AMERICAN IDIOMS,
PHRASAL VERBS AND
SLANG
ESL Tech
Center
Workshop
Shoreline CC,
Shoreline, WA
USA
CAN YOU WRAP YOUR HEAD AROUND THIS?
 Idioms, phrasal verbs,
and slang are all
expressions whose
meaning is not
predictable.
 My dog kicked the
bucket last night.
 Learning idioms is a
piece of cake!
 That’s cool!
 What’s up?
 I had to give up my car.
The payments were
killing me.
IDIOMS
20 most commonly used idioms
http://www.englishforums.com/content/l
essons/20-most-common-idioms-inenglish-and-what-they-mean.htm
Get an online lesson on idioms!
http://www.engvid.com/english-idiomsbird/
TEST YOURSELF! HOW MANY IDIOMS DO YOU
KNOW?
http://www.englishclub.com/ref/Idi
oms/Quizzes/index.htm
http://www.worldenglish.org/englishidiomstest.htm
PHRASAL VERBS ARE T WO PART VERBS
THAT HAVE UNPREDICTABLE MEANINGS.
For Example:
Take out
Get up
Give in
Put up with
Run into
Click below for some lists,
plus quizzes at the end:
 http://www.englishclub
.com/vocabulary/phras
al-verbs-list.htm
 http://www.englishclub
.com/ref/Phrasal_Verbs
/index.htm
GET YOUR SELF A PHRASAL VERB OF THE
DAY!!!
http://www.englishclub.com/ref/phrasal-verbof-the-day.php
LET’S WRAP IT UP! TEST YOURSELF HERE!
This website lets you practice
idioms, phrasal verbs, and slang.
So, you can kill 3 birds with one
stone.
 http://a4esl.org/q/h/id
ioms.html