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English with Pleasure: English with Pleasure: Rhymes, Riddles, Rhymes, Riddles, Games Games English Week of English Week of 2017-2018 2017-2018 Olga Tasenyuk Olga Tasenyuk

RHYMES   RHYMES If All the Seas Were One Sea          Solomon Grundy If all the seas were one sea, What a great sea that would be! And if all the trees were one tree, What a great tree that would be! And if all the axes were one axe, What a great axe that would be! And if all the men were one man, What a great man he would be! And if the great man took the great And cut down the great tree, And let it fall into the great sea, What a splish splash that would be! axe, Solomon Grundy, Born on a Monday, Christened on Tuesday, Married on Wednesday, Took ill on Thursday, Worse on Friday, Died on Saturday, Buried on Sunday. This is the end Of Solomon Grundy.

LIMERICKS LIMERICKS The content Many limericks are usually humorous. The form A Limerick is simple and short. Limericks consist of five lines. Lines 1, 2, and 5 of Limericks have seven to ten syllables and rhyme with one another. Lines 3 and 4 of Limericks have five to seven syllables and also rhyme with each other. The Limericks of Edward Lear - Limericks are Fun!! Edward Lear's Book of Nonsense included Limericks. His work was extremely popular in the 19th century. Magazine Punch started printing limericks. The first edition of Edward Lear's Book of Nonsense was published by Thomas McLean on 10th February 1846. There were altogether seventy-two limericks in two volumes. These limericks have become extremely popular with children.

There was a Young Lady of Niger, Who smiled as she rode on a tiger; They returned from the ride With the Lady inside, And the smile on the face of the tiger.    There was an Old Man of Peru, Who dreamt he was eating his shoe. He awoke in the night In a terrible fright And found it was perfectly true!

RIDDLES RIDDLES • 1. Why do birds fly south? • 2. Where were all English kings • 3. What flying animal can fly • 4. Which is correct? “Yolks of eggs crowned? higher than a house? are white” or “Yolks of eggs is white”. • 5. What is red, carries a sack of toys and falls down the chimney? • 6. Which American president wore the largest hat? • 7. What time is it when a clock strikes 13? • 8. What goes up but never goes down? • 9. Two wrongs never do right. What do two rights make? • 10. What gets wetter the more it dries? • 11. What always weighs the same no matter how big it gets? • 12. How many big men were born in Alaska? • 13. What happens to a cow when it stands out in the rain? • 14. There are 2 ducks in front of 1 duck, 2 ducks behind 1 duck and 1 duck in the middle. How many ducks are there? find in the sea? • 15. What kind of stones can’t we • 16. What month has 28 days? • 17. What building has the most • 18. What is in the middle of Paris? • 19. If you drop a yellow hat into the Red Sea, what does it become? • 20. What is yours but your friends use it more often than you? stories?

GAMES GAMES A Magic 5   A Magic 5 Parts And Wholes        Parts And Wholes vegetables. • Name 5 colours. • Name 5 sorts of • Name 5 school subjects. • Name 5 sorts of fruit. • Name 5 sports. • Name 5 professions. • Name 5 things that people • Name 5 English names. • Name 5 English-speaking • Name 5 wild animals. countries. wear. You should combine these parts so as to get a popular name. Mickey Claus Mary Duck Robinson Pooh Peter Mouse Donald Poppins Winny-the- Crusoe Santa Pan

GAMES GAMES      Hidden Words Find, please, the animals the following sentences! Ex: If I shout, he’ll hear me. hiding in (Fish) 1. Close the door at once! 2. He’ll come to America 3. Do good workers 4. If Roger comes, we’ll tomorrow. succeed? begin. • • • • • • • • • • The Right Choice The capital of England is a) London b) Paris c) Moscow. London stands a) the Volga b) the Mississippi c) the Thames. The symbol of England is a) a red rose b) a tulip c) a daffodil. The English flag is a) blue and white b) red and green c) red and white. Golf comes from a) Scotland b) Russia c) the USA. A. Bell invented a) a car b) a telephone c) a plane. Ch. Chaplin was a) an artist b) a composer c) an actor. Cricket comes from a) England b) Italy c) France. “Robinson Crusoe” was written by a) Lewis Carroll b) Daniel Defoe c) Alan Milne. The traditional Christmas meal in England is a) roast turkey b) fish and chips c) porridge.

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