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Listening and Cat Idioms: Garfield - Cool Cat




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Listening and Cat Idioms:

Garfield - Cool Cat

Watch the video and do the following exercises

Unscramble the following lines.

With a big temptation I was demanding

And with a big temptation you never let him go

He's a sweet sensation making your day

He's a sweet sensation breaking your heart

Write in or choose the missing words.

And there's a cool in

Don't you try to take him

He's a cat, he's a cat, he's a cool cat

Make him in the

He will you how to move

He's a cat, he's a cat, he's a cool cat

There's a cool cat on

He's the of all you frown

He's a cat, he's a cat, he's a cool cat

Make him party in the night

When a is all right

He's a cat, he's a cat, he's a cat

(Oh ha. You're a cool cat, cool cat baby, cool cat
You're a cool cat, cool cat baby, cool cat)

(The first and the second parts are repeated several times)

Match the following Cat Idioms with their meaning.

1

be like a cat on a hot tin roof

A

that place is very small.

2

play cat and mouse

B

something that you say in order to warn someone not to ask too many questions about something.

3

Curiosity killed the cat.

C

an impolite way of referring to someone who is very rich and powerful

4

a fat cat

D

something that you say to someone when you are annoyed because they will not speak.

5

a grin like a Cheshire cat

E

be nervous and unable to keep still

6

Has the cat got your tongue?

F

to tell people secret information, often without intending to.

7

let the cat out of the bag

G

something that you say which means that there are several possible ways of achieving something.

8

not room to swing a cat

H

someone who is frightened when there is no reason to be.

9

a sacredly-cat

I

try to defeat someone by tricking them into making a mistake so that you have an advantage over them

10

There's more than one way to skin a cat.

J

a very wide smile.

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Homework Assignment:
Write sentences or situations of your own using the Cat Idioms. ( Why not try to make up a complete story about cats?)