Cats by Eleanor Farjeon: Poems ESL Listening

(TESOL Worksheets--Poems ESL Listening)

Homework Worksheet: docs, pub, Quizlet HERE
Video HERE, 

Cats by Eleanor Farjeon: poems

Video: https://youtu.be/MGYGRhG4RdE

Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/_66z6zx

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

box, cardboard, care, cat, chair, cupboard, drawer, edge, empty, fit, frock, lap, ledge, middle, piano, shoe

Cats by Eleanor Farjeon: poems

Cats sleep

anywhere,

Any table,

Any chair,

Top of piano, 

Window-ledge,

In the middle, 

On the edge,

Open drawer, 

Empty shoe,

Anybody's 

lap will do,

Fitted in a 

Cardboard box,

In the cupboard

With your frocks--

Anywhere! 

They don't care! 

Cats sleep 

anywhere. 

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

Video: https://youtu.be/MGYGRhG4RdE

Word bank

anywhere, care, chair, do, edge, frocks

Cats by Eleanor Farjeon

Cats sleep

(1)____________________,

Any table,

Any (2)____________________,

Top of piano, 

Window-ledge,

In the middle, 

On the (3)____________________,

Open drawer, 

Empty shoe,

Anybody's 

lap will (4)do,

Fitted in a 

Cardboard box,

In the cupboard

With your (5)____________________--

Anywhere! 

They don't (6)____________________! 

Cats sleep 

anywhere.

Answers:

Cats by Eleanor Farjeon

Cats sleep

(1)anywhere,

Any table,

Any (2)chair,

Top of piano, 

Window-ledge,

In the middle, 

On the (3)edge,

Open drawer, 

Empty shoe,

Anybody's 

lap will (4)do,

Fitted in a 

Cardboard box,

In the cupboard

With your (5)frocks--

Anywhere! 

They don't (6)care! 

Cats sleep 

anywhere. 

Vocabulary

box - a square or rectangular container:

This is a cardboard box.

cardboard - thick, stiff paper that is used for making boxes

care - to think that something is important and to feel interested in it or worried about it:

He cares deeply about the environment.

cat - a small animal with fur, four legs, and a tail that is kept as a pet:

The cat curled itself into a ball.

chair - a seat for one person, with a back, usually four legs, and sometimes two arms:

Flint leaned back in his chair.

cupboard - a piece of furniture with a door on the front and shelves inside, used for storing things:

I put it back in the cupboard.

drawer - a container like a box without a lid that is part of a piece of furniture and that slides in and out:

She opened the drawer and took out a knife.

edge - the part around something that is furthest from the centre:

Rick was sitting on the edge of the bed.

empty - If something is empty, it does not contain any things or people:

The train was completely empty when it reached London.

fit - to put or fix something somewhere:

You ought to fix a smoke alarm in the kitchen.

frock - a dress:

Look at the little girl in a pretty frock.

lap - Your lap is the top part of your legs when you are sitting down:

Sit on my lap and I'll read you a story.

ledge - a long, flat surface that comes out under a window or from the side of a mountain:

The birds landed on a ledge about halfway up the cliff.

middle - the central part, position, or point in time:

We used to live just outside Boston but now we live right (= exactly) in the middle.

piano - a large wooden musical instrument with strings inside and black and white bars that produce sounds when you press them

shoe - a strong covering for the foot, often made of leather:

This is a pair of shoes.