How Idioms Work
A photocopiable resource book for building students’ idiomatic language skills
YVONNE CLARKE, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY MARTIN JONES • INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED: CEF LEVELS B1 TO C1/IELTS 4.0–7.0

KEY FEATURES
• High-frequency idioms chosen specifically for their lexical value in the workplace, making use of CANCODE, a corpus based on frequency of use
• Vivid illustrations show literal representation of idioms for high impact and retention
• Ten six-page sections comprising: activity cards, definitions, reading consolidation using simulated newspaper articles, revision activities
• Twenty suggested activity types for exploiting material
• Resource section containing further background information, answer keys, index and templates for devising more activity cards
• Ideal for complementing functional course books
• Ideal as both fun and purposeful filler activities

TYPES OF ACTIVITIES INCLUDE
• Picture match
• Find the definition
• Matching pairs
• Memory game
• Happy families