Idioms About Family and Friends
ESL Lesson PlansIdioms About Family and Friends

Idioms About Family and Friends

This B2 ESL lesson helps adult learners understand and use eight English idioms about family and friendship. Students explore idiomatic language through a short reading, interactive vocabulary exercises, and discussions about loyalty, support, and relationships. Speaking activities encourage learners to share real or imagined stories and compare perspectives on family and friendship. This online worksheet is designed for a 60-minute group lesson.

Skills

  • Can understand figurative language in texts about familiar social situations.
  • Can tell personal stories and explain views about relationships using varied vocabulary.
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1

Discuss the questions with a partner. Give examples and explain your answers. You may discuss fictional people if you prefer.

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What makes someone a close friend rather than just a person you know?
2
What can friends offer that family members sometimes cannot?
3
Can two people be close even if they often disagree?
4
How can relationships change when someone moves away?
5
Should people always support their relatives, whatever the situation?
2

Match the idioms to their meanings.

3

Read the story and answer the questions.

4

Complete each sentence with the correct idiom from the list.

5

Discuss the questions in small groups.

6

Choose one situation and prepare a two-minute story with a partner. Your story can be real or imagined. Use at least four idioms from the lesson naturally.