Proverbs in pictures
Five proverbs written as a rebus. Change a letter under a picture, or say it out loud, and the saying reads back word by word.
When to use it
An English lesson on idioms, where every proverb solved is one to explain. A starter on the smartboard while the class comes in. A page for the school newsletter or the staff room, with the answers in next week's issue.
What makes it this
Built on the Rebus generator with these changed. Everything else is the default.
- What does the picture show?
In the builder: Sentences & pictures
- Sounds like
The picture stands for how the part sounds, with no letter changes — an eye for “I”, a 4 for “for”.
In the builder: Sentences & pictures
Preview
View only — copy it to play.Proverbs in pictures
Five proverbs, written in pictures. Change the letters under a picture to get the word, or say it out loud: some pictures only sound like the word. Tap a picture to try what you see.
5 sentences
Why the example is built this way
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A sentence they half know already.
A rebus is solved from both ends: the pictures give the words, and the sentence gives the pictures. Once "Better late than" is on the board, the beaver can only be "never". Proverbs make that second way work from the very first word.
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Letter changes and sound-alikes, mixed.
Most pictures turn into their word with a letter change, like the butter with u=e. A few only sound like the word: the bee and the 4 in "before", the sheep that is a ewe in "you". English rebuses need both, and the builder offers Sounds like next to Picture.
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Some words stay as letters.
"The" and "Actions" are written out, and they come already filled in. Each one gives the pupil a foothold in the sentence. For a harder rebus, give every word a picture.
Build it yourself
- 1 Open the Rebus builder and fill in the Sentences & pictures tab.
- 2 Share the link with your players, or embed the activity in your own site.
Or skip the building: copy this example and swap in your own content.