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Trilingual index of expressions with equivalent meanings

http://www.ccdmd.qc.ca/ri/expressions/

Great translator for idioms and proverbs (English, French, Spanish)

 

Proverbs 

http://www.manythings.org/proverbs/

They have over 230 proverbs, organized alphabetically in 16 lists, with accompanying quizzes and games for practice.

 

 

Idioms

 

Using English.com

http://www.usingenglish.com/links/Idiomatic_Expressions/index.html

A large link to links of idioms, history of phrases.

The Phrase Finder

https://www.phrases.org.uk/index.html

Meaning and historyfor 2000 idioms

 

The Idiom Connection

http://www.idiomconnection.com/

Large list of idioms, separated alphabetically as well as by theme.  There is also a similar page with lots of proverbs.  At the end of each group (the whole thing) is a quiz.

 

Go English Idioms

http://www.goenglish.com/Idioms.asp

Alphabetical list with explanations

English By Clips

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6kPCQlwX-Dx3kOVl7T6RVw

Several Idioms in TV clips

 

Paul Noll

http://www.paulnoll.com/Books/Clear-English/English-idioms-01.html

This is a list of 600 idioms!  No exercises, just a giant list with explanations.

 

Idioms with pictures

http://www.michellehenry.fr/Illustrated%20Idioms2.pdf

http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/idiomsru1.pdf

A printable pdf chart of idioms with humorous pictures

 

Second Nature Idioms

http://2ndnature-online-eikaiwa.com/Idioms/Idioms.htm

Idioms sorted by theme, with quizzes

 

Idioms using “hit”

http://www.quia.com/hm/429540.html

VOA slide show about idioms with “hit” with a hangman game.

 

 

Phrasal Verbs

 

Sticky Ball Phrasal Verbs

http://stickyball.net/esl-phrasal-verbs.html

Phrasal Verbs sorted by their first words; worksheet for each group

 

Idiom list and games

http://a4esl.org/q/h/idioms.html

You need to scroll down to the middle of this page to  find "Idiom quizzes by Letitia Bradley", but there are a lot of them!

 

Second Nature

http://2ndnature-online-eikaiwa.com/Phrasal-Verbs/Module-8/Unit-8.1.htm

Really nice explanations as well as sample sentences and quiz

 

Learn Engilsh Today

http://www.learn-english-today.com/phrasal-verbs/phrasal-verb-list.htm

Alphabetical list with quizzes

 

ESL Lounge 

http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/phrasal-verbs.php

Here you can find lots of phrasal verbs sorted by the first word, with exercises

 

FIS Idiom of the day

http://esl.fis.edu/vocab/phrasal/phrasalofDay.htm

One phrasal verb each day!

 

Using English Phrasal verb list

http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/phrasal-verbs/list.php

No games or quizzes, but a very extensive list

 

Phrasal verbs through cartoons

http://eslus.com/LESSONS/GRAMMAR/PHRASALS/Pv0.htm

Very basic cartoons, but a quiz follow every few cartoons; it's a fun change from lists!

 

 

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