Visual images and sentences to help teach idioms with world, earth, ground and floor. Supplementary material for module 1 of Cutting Edge Advanced.

1. world, earth, ground,
floor
Do you have exact equivalents for these words in Spanish?
What is the difference between these four words?

2. • world and earth are very similar in meaning
• ground - surface of the earth outside
• floor - usually inside

3. You have platy of time, and so you don’t
have to hurry: you have all the time _____
in the world

4. Added for emphasis to a question, or to
show you are very surprised or annoyed:
e.g. What _________ is she wearing?
on earth

5. An idiom to say that something is
very expensive: it costs
________
the earth

6. The land at the bottom of the sea
is know as the ocean _________
floor

7. If you have great affection and respect
for someone, you __________ of them.
think the world

8. At a club/disco, the place where
people dance: the dance _________
floor

9. If parents punish their child by not letting
him/her go out, (s)he is _________
grounded

10. An informal way of saying that something
is so good it’s unbelievable:out
of___________
this world

11. If a plan or business starts to
succeed, it gets ________.
off the ground

12. If you feel absolutely fantastic,
you feel like this: on ________
top of the world

13. To keep your feet ______ means to be
realistic and practical, not over-ambitious.
on the ground

14. If something happens or exists in most
or all countries, it happens ________.
worldwide

15. The planks of wood in a wooden
floor are called ________.
floorboards

16. An event or news which is ______ - shattering
is extremely shocking and important.
earth