Idioms Worksheet (Grade 3)
Free printable idioms worksheet for Grade 3. Students choose the real meaning of common idioms like piece of cake and break a leg.
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Vocabulary · Grade 3
Idioms
An idiom is a phrase that means something different from its exact words (raining cats and dogs means raining hard). Choose the real meaning of each idiom.
- 1.What does this idiom mean? "Bite your tongue."
- a) Stop yourself from talking.
- b) Chew on your tongue.
- 2.What does this idiom mean? "Piece of cake."
- a) Something very easy.
- b) A slice of dessert.
- 3.What does this idiom mean? "Hold your horses."
- a) Wait and be patient.
- b) Grab the reins.
- 4.What does this idiom mean? "Break a leg!"
- a) Good luck!
- b) Go hurt yourself.
- 5.What does this idiom mean? "He has a green thumb."
- a) He is good at gardening.
- b) His thumb is painted green.
- 6.What does this idiom mean? "She let the cat out of the bag."
- a) She told a secret.
- b) She freed a cat.
- 7.What does this idiom mean? "Spill the beans."
- a) Tell the secret.
- b) Knock over a bowl.
- 8.What does this idiom mean? "A bookworm."
- a) Someone who loves to read.
- b) A worm in a book.
- 9.What does this idiom mean? "It's raining cats and dogs."
- a) It is raining very hard.
- b) Animals are falling from the sky.
- 10.What does this idiom mean? "Under the weather."
- a) Feeling sick.
- b) Standing in the rain.
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