.5.5b
Directions: What does each idiom mean?
What does the idiom "raining cats and dogs" mean?
Answer: raining very heavily
RememberIdioms
- 1
hit the nail on the head
- 2
cost an arm and a leg
- 3
the ball is in your court
- 4
burn the midnight oil
- 5
a blessing in disguise
- 6
under the weather
- 7
bite the bullet
- 8
cold feet
- 9
in hot water
- 10
hit the books
- 11
piece of cake
- 12
barking up the wrong tree
★ Challenge corner for fast finishers
Unscramble the letters: OFRG (clue: it hops and croaks)
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Free printable worksheets with answer keys · aethelsystems.com/worksheets/english/4/idioms
Answer key — Idioms & Expressions (Grade 4)
- 1.to describe exactly what is right
- 2.to be very expensive
- 3.it's your turn to decide or act
- 4.to work or study late into the night
- 5.something that seems bad but turns out to be good
- 6.feeling sick
- 7.to do something difficult that can't be avoided
- 8.nervousness before doing something
- 9.in trouble
- 10.to study hard
- 11.something very easy
- 12.looking in the wrong place or blaming the wrong person
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- 1.to describe exactly what is right
- 2.to be very expensive
- 3.it's your turn to decide or act
- 4.to work or study late into the night
- 5.something that seems bad but turns out to be good
- 6.feeling sick
- 7.to do something difficult that can't be avoided
- 8.nervousness before doing something
- 9.in trouble
- 10.to study hard
- 11.something very easy
- 12.looking in the wrong place or blaming the wrong person
- ★frog (challenge corner)
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