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Colour idioms




Downloadable worksheets:
Basic Colour Idioms for Elementary/Lower Intermediate Students (1)
Level: elementary
Age: 8-12
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Colour Idioms
Level: intermediate
Age: 9-17
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Basic Colour Idioms for Elementary/Lower Intermediate Students (2)
Level: elementary
Age: 8-8
Downloads: 373

 
colour idioms
Level: advanced
Age: 11-17
Downloads: 325

 
Colour Idioms
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Downloads: 202

 
Colour Idioms
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 196

 

                                                                                                    COLOURS
1.Watch the video and fill in the gaps.
 
 

Dear white fellow,

Couple of things the English ignore: when I born, I black. When I grow up, I black. When I cold, I black. When I go in the sun, I black. When I scared, I black. When I sick, I black and when I die, I still black.

You, white fellow, when you born, you . When you grow up, you . When you cold, you . When you go in the sun, you . When you scared, you . When you sick, you and when you die, you . And you have the cheek to call me coloured! Ha ha ha!

 
 
 
2. Synomyms. Choose the correct answer.
 
        fellow 
       you have the cheek to call me coloured 
 
 
 
 
3. Colours. Choose the correct answer.       

        I was tickled pink to be invited to your party.       tickled pink =

 
       Mary turned as white as a sheet when she found out that her daughter had a car accident.
                        white as a sheet =  

    

          You look like you feel blue. What's wrong?          to feel blue =  
 
        My sister lives in Australia, I only see her once in a blue moon.    
                         once in a blue moon =  

       Hurry up! I don't want to be late, it makes my father see red.                                                                                                                

     to see red  =
 
        Her garden is very beautiful, she has green fingers.
                        to have green fingers =

   

        My friends are going to Spain on holiday, I'm green with envy.        
      to be green with envy =
 
 
         That film is very funny but it doesn't stimulate the grey matter
                              the grey matter =