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Guess the Idioms from Animated Clues | Fun Idiom Quiz for Kids with Meanings & Examples

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Warm-up Questions

What is an idiom, and why can idioms be confusing for learners?
Do you know any animal idioms in English (or in your language)? What do they mean?
When do you think kids might use idioms in real life (at school, at home, online)?

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Guess the Idioms from Animated Clues | Fun Idiom Quiz for Kids with Meanings & Examples

Welcome + First Two Idioms (00:00 – 00:57)

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1. What website does the speaker tell viewers to visit for worksheets?

TutoringHour.com
TutorTime.com
TeachingHour.com
TutoringHome.com

2. What does “Letting the cat out of the bag” mean?

Saving money
Buying a pet
Revealing a secret by accident
Running away quickly

3. What does “When pigs fly” mean?

Something is never going to happen
Something is easy to do
Something will happen soon
Something happened yesterday

Guess the Idioms from Animated Clues | Fun Idiom Quiz for Kids with Meanings & Examples

More Picture Cards: Weather, Comfort, and Mistakes (00:57 – 03:22)

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1. Who is described as “a couch potato” in the example?

Evan
Lucy
Irene
Trevor

2. What does “It’s raining cats and dogs” mean?

It’s snowing a lot
It’s raining hard
It’s windy
It’s very sunny

3. What does “Barking up the wrong tree” mean?

Climbing a tree quickly
Blaming the wrong person or making the wrong choice
Being very quiet
Helping the right person

Guess the Idioms from Animated Clues | Fun Idiom Quiz for Kids with Meanings & Examples

Final Idioms + Closing (03:22 – 05:36)

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1. What does “To get your ducks in a row” mean?

To go to sleep early
To get things organized
To travel by boat
To make a funny joke

2. What does “Having a frog in your throat” mean?

Being very excited
Feeling hungry
Eating too fast
Having trouble speaking because of a sore throat

3. What does “To run like a headless chicken” mean?

To cook dinner quickly
To exercise calmly
To win a race easily
To be busy but not get anything done

Guess the Idioms from Animated Clues | Fun Idiom Quiz for Kids with Meanings & Examples

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1. What is the main activity in this video?

Listening to a story about animals
Learning grammar rules
Practicing spelling tests
Guessing idioms from animated clues and learning meanings

2. How does the video usually explain each idiom?

Only with a picture, no words
With a song
With a meaning and an example sentence
With a long history lesson

3. Which topic connects many idioms in the quiz?

Animals
Sports rules
Cooking recipes
Space travel

Discussion Questions

Discuss the ideas from this video

Guess the Idioms from Animated Clues | Fun Idiom Quiz for Kids with Meanings & Examples

Which idiom in the quiz is easiest to remember? Why?
Have you ever “let the cat out of the bag”? What happened (or what could happen)?
Which idioms in your language are similar to these English idioms (same meaning but different words)?
Choose one idiom from the video and make your own new example sentence for it.