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Mar 27, 2009

IDIOMS COMPETITION

IDIOMS COMPETITION


I am pleased to invite you to participate in this first competition 2009. Please read the list of 10 FAQs below.


1. Who can participate?

Everybody


2. How do I participate?

By sharing idioms with workmates


3. How long is the competition?

One week starting Friday 27th March


4. What are idioms?

Idioms are idiomatic expressions which may mean something different from the meaning of their individual words


5. How can I find idioms?

By looking them up in dictionaries

By visiting sites and blogs

By googling for images


6. What are the objectives of this competition?

To enlarge vocabulary

To play with words and have fun

To learn cooperatively


7. How do I score?

You score when you:

Use idioms with your peers

E-mail idioms to other participants

Help workmates to understand idioms

Look up idioms, definitions & examples to share

Upload information to the teacher’s blog

Fill in the Idioms Competition Chart

Illustrate the use of idioms


8. How does the score system work?

E-mailed Idioms, definitions, examples: 1 score each

Examples e-mailed by other participants: 1 score each

Updating the Idioms Competition Chart: 3 scores per idiom

Uploading idioms, definitions, examples: 2 scores each

E-mailed Illustrations: 5 scores each


9. Will I get a prize?

The participant with the highest score will get a prize


10. How can I contact you if I have questions?

Please send your queries to:


anarandi-profesora@yahoo.com.ar

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

To be like a bull in a china shop

Unknown said...

1)TO TALK WITH A BRICK WALL
2)NO HARD FEELINGS
3)TO FEEL PROUD OF SOMEBODY
4)SHOW OFF
5)TO BE FED UP OF
6)TO MAKE GOOD TIME
7)TO MAKE GOOD MONEY
8)TO BE IN TWO MINDS
9)TO GET IN ONE EAR AND OUT OF THE OTHER
10)TO SAVE MY SKIN
11)PUT IT ON PAPER
12)CUT A FINE FIGURE
13)WALK ON AIR
14)EAT LIKE A BIRD
15)BED OF ROSES

Unknown said...

to have a memory like a sieve
Despite writing to him many times ,I can't get his address right. waw. I have a memory like a sieve!