Moses Supposes his Toeses are Roses: Poems ESL Listening

(TESOL Worksheets--Poems ESL Listening)

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Moses Supposes his Toeses are Roses: poems

Video: https://youtu.be/OH0Kti2QC3g

Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/_6rk2zf

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

erroneously, know, nobody, posy, suppose, rose, toes

Names of People

Moses

Irregular Forms: The rhythm of this poem is created by the regular repetition of the  /zəz/ sound at the end of words. “Moses”, “supposes” and “roses” all end with the /zəz/ sound.  In order to keep this rhythm, “knows” and “toes” are given a /zəz/ ending sound, even though this is not normally the way they are pronounced.

knowses=knows toeses=toes

Moses Supposes his Toeses are Roses: poems

Moses supposes his toeses are roses;

But Moses supposes erroneously,

For nobody's toeses are posies of roses,

As Moses supposes his toeses to be.

Moses supposes his toeses are roses;

But Moses supposes erroneously,

For Moses he knowses his toeses aren’t roses

As Moses supposes his toeses to be.

Vocabulary

erroneously - adverb of erroneous (wrong or false)

know - to have knowledge or information about something in your mind:

Andrew knows a lot about computers.

nobody - no person:

There was nobody I could talk to.

posy - a small bunch of cut flowers:

This is a posy of violets.

suppose - to think that something is likely to be true:

I suppose that you've already heard the news?

rose - a flower with a pleasant smell and thorns (= sharp points on the stem), that grows on a bush:

He gave me a bunch of red roses.

toe - one of the five separate parts at the end of your foot:

This is your big toe.

Moses - a Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of Egyptian slavery and at Mt. Sinai delivered the Law establishing God's covenant with them