Hidden Meaning Rebus Puzzles: Sets 4–6
Use visual clues to work out English idioms across three sets of sixteen puzzles. Each set has a matching answer page for discussion and checking.

- Grades
- Grades 4–8
- Pages
- 6
- File type
- Subject
- Vocabulary, Language Development, ELA
- Resource types
- Worksheets
- Ontario expectations
- C3.1 — describe literary devices
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About this resource
Have fun with these brain teasers!
Find the hidden expression found in each square.
Part 2.
In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Interpret a visual rebus clue to identify the common English idiom or expression it represents
- Recognize and recall the meaning of common English idioms and expressions
Teaching tips
- Optional discussion: after revealing an unfamiliar expression, ask how the layout or picture represents its meaning.
Skills covered
- Visual inference — interpret the arrangement of words and pictures to identify an expression.
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Ontario curriculum
Ontario curriculum expectations
Ontario expectations
- C3.1 — describe literary devices , including hyperbole and idioms , in a variety of texts, and explain how they help create meaning and are appropriate for the intended purpose and audience
Core concepts
- Idioms
- Figurative language
- Rebus puzzles
- English expressions
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