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	== See also ==		==See also==
	* [[tongue twisters]]
	* [[Limericks]]

			*[[tongue twisters]]
			*[[Limericks]]

	[[Kategorie:Englisch]]		[[Kategorie:Englisch]]
	~~[[Kategorie:Englische Literatur]]~~
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Klaus Dautel: /* First Poems for Learners of English */

2018-03-26T12:44:11Z

First Poems for Learners of English

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	*to learn by heart,		* to learn by heart,
	*to write in your scrap book,		* to write in your scrap book,
	*to draw colourful pictures,		* to draw colourful pictures,
	*to recite at meetings and parties ~~etc.~~		* to recite at meetings and parties,
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==What for?==
*to learn by heart,
*to write in your scrap book,
*to draw colourful pictures,
*to recite at meetings and parties etc.
*simply to enjoy it and to have fun

==Me and my family==
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'''My family'''

:This here is my father,
::he is very tall,
:this here is my brother,
::he is very small,
:this here is my sister,
::she is fond of tea,
:this here is my mother,
::she is fond of me.
:Father, brother,
::sister, mother -
:all these are my family.

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'''My body'''

:My teeth are white,
:my eyes are blue,
:my lips are red
:they speak to you.

:I have two feet,
:two hands, you see,
:two ears, one nose
:and this is me.

:My hands have ten fingers,
:my feet have ten toes,
:I write with my fingers,
:I dance on my toes.
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}}

==Animals==

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'''MICE'''
:I think mice
:are rather nice.
:: Their tails are long,
:: their faces small,
:: they haven't any
:: chins at all.
:: Their ears are pink,
:: their teeth are white,
:: they run about
:: the house at night.
:: They nibble things
:: they should not touch
:: and no-one seems
:: to like them much.
:But I think mice
:are nice.
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}}

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'''Grizzly Bear'''

:If you ever, ever, ever
:: meet a grizzly bear,
:You must never, never, never
:: ask him where
:: he is going or
:: what he is doing.
:For if you ever, ever dare
:: to stop a grizzly bear,
:you will never meet another
:: grizzly bear !
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[[Bild:Igel.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Is this an eagle or is it a bear?]]
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'''Ten little monkeys'''
:Ten little monkeys were jumping on the bed
:One fell off and bumped his head
:Mama called the doctor and he doctor said:
:"That's what you get for jumping on the bed!"
}}

{{3Spalten|
'''Cows don't fly'''
:A little bird flying by
:Dropped a letter from the sky.
:"oh," said the farmer, cleaning his eye,
:"I'm very glad that cows don't fly."

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'''Butterfly'''
:More than once have I
:dreamed I was a butterfly,
:a part of nature's plan.
:Now, I do not know if I
:am, in fact, a butterfly
:dreaming I'm a man.
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'''Sardines'''

:A baby sardine
:Saw her first Submarine.
:She was scared and watched through a peephole.
::'Oh come, come, come,'
::Said the sardine's mum,
::'It's only a tin full of people.'

:::<small>Spike Milligan</small>
}}

==Miscellany==
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'''Clocks and Watches'''

Our great
:steeple clock
:goes TICK - TOCK,
:TICK - TOCK;

Our small
:mantel clock
:goes TICK-TACK, TICK-TACK
:TICK-TACK, TICK-TACK;

Our little
:Pocket watch
:Goes tick-a-tacker, tick-a-tacker,
:tick-a-tacker, tick.

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'''I eat my peas with honey,'''
:I've done it all my life.
:It makes the peas taste funny,
:But it keeps them on the knife.

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'''The Test'''
:Good - better - best
:We had an English test
:Some did badly
:Some did worse
:But mine was the best!

}}

==Counting rhymes (Abzählverse)==

:One two three four five -
:Once I caught a fish alive,
:six seven eight nine ten -
:then I let it go again!

:Why then did you let it go?
:Because it bit my finger so.
:Which finger did it bite?
:The little finger on the right!

==Days of the week==
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Busy Daisy
:Washes on Monday
:Irons on Tuesday
:Shops on Wednesday
:Sews on Thursday
:Cleans on Friday
:Bakes on Saturday
:Dances on Sunday
:
:This is what Daisy
:does every week.

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Lazy Daisy
:Sleeps on Monday
:Wakes on Tuesday
:Washes on Wednesday
:Dresses on Thursday
:Plays on Friday
:Sings on Saturday
:Dances on Sunday
:
:This is what Daisy
:does every week.

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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.
}}

==The seasons==

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'''THE YEAR'''

:In January there is lots of snow,
:All our cheeks and noses glow.

:In February there is rain and ice,
:To stay indoors is very nice.

:In March the winds blow from the sea,
:We sit by the fire to drink our tea.

:Then April comes with lots of showers,
:A little sun and pretty flowers.

:May and June and then July,
:Summer is here, cold days good-bye!

:August brings us lots of sun,
:Lots of ice-cream, lots of fun.

:September makes the apples round,
:October drops them to the ground.

:We play indoors in wet November,
:My friends come round and visit me,

:Another month and then December
:With Christmas and the Christmas tree.

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'''Winter'''

:Autumn is over,
:snow´s everywhere,
:birds on the white grass
:and frost in the air.

:Coming round the corner
:On his tip,tip toes,
:Winter, winter, winter
:with a cold red nose.

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'''The snowman'''

:Take a snowball,
:put it on the ground,
:push it, roll it,
:make it big and round.

:Look, your snowman
:is big and tall.
:but has no eyes,
:no nose at all.

:Two stones will do
:and a carrot, too.
:Now, Mr Snowman,
:How are you?

'''Thirty days has September'''
:April, June and November,
:all the rest has thirty-one
:excepting February alone,
:and that has twenty-eight days clear
:and twenty-nine in each leap year.
}}

==Love and friendship==
{{3Spalten|

'''Lost'''
:Lost my shoes in San Francisco,
:Lost my passport in Bombay,
:In Hongkong I lost my money,
:Sat in prison for ten days.

:Lost my car in Mississippi,
:Lost my sleep in Katmandu,
:Safe back home in London city
:There I lost my heart to you!
::<small>(Tell me, where are all these funny places?)</small>
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'''IF...'''
:If only I had plenty of money
:I´d buy you some flowers and I´buy you some honey.
:I´d buy a boat and I´d buy you a sail,
:I´d buy you a cat with a long bushy tail.
:I´d buy you a church and I´d buy you a bell,
:I´d buy you a ring and a necklace as well.
:I´d buy you the moon and I´d buy you the sun,
:Oh, money, money - I wish I had some.

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:East is east, and west is west,
:Of all the girls I like you best.

'''Written with a pen'''
:sealed with a kiss
:If you are my friend
:Please answer this:

:Are we friends or are we not?
:You told me once, but I forgot.

:So tell me now and tell me true,
:So I can say, I am here for you.

:Of all the friends I have ever met,
:You are the one I won't forget.
:And If I'll die before you do
:I'll go to heaven and wait for you.

}}

== See also ==
* [[tongue twisters]]
* [[Limericks]]

[[Kategorie:Englische Literatur]]
[[Kategorie:Unterrichtsideen Englisch]]

First Poems - Versionsgeschichte

Karl Kirst: kat

Matthias Scharwies: kat geändert

Matthias Scharwies: kat geändert

Klaus Dautel: /* First Poems for Learners of English */

Matthias Scharwies: -colorize

Matthias Scharwies: N