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Fox in Socks by Dr Seuss: poems
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Vocabulary
Names
Nonsense Words (This poem uses nonsense words for rhymes and rhythm)
Fox in Socks by Dr Seuss: poems
Fox, Socks, Box, Knox. Knox in box. Fox in socks. Knox on fox in socks in box. Socks on Knox and Knox in box. Fox in socks on box on Knox. Chicks with bricks come. Chicks with blocks come. Chicks with bricks and blocks and clocks come.
Look, sir. Look, sir. Mr. Knox, sir. Let's do tricks with bricks and blocks, sir. Let's do tricks with chicks and clocks, sir. First, I'll make a quick trick brick stack. Then I'll make a quick trick block stack. You can make a quick trick chick stack. You can make a quick trick clock stack. And here's a new trick, Mr. Knox. Socks on chicks and chicks on fox. Fox on clocks on bricks and blocks. Bricks and blocks on Knox on box. Now we come to ticks and tocks, sir. Try to say this Mr. Knox, sir. Clocks on fox tick. Clocks on Knox tock. Six sick bricks tick. Six sick chicks tock.
Please, sir. I don't like this trick, sir. My tongue isn't quick or slick, sir. I get all those ticks and clocks, sir, mixed up with the chicks and tocks, sir. I can't do it, Mr. Fox, sir.
I'm so sorry, Mr. Knox, sir. Here's an easy game to play. Here's an easy thing to say.
New socks. Two socks. Whose socks? Sue's socks. Who sews whose socks? Sue sews Sue's socks. Who sees who sew whose new socks, sir? You see Sue sew Sue's new socks, sir.
That's not easy, Mr. Fox, sir.
Who comes? Crow comes. Slow Joe Crow comes. Who sews crow's clothes? Sue sews crow's clothes. Slow Joe Crow sews whose clothes? Sue's clothes. Sue sews socks of fox in socks now. Slow Joe Crow sews Knox in box now. Sue sews rose on Slow Joe Crow's clothes. Fox sews hose on Slow Joe Crow's nose. Hose goes. Rose grows. Nose hose goes some. Crow's rose grows some.
Mr. Fox! I hate this game, sir. This game makes my tongue quite lame, sir. Mr. Knox, sir, what a shame, sir.
We'll find something new to do now. Here is lots of new blue goo now. New goo. Blue goo. Gooey. Gooey. Blue goo. New goo. Gluey. Gluey. Gooey goo for chewy chewing! That's what that Goo-Goose is doing. Do you choose to chew goo, too, sir? If, sir, you, sir, choose to chew, sir, with the Goo-Goose, chew, sir. Do, sir.
Mr. Fox, sir, I won't do it. I can't say it. I won't chew it.
Very well, sir. Step this way. We'll find another game to play.
Bim comes. Ben comes. Bim brings Ben broom. Ben brings Bim broom. Ben bends Bim's broom. Bim bends Ben's broom. Bim's bends. Ben's bends. Ben's bent broom breaks. Bim's bent broom breaks. Ben's band. Bim's band. Big bands. Pig bands. Bim and Ben lead bands with brooms. Ben's band bangs and Bim's band booms.
Pig band! Boom band! Big band! Broom band! My poor mouth can't say that. No, sir. My poor mouth is much too slow, sir.
Well then, bring your mouth this way. I'll find it something it can say.
Luke Luck likes lakes. Luke's duck likes lakes. Luke Luck licks lakes. Luck's duck licks lakes. Duck takes licks in lakes Luke Luck likes. Luke Luck takes licks in lakes duck likes.
I can't blab such blibber blubber! My tongue isn't made of rubber.
Mr. Knox. Now come now. Come now. You don't have to be so dumb now. Try to say this, Mr. Knox, please.
Through three cheese trees three free fleas flew. While these fleas flew, freezy breeze blew. Freezy breeze made these three trees freeze. Freezy trees made these trees' cheese freeze. That's what made these three free fleas sneeze.
Stop it! Stop it! That's enough, sir. I can't say such silly stuff, sir.
Very well, then, Mr. Knox, sir. Let's have a little talk about tweetle beetles.
What do you know about tweetle beetles? Well...When tweetle beetles fight, it's called a tweetle beetle battle. And when they battle in a puddle, it's a tweetle beetle puddle battle. AND when tweetle beetles battle with paddles in a puddle, they call it a tweetle beetle puddle paddle battle. AND...When beetles battle beetles in a puddle paddle battle and the beetle battle puddle is a puddle in a bottle...they call this a tweetle beetle bottle puddle paddle battle muddle. AND...When beetles fight these battles in a bottle with their paddles and the bottle's on a poodle and the poodle's eating noodles...they call this a muddle puddle tweetle poodle beetle noodle bottle paddle battle. AND…
Now wait a minute, Mr. Socks Fox!
Hey, don’t put me in the bottle!
But I did!
When a fox is in the bottle where the tweetle beetles battle with their paddles in a puddle on a noodle-eating poodle, THIS is what they call… ...a tweetle beetle noodle poodle bottled paddled muddled duddled fuddled wuddled fox in socks, sir!
Fox in socks, our game is done, sir. Thank you for a lot of fun, sir.
Match the missing words to the blanks. Then watch the video to check your answers
Video: https://youtu.be/1SILagAb9pk
Word bank
Fox in Socks by Dr Seuss
Fox, Socks, Box, Knox. Knox in box. Fox in (1)_____________. Knox on fox in socks in box. Socks on Knox and Knox in (2)_____________. Fox in socks on box on Knox. Chicks with bricks come. Chicks with blocks (3)_____________. Chicks with bricks and blocks and clocks come.
Look, sir. Look, sir. Mr. Knox, sir. Let's do tricks with bricks and blocks, sir. Let's do tricks with chicks and clocks, sir. First, I'll make a quick trick brick stack. Then I'll make a quick trick block (4)_____________. You can make a quick trick chick stack. You can make a quick trick clock stack. And here's a new (5)_____________, Mr. Knox. Socks on chicks and chicks on fox. Fox on clocks on bricks and blocks. Bricks and blocks on Knox on box. Now we come to ticks and (6)_____________, sir. Try to say this Mr. Knox, sir. Clocks on fox tick. Clocks on Knox tock. Six sick bricks tick. Six sick chicks tock.
Please, sir. I don't like this trick, sir. My tongue isn't quick or (7)_____________, sir. I get all those ticks and clocks, sir, mixed up with the chicks and tocks, sir. I can't do it, Mr. Fox, sir.
I'm so sorry, Mr. Knox, sir. Here's an easy game to play. Here's an easy thing to (8)_____________.
New socks. Two socks. Whose socks? Sue's socks. Who sews whose socks? Sue sews Sue's socks. Who sees who sew whose new socks, sir? You see Sue sew Sue's new socks, sir.
That's not (9)_____________, Mr. Fox, sir.
Who comes? Crow comes. Slow Joe Crow comes. Who sews crow's (10)_____________? Sue sews crow's clothes. Slow Joe Crow sews whose clothes? Sue's clothes. Sue sews socks of fox in socks now. Slow Joe Crow sews Knox in box now. Sue sews rose on Slow Joe Crow's clothes. Fox sews hose on Slow Joe Crow's (11)_____________. Hose goes. Rose grows. Nose hose goes some. Crow's rose grows some.
Mr. Fox! I hate this game, sir. This game makes my tongue quite (12)_____________, sir. Mr. Knox, sir, what a shame, sir.
We'll find something new to do now. Here is lots of new blue goo now. New goo. Blue goo. Gooey. Gooey. Blue goo. New goo. Gluey. Gluey. Gooey goo for chewy (13)_____________! That's what that Goo-Goose is doing. Do you choose to chew goo, too, sir? If, sir, you, sir, choose to chew, sir, with the Goo-Goose, chew, sir. Do, sir.
Mr. Fox, sir, I won't do it. I can't say it. I won't chew it.
Very well, sir. Step this way. We'll find another game to (14)_____________.
Bim comes. Ben comes. Bim brings Ben broom. Ben brings Bim broom. Ben bends Bim's broom. Bim bends Ben's (15)_____________. Bim's bends. Ben's bends. Ben's bent broom breaks. Bim's bent broom breaks. Ben's band. Bim's band. Big bands. Pig bands. Bim and Ben lead bands with brooms. Ben's band bangs and Bim's band (16)_____________.
Pig band! Boom band! Big band! Broom band! My poor mouth can't say that. No, sir. My poor mouth is much too (17)_____________, sir.
Well then, bring your mouth this way. I'll find it something it can say.
Luke Luck likes lakes. Luke's duck likes lakes. Luke Luck licks lakes. Luck's duck licks (18)_____________. Duck takes licks in lakes Luke Luck likes. Luke Luck takes licks in lakes duck likes.
I can't blab such blibber blubber! My tongue isn't made of (19)_____________.
Mr. Knox. Now come now. Come now. You don't have to be so (20)_____________ now. Try to say this, Mr. Knox, please.
Through three cheese trees three free fleas flew. While these fleas flew, freezy breeze blew. Freezy breeze made these three trees freeze. Freezy trees made these trees' cheese freeze. That's what made these three free fleas (21)_____________.
Stop it! Stop it! That's enough, sir. I can't say such silly (22)_____________, sir.
Very well, then, Mr. Knox, sir. Let's have a little talk about tweetle beetles.
What do you know about tweetle beetles? Well...When tweetle beetles fight, it's called a tweetle beetle (23)_____________. And when they battle in a puddle, it's a tweetle beetle puddle battle. AND when tweetle beetles battle with paddles in a puddle, they call it a tweetle beetle puddle paddle battle. AND...When beetles battle beetles in a puddle paddle battle and the beetle battle puddle is a puddle in a bottle...they call this a tweetle beetle bottle puddle paddle battle muddle. AND...When beetles fight these battles in a bottle with their paddles and the bottle's on a poodle and the poodle's eating noodles...they call this a muddle puddle tweetle poodle beetle noodle bottle paddle battle. AND…
Now wait a minute, Mr. Socks Fox!
Hey, don’t put me in the (24)_____________!
But I did!
When a fox is in the bottle where the tweetle beetles battle with their paddles in a puddle on a noodle-eating poodle, THIS is what they call… ...a tweetle beetle noodle poodle bottled paddled muddled duddled fuddled wuddled fox in socks, sir!
Fox in socks, our game is done, sir. Thank you for a lot of (25)_____________, sir.
Answers:
Fox in Socks by Dr Seuss
Fox, Socks, Box, Knox. Knox in box. Fox in (1)socks. Knox on fox in socks in box. Socks on Knox and Knox in (2)box. Fox in socks on box on Knox. Chicks with bricks come. Chicks with blocks (3)come. Chicks with bricks and blocks and clocks come.
Look, sir. Look, sir. Mr. Knox, sir. Let's do tricks with bricks and blocks, sir. Let's do tricks with chicks and clocks, sir. First, I'll make a quick trick brick stack. Then I'll make a quick trick block (4)stack. You can make a quick trick chick stack. You can make a quick trick clock stack. And here's a new (5)trick, Mr. Knox. Socks on chicks and chicks on fox. Fox on clocks on bricks and blocks. Bricks and blocks on Knox on box. Now we come to ticks and (6)tocks, sir. Try to say this Mr. Knox, sir. Clocks on fox tick. Clocks on Knox tock. Six sick bricks tick. Six sick chicks tock.
Please, sir. I don't like this trick, sir. My tongue isn't quick or (7)slick, sir. I get all those ticks and clocks, sir, mixed up with the chicks and tocks, sir. I can't do it, Mr. Fox, sir.
I'm so sorry, Mr. Knox, sir. Here's an easy game to play. Here's an easy thing to (8)say.
New socks. Two socks. Whose socks? Sue's socks. Who sews whose socks? Sue sews Sue's socks. Who sees who sew whose new socks, sir? You see Sue sew Sue's new socks, sir.
That's not (9)easy, Mr. Fox, sir.
Who comes? Crow comes. Slow Joe Crow comes. Who sews crow's (10)clothes? Sue sews crow's clothes. Slow Joe Crow sews whose clothes? Sue's clothes. Sue sews socks of fox in socks now. Slow Joe Crow sews Knox in box now. Sue sews rose on Slow Joe Crow's clothes. Fox sews hose on Slow Joe Crow's (11)nose. Hose goes. Rose grows. Nose hose goes some. Crow's rose grows some.
Mr. Fox! I hate this game, sir. This game makes my tongue quite (12)lame, sir. Mr. Knox, sir, what a shame, sir.
We'll find something new to do now. Here is lots of new blue goo now. New goo. Blue goo. Gooey. Gooey. Blue goo. New goo. Gluey. Gluey. Gooey goo for chewy (13)chewing! That's what that Goo-Goose is doing. Do you choose to chew goo, too, sir? If, sir, you, sir, choose to chew, sir, with the Goo-Goose, chew, sir. Do, sir.
Mr. Fox, sir, I won't do it. I can't say it. I won't chew it.
Very well, sir. Step this way. We'll find another game to (14)play.
Bim comes. Ben comes. Bim brings Ben broom. Ben brings Bim broom. Ben bends Bim's broom. Bim bends Ben's (15)broom. Bim's bends. Ben's bends. Ben's bent broom breaks. Bim's bent broom breaks. Ben's band. Bim's band. Big bands. Pig bands. Bim and Ben lead bands with brooms. Ben's band bangs and Bim's band (16)booms.
Pig band! Boom band! Big band! Broom band! My poor mouth can't say that. No, sir. My poor mouth is much too (17)slow, sir.
Well then, bring your mouth this way. I'll find it something it can say.
Luke Luck likes lakes. Luke's duck likes lakes. Luke Luck licks lakes. Luck's duck licks (18)lakes. Duck takes licks in lakes Luke Luck likes. Luke Luck takes licks in lakes duck likes.
I can't blab such blibber blubber! My tongue isn't made of (19)rubber.
Mr. Knox. Now come now. Come now. You don't have to be so (20)dumb now. Try to say this, Mr. Knox, please.
Through three cheese trees three free fleas flew. While these fleas flew, freezy breeze blew. Freezy breeze made these three trees freeze. Freezy trees made these trees' cheese freeze. That's what made these three free fleas (21)sneeze.
Stop it! Stop it! That's enough, sir. I can't say such silly (22)stuff, sir.
Very well, then, Mr. Knox, sir. Let's have a little talk about tweetle beetles.
What do you know about tweetle beetles? Well...When tweetle beetles fight, it's called a tweetle beetle (23)battle. And when they battle in a puddle, it's a tweetle beetle puddle battle. AND when tweetle beetles battle with paddles in a puddle, they call it a tweetle beetle puddle paddle battle. AND...When beetles battle beetles in a puddle paddle battle and the beetle battle puddle is a puddle in a bottle...they call this a tweetle beetle bottle puddle paddle battle muddle. AND...When beetles fight these battles in a bottle with their paddles and the bottle's on a poodle and the poodle's eating noodles...they call this a muddle puddle tweetle poodle beetle noodle bottle paddle battle. AND…
Now wait a minute, Mr. Socks Fox!
Hey, don’t put me in the (24)bottle!
But I did!
When a fox is in the bottle where the tweetle beetles battle with their paddles in a puddle on a noodle-eating poodle, THIS is what they call… ...a tweetle beetle noodle poodle bottled paddled muddled duddled fuddled wuddled fox in socks, sir!
Fox in socks, our game is done, sir. Thank you for a lot of (25)fun, sir.
Vocabulary
band - a group of musicians who play modern music together:
The band played the first few bars.
bang - a sudden loud noise:
The door slammed with a deafening bang.
battle - a fight between two armies in a war:
Her grandfather was killed in battle (= while fighting).
beetle - an insect with a hard, usually black, shiny body
bend - to become curved, or to make something become curved:
The trees were bending in the wind.
bent - curved and not now straight or flat:
The metal bars were bent and twisted.
blab - to talk too much or speak without thinking:
She just blabs to anyone who will listen.
block - a solid piece of something, usually in the shape of a square or rectangle:
This is a block of wood.
blow - to force air out through your mouth:
She always blows on her coffee before taking a sip.
blubber - to cry in a noisy way like a child:
There he sat, cowering against the wall, blubbering like a child.
boom - a loud, deep sound
bottle - a container for liquids, usually made of glass or plastic, with a narrow top:
Is there a bottle of wine already open?
bottled - put into a bottle:
I buy a lot of bottled water.
box - a square or rectangular container:
This is a cardboard box.
breeze - a gentle wind:
There was a cool breeze.
breeze blow - If the breeze blows, it moves and makes currents of air:
A cool sea breeze was blowing.
brick - a small, hard, rectangular block used for building walls, houses, etc:
This is a brick wall.
broom - a brush with a long handle used for cleaning the floor
cheese - a food that is made from milk, is usually white or yellow, and can be either hard or soft:
I would like a cheese sandwich.
chew - to crush food between your teeth before you swallow it:
This meat is difficult to chew.
to repeatedly bite something without swallowing it:
I like to chew gum.
chewy - chewy food needs to be chewed a lot before you can swallow it.
chick - a baby bird, especially a baby chicken
clothes - items such as shirts and trousers that you wear on your body:
She was wearing her sister's clothes.
crow - a large black bird that makes a loud noise
duck - a bird with short legs that lives in or near water
dumb - stupid:
He's too dumb to understand.
easy - not difficult:
He thought the exam was very easy.
enough - as much as or more than you want:
I've got enough work at the moment, without being given any more.
flea - a small, jumping insect that lives on animals or people and drinks their blood
fly - When a bird, insect, aircraft, etc flies, it moves through the air:
The plane was flying at 5000 feet.
fox - a wild animal like a dog with red-brown fur, a pointed nose, and a long, thick tail
freeze - When something becomes hard and solid because it is very cold:
Water freezes at 0° Celsius.
freezy - Chilled almost to freezing.
fuddle - to confuse someone and make them unable to think clearly:
The heat had fuddled my brain.
fun - enjoyment or pleasure, or something that gives you enjoyment or pleasure:
You'll like it - it's good fun!
gluey - sticky, or covered with glue:
You'd better wash those gluey hands of yours.
goo - a thick, sticky substance
gooey - soft and sticky:
This is a sweet, gooey sauce.
goose - a large water bird similar to a duck, or the meat from this bird
grow - to develop and become bigger or taller as time passes:
Children grow very quickly.
hate - to dislike someone or something very much:
They've hated each other since they were kids.
hose - a long pipe made of rubber or plastic and used for directing water somewhere, usually onto a garden or fire
lake - a large area of water that has land all around it:
I want to go boating on the lake.
lame - A lame animal or person cannot walk because they have an injured foot or leg:
This is a lame horse.
lick - to move your tongue across the surface of something:
We licked the chocolate off our fingers.
luck - good and bad things caused by chance and not by your own actions:
It was just luck that I asked for a job at the right time.
mixed - made of a combination of different people or things:
I want a mixed salad.
mixed up - confused:
I got a bit mixed up and thought we were supposed to be there at eight.
muddle - a situation of confusion or bad organization:
There was a big muddle over who was buying the tickets.
muddled - Things that are muddled are badly organized:
He left his clothes in a muddled pile in the corner.
noodle - a food in the form of long, thin strips made from flour or rice, water, and often egg, cooked in boiling liquid:
Let's eat some instant noodles.
nose - the part of your face through which you breathe and smell:
She paused to blow her nose (= breathe out hard to empty it into a piece of cloth).
paddle - a short pole with one flat end that you use to make a small boat move through the water
pig - a large pink, brown, or black farm animal that is kept for its meat:
Most of the farmers keep pigs or sheep.
poodle - a type of dog with thick, curly hair
poor - used to show sympathy for someone:
That cold sounds terrible, you poor thing.
puddle - a pool of liquid on the ground, usually from rain
quick - doing something fast or taking only a short time:
I tried to catch him but he was too quick for me.
rubber - a strong material that bends easily, originally produced from the juice of a tropical tree, and used to make tyres, boots, etc
sew - to join things together with a needle and thread:
I need to sew a button on my shirt.
shame - If you describe something as a shame, you are disappointed that it has happened:
It's a real shame to waste all this food.
sick - ill:
He was off work sick for most of last week.
silly - stupid:
I feel silly in this hat.
sir - You call a man ‘sir’ when you are speaking to him politely:
Excuse me, sir, is this seat taken?
slick - having a smooth, shiny surface so that you tend to slide when walking or riding on it:
The roads are slick with ice.
sneeze - If you sneeze, air suddenly comes out through your nose and mouth:
He had a cold and was sneezing a lot.
sock - something that you wear on your foot inside your shoe:
I need a pair of black socks.
sorry - something that you say to be polite when you have done something wrong, or when you cannot agree with someone or accept something:
Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't see you there.
stack - a tidy pile of things:
This is a stack of books.
step - one of the movements you make with your feet when you walk:
She took a few steps forward and then started to speak.
stuff - used to refer to a substance or a group of things or ideas, etc without saying exactly what they are:
There's some sticky stuff on the carpet.
that's enough - used to tell someone to stop behaving badly
tick - the sound that some clocks or watches make every second
tick-tock - the sound of a large clock ticking:
"we could hear every tick-tock of the clock"
tock - (used in conjunction with tick) A clicking sound similar to one made by the hands of a clock.
tongue - the soft thing inside your mouth that you move and use for tasting and speaking:
The little boy stuck his tongue out.
tree - a tall plant with a thick stem that has branches coming from it and leaves:
They went under a tree to shelter from the rain.
trick - something that is done to entertain people and that seems to be magic:
This is a card trick.
Wait a minute - used when you disagree with something that someone has said or done:
Wait a minute, Pete! I never said you could borrow my car.
what a shame - used for expressing sympathy or disappointment:
She's resigned? Oh, what a shame.
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