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‫Welcome back to another I am speaking lesson.

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‫Now we're going to be looking at idiomatic language and how you can use it in your speaking test, naturally

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‫and effectively, you'll understand what idiomatic language is and how it is used.

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‫I'm going to show you some key idiomatic phrases that you can easily use in your speaking test.

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‫And also you'll be able to use them while sounding natural and confident.

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‫So what exactly is idiomatic language?

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‫Well, to sum it up, idiomatic language is a commonly used phrase, which has an unclear meaning.

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‫So it's something that native English speakers say that seems like it has a completely different meaning

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‫to what they are talking about.

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‫Confused?

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‫Well, here are a few examples.

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‫Raining cats and dogs.

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‫Now, this doesn't actually mean that cats and dogs are raining and falling from the sky.

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‫It actually means that it's raining heavily.

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‫Let's take a look at another example.

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‫Over the moon now, this phrase actually means that someone is extremely happy.

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‫If you'd never heard this phrase before, it could be quite confusing.

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‫It's also important to note that in the speaking test you must use idiomatic language in the correct

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‫place and accurately.

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‫So let's take a look at the banned descriptors one more time.

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‫Now we're looking at the banned descriptors for lexical resource as that's where idiomatic language

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‫will score you extra marks.

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‫I've highlighted from band seven, eight and nine, where idiomatic language is mentioned and it is

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‫mentioned in all three of these band scores.

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‫That means that if you are aiming for a band score of seven or higher, it's quite important that you

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‫include some idiomatic vocabulary or language.

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‫But once again, you need to use it naturally and accurately.

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‫If you don't use idiomatic language properly, it could actually lose your marks.

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‫Let's take a look at the example now.

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‫So here the student says, I had such a terrible day, I really was over the moon about it.

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‫Now, you may remember that over the moon means extremely happy.

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‫What the student wants to say is that she felt really bad, but instead she's used over the moon in

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‫the wrong place.

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‫This will actually lose her marks.

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‫Let's take a look at another example of idiomatic language used inappropriately.

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‫I'd love to be a pop singer, but my dreams are just a pie in the sky.

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‫Now the phrase pie in the sky actually means something that will never happen.

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‫But it's really not a very common idiom that people use often these days.

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‫It's important that you use idioms that are native sounding and not too old fashioned because that will

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‫help you sound more like a confident native English speaker.

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‫So I'm going to show you for idioms that you can use very easily, that will make you sound more confident

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‫and natural in your English speaking.

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‫Let's go to example one.

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‫Off the top of my head.

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‫Without thinking too much about something now this is actually a great conversation filler or opener

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‫for when you want to buy some time to think about what you will say next.

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‫Let's see the example.

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‫Off the top of my head.

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‫Action movies are probably my favorite type of films to watch and on to example to Warm-hearted, this

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‫can easily be used to describe people, which I'm sure you will have to do in the speaking test.

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‫It means a very kind and caring person.

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‫Here is an example for you.

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‫My mom has always been supportive.

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‫She's always such a warm hearted person.

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‫I think that Warm-hearted is a really easy idiomatic phrase to use when discussing your family, and

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‫once again, I'm sure that you're going to have to describe your family in the speaking test.

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‫Let's see example three, which is down the road.

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‫This can be used when you want to discuss your future plans.

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‫It means something you want to do later.

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‫Here is an example down the road.

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‫I like to marry and have two or three children.

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‫Let's see if I meet someone first.

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‫And the last example is cost an arm and a leg, and this can be used when you're talking about money,

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‫again, a very common topic in the speaking test.

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‫So what does cost an arm and a leg actually mean?

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‫Well, it means something that is very expensive.

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‫Let's take a look at an example sentence.

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‫My friend wanted me to visit her in Jakarta, but the plane tickets cost an arm and a leg.

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‫I think that talking about things that a very expensive or maybe things we want that are also expensive

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‫is going to be easily added into our speaking test language.

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‫That's all for my for idiomatic phrases that you can generally use pretty much for any aout speaking

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‫test.

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‫I hope that you feel a bit more confident with your idiomatic language, do practice using those four

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‫key phrases, the you in the next lesson.