English Proverb

Use the pictures below to complete the English Proverbs

1.                                                                                              A ......can’t change it’s ..........

2.                                                                                                A .... in the .... is worth two in the bush

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                                                               Never judge a .....by it’s ........
Well,  "  A Leopard can’t change it’s spot"

           "A bird  in the hand  is worth two in the bush"

            " Never judge a book .by it’s cover "

           

A Proverb is a simple and concrete saying popularly known and repeated, which expresses a truth, based on common sense or the practical experience of humanity. They are often metaphorical (Symbolic and showing some truth about a situation or other object ).

Proverb in English are found with a wide variety of grammatical structures. For example, we find the following structures ;

·         Imperative, negative – (don’t, never )

e.g. – Don’t count your chcken before they hatched.   

        - Never be a borrower nor a lender

·         Imperative, positive – (look, give, put ...etc )

e.g. – Look before you leap.

       -  Give him an inch and he’ll take a yard.

·         Parallel phrases – (repeat the same word or words that rhyme )

e.g. – Garbage in, garbage out

        - Forwarned, Forarmed

        - No gain, No pain

        - Easy come, easy go

        - Out of side, out of mind

·         Rhetorical Questions – (a question that needs no answer )

e.g. – Can an apple treebear watermelon ?

        -  Does the sun rise in the west ?

        -  Can the tiger kill its cubs ?

·         Declarative sentence – (a statement )

e.g. – Birds of a feather flock together .

        - A fair face needs no paint.

        - Silence is golden.