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A limerick
There was a young lady of NigerWho smiled as she
rode on a tigerThey returned from the rideWith
the lady inside,And the smile on the face of the
tiger.
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Lesson 5 Thats a
Funny Limerick!
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Whats a limerick?
Limerick is a humorous and nonsense poem of five
lines. The rhyme scheme of all limericks is aabba
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A limerick I once saw a very
_______(age or colour) cat, It was wearing a
_________(size or feelings) yellow hat. I jumped
really ________(adverb), And then I said
________(adverb), Dont you think you look
_______(weight) in that?
Fill in the blanks
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Who will help Jenny fill in the blanks? I once
saw a very _______(age or colour) cat. Whats the
first word Jenny needs? She needs a word that
_________ ___________. Whats Brians
suggestion? Jenny
Danny and Brian can both help her.
describes age or colour
How /What about old?
Great /Wonderful /OK/All right /Good idea!
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That was wearing a _____(size or feeling) yellow
hat. Whats the second word that Jenny needs? She
needs ______ a size ____a feeling. At last,
they choose_______ to fill in the blank.
She doesnt ask for both a size and a feeling,
just one of them.
huge
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I jumped really_______ (adverb) And then I said
_______ (adverb) What are the next two words
Jenny needs? She needs two adverbs, because the
next two blanks are_____ _______ _____. What does
Jenny ask Danny and Brian do? They can _____give
her a word. So Danny says _____and Brian says
______
both motion words
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Dont you think you look ______(weight) in
that. Theres just one more blank, What does
Jenny need? She needs a word that __________
_________, _______ heavy or light So at last
they fill in the blank with ______. Will Jenny
learn her poem by heart?
describes weight
like
No. Just read it.
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I once saw a very old cat , That was wearing a
huge yellow hat. I jumped really slowly, And
then I said quickly, Dont you think you look
heavy in that?
Its funny!
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There was a young lady of LynnWho was so
uncommonly thinThat when she essayedTo drink
lemonadeShe slipped through the straw and fell
in.