This Grade 2 figurative language worksheet introduces common idioms at an easy level for second graders. Four multiple choice items match idioms like break a leg, raining cats and dogs, hit the books, and under the weather to their plain meanings. Five fill in sentences connect idioms such as piece of cake and time flies to synonyms like easy, positive, lazy, secret, and quickly, building Grade 2 vocabulary.
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. Before a school play, an actor says "break a leg" to a friend. What does this idiom mean?
A) Good luck
B) Get hurt
C) Run fast
D) Stay home
2. Mom said it was "raining cats and dogs." What does this idiom really mean?
A) Animals are falling
B) It is raining very hard
C) It is only drizzling
D) The rain stopped
3. The teacher told us to "hit the books" after lunch. Which plain meaning matches?
A) Throw the books
B) Study hard
C) Close the books
D) Buy new books
4. Sam felt "under the weather" and stayed home. What does the idiom really mean?
A) Outside in rain
B) Feeling sick
C) Very happy
D) Playing outside
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. When my uncle said "it is a piece of cake," he meant the job is very easy.
2. Grandma told me to "keep my chin up," which really means stay positive.
3. When Coach said Lee was a "couch potato," he meant Lee was lazy.
4. When Dad said "my lips are sealed," he really meant he will keep it secret.
5. When the teacher said "time flies," she really meant time passes quickly.
Synonyms & Antonyms
★ Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. Before a school play, an actor says "break a leg" to a friend. What does this idiom mean?
A) Good luck
B) Get hurt
C) Run fast
D) Stay home
2. Mom said it was "raining cats and dogs." What does this idiom really mean?
A) Animals are falling
B) It is raining very hard
C) It is only drizzling
D) The rain stopped
3. The teacher told us to "hit the books" after lunch. Which plain meaning matches?
A) Throw the books
B) Study hard
C) Close the books
D) Buy new books
4. Sam felt "under the weather" and stayed home. What does the idiom really mean?
A) Outside in rain
B) Feeling sick
C) Very happy
D) Playing outside
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1) When my uncle said "it is a piece of cake," he meant the job is very easy.
2) Grandma told me to "keep my chin up," which really means stay positive.
3) When Coach said Lee was a "couch potato," he meant Lee was lazy.
4) When Dad said "my lips are sealed," he really meant he will keep it secret.
5) When the teacher said "time flies," she really meant time passes quickly.
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