Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Ladies First by Shel Silverstein (1981): Poems ESL Listening

(TESOL Worksheets--Poems ESL Listening)
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Ladies First by Shel Silverstein (1981): poems


Video: https://youtu.be/1vw21Nt8eOo

Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/_5x9fh7


Suggested Use:

Step 1: Look at the vocabulary. Check any words that you don’t know in your dictionary.

Step 2: Listen to the video. (Listen only.  Don’t look at the poem yet).

Step  3: Practice the vocabulary on Quizlet 

Step 4: Watch the video again.  This time look at the poem. Read and listen at the same time.

Step 5: Practice the vocabulary on Quizlet again 

Step 6: Listen one last time.  The last time, don’t look at the poem. 


Vocabulary

band, bib, bus, cannibal, climb, cream, decide, dinnertime, fight, front, fry, fuss, grab, grand, guzzle, ice, ice cream, jungle, ketchup, king, lady, land, lick, lick your lips, line, lip, pan, purse, push, savage, scream, shove, shrill, sip, thirst, throne, tie, tiff, trip, wild, worse, yell


Proper Names

Dan, Pamela Purse


Contractions

’em=them

Ladies First by Shel Silverstein (1981): poems

Pamela Purse yelled, “Ladies first,”
Pushing in front of the ice cream line.
Pamela Purse yelled, “Ladies first,”
Grabbing the ketchup at dinnertime.
Climbing on the morning bus,
She’d shove right by all of us,
And there’d be a tiff or a fight or a fuss,
When Pamela Purse yelled, “Ladies first.”

Pamela Purse screamed, “Ladies first,”
When we went off on our jungle trip.
Pamela Purse said her thirst was worse,
And guzzled our water, every sip.
And when we got grabbed by that wild savage band,
Who tied us together and made us all stand,
In a long line in front of the King of the land,
A cannibal known as Fry-’Em-Up Dan,
Who sat on his throne in a bib so grand,
With a lick of his lips and a fork in his hand,
As he tried to decide who’d be first in the pan,
From back of the line, in that shrill voice of hers,
Pamela Purse yelled, “Ladies first.”

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Match the missing words to the blanks.  Then watch the video to check your answers

Video: https://youtu.be/1vw21Nt8eOo


Word bank

dinnertime, hand, hers, line, us, sip, stand, trip


Pamela Purse yelled, “Ladies first,”
Pushing in front of the ice cream (1)_____________.
Pamela Purse yelled, “Ladies first,”
Grabbing the ketchup at (2)_____________.
Climbing on the morning bus,
She’d shove right by all of (3)_____________,
And there’d be a tiff or a fight or a fuss,
When Pamela Purse yelled, “Ladies first.”

Pamela Purse screamed, “Ladies first,”
When we went off on our jungle (4)_____________.
Pamela Purse said her thirst was worse,
And guzzled our water, every (5)_____________.
And when we got grabbed by that wild savage band,
Who tied us together and made us all (6)_____________,
In a long line in front of the King of the land,
A cannibal known as Fry-’Em-Up Dan,
Who sat on his throne in a bib so grand,
With a lick of his lips and a fork in his (7)_____________,
As he tried to decide who’d be first in the pan,
From back of the line, in that shrill voice of (8)_____________,
Pamela Purse yelled, “Ladies first.”

Answers

Pamela Purse yelled, “Ladies first,”
Pushing in front of the ice cream (1)line.
Pamela Purse yelled, “Ladies first,”
Grabbing the ketchup at (2)dinnertime.
Climbing on the morning bus,
She’d shove right by all of (3)us,
And there’d be a tiff or a fight or a fuss,
When Pamela Purse yelled, “Ladies first.”

Pamela Purse screamed, “Ladies first,”
When we went off on our jungle (4)trip.
Pamela Purse said her thirst was worse,
And guzzled our water, every (5)sip.
And when we got grabbed by that wild savage band,
Who tied us together and made us all (6)stand,
In a long line in front of the King of the land,
A cannibal known as Fry-’Em-Up Dan,
Who sat on his throne in a bib so grand,
With a lick of his lips and a fork in his (7)hand,
As he tried to decide who’d be first in the pan,
From back of the line, in that shrill voice of (8)hers,
Pamela Purse yelled, “Ladies first.”

Vocabulary

band - a group of people who do something together:

They are the Cathedral's band of regular worshippers.


bib - a piece of cloth or plastic that is worn by young children when they are eating in order to stop their clothes getting dirty


bus - a large vehicle that carries passengers by road, usually along a fixed route:

I'll go home by bus.


cannibal - someone who eats human flesh


climb - to go up something, or onto the top of something:

He climbed up on a chair to change the light bulb.


cream - a thick, yellowish-white liquid that is taken from milk:

Here are some raspberries and cream.


decide - to choose something after thinking about several possibilities:

I haven't decided whether or not to tell him.


dinnertime - the time at which the main meal of the day is eaten


fight - an occasion when people use physical force to hurt or attack others:

He's always getting into fights.


front - the part of something that is furthest forward:

We asked to sit in the front of the plane.


fry - to cook something in hot oil or fat or to be cooked in hot oil or fat:

Fry the onions in a little butter.


fuss - a situation in which people become excited, annoyed, or anxious about something, especially about something unimportant:

What's all the fuss about?


grab - to take hold of something or someone suddenly:

He grabbed my arm and pulled me away.


grand - very large and special:

This is a grand hotel.


guzzle - to eat or drink a lot of something quickly:

Who's guzzled all the beer?


ice - water that has frozen and become solid:

Gerry slipped on the ice and broke his arm.


ice cream - a sweet food made from frozen milk or cream and sugar:

Would you like chocolate or vanilla ice cream?


jungle - an area of land, usually in tropical countries, where trees and plants grow close together


ketchup - a thick sauce made from tomatoes that is eaten cold with food


king - a male ruler in some countries:

He was King Richard II.


lady - a polite way of saying 'woman':

There's a young lady here to see you.


land - an area of ground:

Many farmers have been forced to sell their land.

a country:

It is a land of ice and snow


lick - to move your tongue across the surface of something:

He began to lick his lips.


lick your lips - If you lick your lips, you move your tongue across your lips as you think about or taste something pleasant.

They licked their lips in anticipation.


line - a row of people waiting for something, one behind the other. This is called "queue" in British English:

We were standing in line for hours to get tickets.


lip - one of the two soft, red edges of the mouth:

He licked his lips.


pan - a metal container with a handle that is used for cooking food in


purse - a small container for money, usually used by a woman:

This is a leather purse.


push - to move someone or something by pressing them with your hands or body:

He pushed me violently out of the door.


savage - extremely violent:

It was a savage attack.


scream - to make a loud, high noise with your voice, or to shout something in a loud, high voice because you are afraid, hurt, or angry:

I could hear a woman screaming, "Get me out of here!"


shove - to push someone or something in a rough way:

He wouldn't move, so I shoved him out of the way.


shrill - A shrill sound is very high, loud, and often unpleasant:

She has a shrill voice


sip - Verb: to drink, taking only a small amount at a time:

She sipped her champagne.

Noun: He took a sip of his coffee and then continued.


thirst - the feeling that you want to drink something:

Many of the refugees collapsed from thirst and hunger.


throne - the special chair that a king or queen sits on


tie - to fasten something with string, rope, etc:

The dog was tied to a tree.


tiff - a slight argument:

We had a little tiff over whose turn it was to walk the dog.


trip - a journey in which you visit a place for a short time and come back again:

We might take a trip to Spain later in the summer.


wild - A wild animal or plant lives or grows in its natural environment and not where people live:

This is a wild dog.

very energetic and not controlled:

This is a wild party.


worse - comparative of bad : more unpleasant or difficult than something else that is also bad:

The exam was worse than I expected.


yell - to shout something very loudly:

The policeman yelled at them to stop.

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