“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago.
The next best time is today.”
—Chinese proverb
Earth Day is on April 22, and it’s a great day to learn idioms about the environment! Visuals like this poster can really help students remember new vocabulary and idioms. For other ways to practice idioms, see Tara’s suggestions in 8 Fun and Interactive Ways to Review Idioms. Try our blank idioms poster as an idiom quiz or vocabulary review. Related vocabulary for this poster could include overfishing, pollution, waste, consumerism, overspending, recycling, composting, deforestation, and global warming.
- View and download a printable 8.5″ × 11″ PDF
- View and download the full-sized PDF
- View and download a printable PDF without text (for a quiz)
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