(L533) Social idioms in action: To lend someone a hand

Description

GIF-based video models of social idioms in context. In this 17-page no-prep resource we focus on the idiom: ‘To lend someone a hand’.

An idiom is a group of words which have a different meaning when used together from the one they would have if you took the meaning of each word separately. For example:

“Hold your tongue!” means to not say anything, even though you might want to, or be expected to, because it is the wrong time to say it!

Max disagreed with the substitute teacher about the work they were doing, but held his tongue. He didn’t want to get in trouble or upset the teacher.

As children get older, they may notice that their parents, teachers and friends using lots of idioms in conversation.

In this resource we explain the idiom ‘to lend someone a hand’, discuss why it’s helpful to lend someone a hand (if they would like you to lend them a hand), remind students about conversation basics and provide suggestions about how to improve conversations.

To play the GIFs, copy the slides onto your Google Drive.

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