Idioms with ‘as… as…’ pairwork

Group A

With someone with the same worksheet, write as many ways of finishing each idiom below as you can by thinking of things like that, then underline the best-sounding one

as blind as

 

as busy as

 

as clear as          not at all clear or easy to understand

as cold as

 

as cool as          calm at a time when everyone else would panic

as cunning as

 

as deaf as

 

as different as                 

as drunk as

 

as dry as

 

as easy as

 

as flat as

 

as gentle as

 

as greedy as

 

as hard as                         physically tough and/ or without warm human feeling

as light as                         not heavy

as mad as                         crazy

as miserable as

 

as old as

 

as quick as

 

as quiet as

 

as regular as                    reliable and/ or always at the same time

as safe as

 

as thin as

 

as tough as                      hard to cut and chew (meat)

as white as                       the colour of someone’s face after a shock or a fright

 

Work with someone with the other worksheet and match the parts without showing your worksheets to each other.

 

Group B

Try to add “as… as” with adjectives before each of the things below by thinking about what those things are like, then underline the one that sounds best.

a pig

a pancake

a fox

mud

a bat

 

a bee

ice

a sheet

leather/ old boots

nails

houses

a feather

lightning/ a flash

a mouse

clockwork

a hatter/ a March hare

the hills

ABC/ pie

a bone

a post

a lord

sin

a lamb

a cucumber

chalk and cheese

a rake   

 

Work with someone with the other worksheet and match the parts without showing your worksheets to each other.

Answer key

1. as blind as a bat
2. as busy as a bee
3. as clear as mud not at all clear or easy to understand
4. as cold as ice
5. as cool as a cucumber calm at a time when everyone else would panic
6. as cunning as a fox
7. as deaf as a post
8. as different as chalk and cheese
9. as drunk as a lord
10. as dry as a bone
11. as easy as ABC/ pie
12. as flat as a pancake
13. as gentle as a lamb
14. as greedy as a pig
15. as hard as nails physically tough and/ or without warm human feeling
16. as light as a feather not heavy
17. as mad as a hatter/ a March hare crazy
18. as miserable as sin
19. as old as the hills
20. as quick as lightning/ a flash
21. as quiet as a mouse
22. as regular a clockwork reliable and/ or always at the same time
23. as safe as houses
24. as thin as a rake
25. as tough as leather/ old boots hard to cut and chew (meat)
26. as white as a sheet the colour of someone’s face after a shock or a fright

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