Say It Smartly: Common Idioms for Daily Use in Class 6 

This Grade 6 worksheet introduces students to ten widely used English idioms and their meanings, helping learners understand how figurative language works in everyday communication. Through five engaging activities — match the following, true and false, fill in the blanks, multiple choice questions, and sentence rewriting — students learn to identify, use, and correct idioms like beat around the bush, hit the nail on the head, bite the bullet, spill the beans, once in a blue moon, and more. 
 

Why Idioms Matter in Grammar? 

Idioms are the heartbeat of natural, expressive English. For Grade 6 learners, this topic is important because: 
1. Idioms appear frequently in books, conversations, and formal writing. 
2. They help students understand implied meaning beyond literal words. 
3. Using idioms correctly makes communication more vivid and engaging. 
4. They are tested in comprehension passages, creative writing, and oral English assessments. 
 

What's Inside This Worksheet? 

This worksheet includes five grammar-rich activities that build fluency with common daily-use idioms: 

Exercise 1 – Match the Following 
Students match each idiom on the left to its correct meaning on the right. Example: beat around the bush → avoid the topic, bite the bullet → to endure pain, hit the nail on the head → to be exactly right. 

Exercise 2 – True and False 
Students read statements about idiom meanings and mark them as True or False. Example: "'It's raining cats and dogs' means it is raining very lightly." (False) 

Exercise 3 – Fill in the Blanks 
Students pick the correct idiom from a pair to fill the blank in each sentence. Example: "Anjali was __________ and could not come to school today." (under the weather / over the moon) 

Exercise 4 – Multiple Choice Questions 
Students choose the correct idiom from four options to complete each sentence. Example: "The test was __________." with options including a piece of cake, under the weather, spill the beans, hit the nail. 

Exercise 5 – Sentence Rewriting 
Students rewrite sentences that use the wrong idiom and replace it with the correct one in context. Example: "Anjali was feeling sick so she was over the moon all day" becomes "Anjali was feeling sick so she was under the weather all day." 

Answer Key (For Parents & Educators) 

Exercise 1 – Match the Following 
beat around the bush → avoid the topic 
hit the nail on the head → to be exactly right 
bite the bullet → to endure pain 
burn the midnight oil → to work late 
under the weather → not feeling well 
on the fence → to be undecided 
spill the beans → to reveal a secret 
once in a blue moon → very rarely 
hit the books → to study hard 
cost an arm and a leg → very expensive 

Exercise 2 – True and False 
1. False 
2. True 
3. True 
4. False 
5. False 
6. True 
7. False 
8. True 
9. False 
10. True 

Exercise 3 – Fill in the Blanks 
1. under the weather 
2. hit the books 
3. beat around the bush 
4. bite the bullet 
5. spilled the beans 
6. burn the midnight oil 
7. hit the nail on the head 
8. once in a blue moon 
9. cost an arm and a leg 
10. on the fence 

Exercise 4 – Multiple Choice Questions 
1. d) A piece of cake 
2. b) Under the weather 
3. a) Apple of my eye 
4. a) Couch potato 
5. c) Break the ice 
6. b) Spill the beans 
7. b) Hard nut 
8. a) Blessing in disguise 
9. c) Bitter pill 
10. d) Cold feet 

Exercise 5 – Sentence Rewriting 
1. Anjali was feeling sick so she was under the weather all day. 
2. Rahul decided to hit the books all night before the exam. 
3. Diya asked Pooja not to beat around the bush and be very direct. 
4. Arjun had to bite the bullet and finish the long treatment. 
5. Neha spilled the beans about the surprise party to everyone. 
6. Kartik burned the midnight oil to finish his science homework at night. 
7. Aarav's answer in class really hit the nail on the head and impressed all. 
8. Rohan visits his cousin in Pune once in a blue moon. 
9. Anjali said the new phone cost an arm and a leg. 
10. Diya was on the fence about joining the chess club at school. 

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