Opinions
A. Read the idioms and their meanings:
- put your two cents in/say your piece/speak up= express your opinion
CC BY: Pavel Danilyuk
beat around the bush= talk a lot but not go to the point
CC BY: Chien Ba
play the devil’s advocate= take a deliberately contrary position to force people justify their positions
B. Find the idioms in the paragraph:
The teenage girl was asking her parents to go camping with her girlfriends. First, her older brother said his piece. He said she was too young to go camping with friends. Then she sounded out her mom, and so her mom put her two cents. She wasn’t feeling comfortable either. They were obviously worried about her. The girl turned to her dad who had been beating around the bush and didn’t give her a clear answer. Finally, the dad decided to play the devil’s advocate and asked a lot of tough questions which made her think about the details of the plan. It was a tough conversation, but the girl was convinced that her friends and she would not be ready to camp alone at that time.
C. Let’s watch a cool video about these idioms and more:
D. Match the idioms with their meanings:
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Expression |
Meaning |
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1.Put your two cents in |
A.Express your opinion |
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2. Speak up |
B.Share your thoughts without hesitation |
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3. Beat around the bush |
C. Avoid getting to the point |
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4. Play the devil’s advocate |
D. Take a contrary position to challenge others |
E. Fill in the blanks with the correct idiom.
F. Write your own sentences using these idioms.
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1.Put your two cents in |
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2. Speak up |
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3. Beat around the bush |
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4. Play the devil’s advocate |
Answers: D. 1. A 2. B 3. C 4. D
