Mrs Bunny Had Twins by Nicola Baxter: Poems ESL Listening

(TESOL Worksheets--Poems ESL Listening)

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Mrs Bunny Had Twins by Nicola Baxter: poems

Video: https://youtu.be/UcYfFBA2UXw

Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/_6uqu3d

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

bunny, cousin, cry, dear, funny, grandmother, have twins, honey, laugh, poor, relative, rhyme, smile, sonny, twins, view, uncle, wonderful

Names

Barry, Bonnie, Boris, Carrie, Connie, Doris, Gary, Harry, Honey, Horace, Jonnie, Larry, Lonnie, Morris, Noris, Ronnie, Sonny

Mrs Bunny Had Twins by Nicola Baxter: poems

What wonderful news!

But what names would she choose?

So many relatives

Had their own views

Said old Uncle Boris,

“Have you thought of Horace?

And Doris? Or Morris?

Or Noris? Or… Boris?”

Smiled Grandmother Connie,

“Dear, what about Ronnie?

And Bonnie? Or Jonnie?

Or Lonnie? Or… Connie?”

Cried young Cousin Harry,

“But what about Barry?

And Carrie? Or Larry?

Or Gary? Or… Harry?”

Laughed poor Mrs Bunny,

“Here’s Sonny. Here’s Honey.

For names don’t sound funny,

When they rhyme with… Bunny!”

Vocabulary

bunny - a child's word for 'rabbit'

cousin - the child of your aunt or uncle

The children are going to stay with their cousins in Brighton.

cry - to speak or say something loudly:

"Look at this!" cried Raj.

dear - used to address someone in a friendly way, especially a child or someone you love:

Don't cry, my dear.

funny - strange or unusual and not what you expect:

This chicken tastes a bit funny.

grandmother - the mother of your mother or father

This necklace belonged to my grandmother.

have twins - to give birth to twins

honey - a sweet, sticky food that is made by bees;

a name that you call someone you love or like very much

laugh - to smile while making sounds with your voice that show you are happy or think something is funny:

You never laugh at my jokes.

poor - used to show sympathy for someone:

That cold sounds terrible, you poor thing.

relative - a member of your family:

This is a party for friends and relatives.

rhyme - If a word rhymes with another word, the end part of the words sound the same:

'Moon' rhymes with 'June'.

smile - to make a happy or friendly expression in which the corners of your mouth curve up:

She smiled at me.

sonny - a form of address used by an older person to a boy or a young man:

Look here, sonny, you've got a lot to learn!

twins - two children who are born to the same mother at the same time:

It's impossible to tell the twins apart.

view - your opinion:

We have different views on education.

uncle - the brother of your mother or father, or the husband of your aunt:

My uncle always makes a big fuss of the children.

wonderful - very good:

We had a wonderful time in Spain.