Monday, June 28, 2021

Eletelephony by Laura Elizabeth Richards: Poems ESL Listening

(TESOL Worksheets--Poems ESL Listening)

Homework Worksheet: docspub, Quizlet HERE
Video HERE


Eletelephony by Laura Elizabeth Richards: poems


Video: https://youtu.be/xjvrkwDGAz0

Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/_6i8a55



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

buzz, certain, dear, dear me, drop, elephant, entangled, fear, however, however it was, I fear, loud, once, song, telephone, trunk


Mispronunciations--the joke in this poem is that the speaker continually mispronounces their words.  

elephone, elephop, eletelephony, telephant, telephee, telephong, telephunk


Eletelephony by Laura Elizabeth Richards: poems

Once there was an elephant,

Who tried to use the telephant—

No! No! I mean an elephone

Who tried to use the telephone—

(Dear me! I am not certain quite

That even now I’ve got it right.)

However it was, he got his trunk

Entangled in the telephunk;

The more he tried to get it free,

The louder buzzed the telephee—

(I fear I’d better drop the song

Of elephop and telephong!)

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

Video: https://youtu.be/xjvrkwDGAz0


Word bank

elephant, free, quite, song, trunk


Eletelephony by Laura Elizabeth Richards

Once there was an (1)_____________,

Who tried to use the telephant—

No! No! I mean an elephone

Who tried to use the telephone—

(Dear me! I am not certain (2)_____________

That even now I’ve got it right.)

However it was, he got his (3)_____________

Entangled in the telephunk;

The more he tried to get it (4)_____________,

The louder buzzed the telephee—

(I fear I’d better drop the (5)_____________

Of elephop and telephong!)

Answers:

Eletelephony by Laura Elizabeth Richards

Once there was an (1)elephant,

Who tried to use the telephant—

No! No! I mean an elephone

Who tried to use the telephone—

(Dear me! I am not certain (2)quite

That even now I’ve got it right.)

However it was, he got his (3)trunk

Entangled in the telephunk;

The more he tried to get it (4)free,

The louder buzzed the telephee—

(I fear I’d better drop the (5)song

Of elephop and telephong!)

Vocabulary

buzz - to make a continuous sound like a bee:

I can hear something buzzing.


certain - completely sure of something, or knowing without doubt that something is true:

I feel absolutely certain that you're doing the right thing.


dear - used at the beginning of a letter, before the name of the person you are writing to:

Dear Amy, How are you?


dear me - A polite exclamation expressing surprise, distress, sympathy, etc.:

Dear me, I forgot to mail it,


drop - If you drop a plan, activity, or idea, you stop doing or planning it:

When we heard the news, we dropped everything (= stopped what we were doing) and rushed to the hospital.


elephant - a very large, grey animal with big ears and a very long nose


entangled - caught in something such as a net or ropes:

The dolphin had become entangled in the fishing net.


fear - a strong, unpleasant feeling that you get when you think that something bad, dangerous, or frightening might happen:

She was trembling with fear.


however - used to say that it does not make any difference how cold/difficult/slowly, etc something is or happens:

We're not going to get there in time, however fast we drive.


I fear - used to give someone news of something bad that has happened or might happen:

I fear that she's already left.


however it was - in whatever way or manner


loud - making a lot of noise:

I heard a loud noise.


once - in the past, but not now:

This house once belonged to my grandfather.


song - words that go with a short piece of music:

This is the song that made her a star.


telephone - a communication system that is used to talk to someone who is in another place:

The plane clipped a telephone line and crashed.


trunk - the long nose of an elephant (= large, grey animal)


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