Learn formal idioms for your Task-2 essay and some informal ones for the Speaking Module. Avoid cliches and other overused phrases.
Click on “V: idioms” over in the tag cloud for more idioms.
Meanwhile, here’s a useful idiom that you can use in your writing and speaking:
It comes from the title of a recent reading passage we looked at in another lesson.
Speaking Part 1: Food
- What is your favourite food?
Peanut butter and bananas are a match made in heaven, especially when put together inside a sandwich.
Speaking Part-2: A pet
Many people think that cats and dogs don’t get along but mine are a match made in heaven.…
Speaking Part-3: Relationships
- Does technology make human relationships better?
Some people might look at commuters on the train and think that modern man and his cell-phone are a match made in heaven, but to be honest, …
Writing Task-2: The environment
While citizens and their cars have long been considered a match made in heaven due to all the advantages, I personally feel that …
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Your recent lessons introducing idioms are pretty useful, thanks. I like the way you show us how to use them in essays and the answers in the speaking test.
Can I say,
My teacher and I are a match made in heaven?