Similes: Bridge or Surprise?

An interactive activity for B2 students. Use Spanish and Catalan as a bridge to notice which English similes feel familiar and which ones use a completely different image.

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1) Bridge, partial match, or different image?

For each English simile, choose whether it is very similar to Spanish/Catalan, partly similar, or a different image. Then check your answers.

2) Match the meaning

Choose the best meaning for each simile.

Bridge map

Open the cards after you guess. They show how English compares with Spanish and Catalan.

3) Complete the sentence

Type the missing simile. You can use the word bank.

4) Quick recap

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