These books, which are to be used in conjunction, offer funny pictures that offer the literal translation with dialogues that demonstrate how they are to be used. The teacher’s manual supplies additional controlled exercises (i.e. select the best idiom to complete the sentence, fill in the blank, matching, and word search exercises.) Ideas for free practice are also included.

Each lesson starts with an introduction of new idioms and some suggested ways to introduce these to your learner. Dialogues, a fill-in the blank exercise sheets and short writing exercises, are included in each chapter. This book is a good source for those who want photocopiable worksheets.

This book has lessons that introduce idioms gradually throughout a reading and listening lesson. Generally, the lesson starts with a short dialogue that introduces two new idiomatic expressions. Subsequent expansion exercises introduce new phrases where learners are to discover the meaning of the idioms through context. This book is suitable for learners working with a tutor but may be difficult for them to do on their own.

This book introduces numerous idioms connected to a theme. A tape (so learners can listen to the conversation the idioms originated from) is included, along with numerous exercises. This is a good, thorough book, which the learner could find success with when used as homework. However, if used for an entire tutoring session, it could be overwhelming. Tutors may need to find ways to break up the information and review only what has been taught.