Intermediate Learning English Everyday English Worksheet 5: Two Sisters (Animal Idioms)

Intermediate
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Everyday English
Worksheet 5:
Two sisters (animal idioms)
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Intermediate Learning English Everyday English
Worksheet 5: Two sisters (animal idioms)
Worksheet 5: Two sisters (animal idioms)

A. Read the story and match the idioms with their meanings.
Wendy and Julie are sisters but they couldn’t be more different. Wendy is shy and as quiet as a
mouse and she is also very smart. She is a book worm but she is as blind as a bat so she needs
to wear glasses to read. Julie is the black sheep of the family. She is often very loud and she can
talk until the cows come home. She is always horsing around and getting into trouble. Julie is
not as clever as Wendy. At school she has to work like a dog to get good results. Because they
are very different, the two sisters often fight like cat and dog but they are also good friends.
One thing they do have in common is they are both early birds. They usually get up early in the
morning and watch TV together… that is if they can agree on which program to watch!
B. Match the idioms with their meanings.

1. as quiet as a mouse a. someone who does something
before others, someone who gets
up early
2. bookworm
b. to work very hard
3. as blind as a bat c. for a very long time
4. the black sheep of the family d. someone who reads a lot
5. until the cows come home e. to argue and fight a lot
6. horsing around f. having very bad eyesight
7. work like a dog g. to play around/be foolish
8. fight like cat and dog h. different to other family members
9. early bird i. making very little noise, shy
C. Write True or False to the statements.
True/False
1. If you work like a dog you are very lazy.
2. If you get to work first you are an early bird.
3. People who horse around are very serious.
4. The black sheep of the family is similar to everyone else in the family.
5. A shy person is often as quiet as a mouse.
6. A person who is as blind as a bat can see really well at night.
7. Bookworms probably like libraries and bookshops.
8. Brothers who argue a lot, fight like cat and dog.
9. If you talk until the cows come home you must be a farmer.

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B. Match the idioms with their meanings.

C. Write True or False to the statements.

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