A sailor went to sea, sea, sea

To see what he could see, see, see,

Bud all that he could see, see, see

Was the bottom of the deep blue sea, sea, sea.

[ ]

these, those, they

either, neither, rather

with, bathe, booth |

The less men think, the more they talk.

They couldn’t tell one brother from another.

You never know with the weater.

The more we study, the more we kno,

The more we know, the more we forget.

The more we forget, the less we know.

The less we know, the less we forget.

The less we forget, the more we know.

We study?

[l]

let, look, life, little

help, health, clever, clean

people, shall, tell. |

All is well that ends well.

The girl doesn’t feet well.

The child is old enough to go to school.

Little Lady Lily lost her lovely locket.

Lucky little Lucy found the lovely locket.

Lovely little locket lay in Lucy’s pocket.

Lazy little Lily lost her lovely locket.

[p]

peace, happy, lip, speak

part, poppy, top, spell

Present company excepted.

Stop playing Pantaloon.

Pat’s as proud as a peacock.

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

A peck of pickled peppers. Peter Piper picked.

It Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,

Where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked? |

A Dialogue

How do you do? I’m Parker…

How do you do? Barker.

Parker.

Oh, Parker with a “P”.

With a “P”, yes.

Er… I’m Barker.

A. Barker with a “B”, of course.

B. A “B”, yes.

A. Ah.

B. Mm.

Er… well, good bye, Barker,

Good – bye, Parker.

[b]

boy, cab, about, obtain, cabman

ball, sob, hobby, sobbed

Barbara is as busy as a bee.

Bob lives at the back of beyond.

Bob is a big bug. |

Betty bought a bit of butter,

But the butter was bitter.

When she put it in her batter.

And the batter became bitter.

And the batter became bitter.

Then she bought some better butter,

Better butter, oh, dear.

A Dialogue

Seven days old! She’s a lovely baby!

She’s a beautiful baby!

And she is a clever baby!

She is a very clever baby!

However her vocabulary isn’t so big.

Il isn’t very big, no.

Not very big.

But it’s big for a baby of her age.

[t]

take, kettle, best, tail

minute, forty, table, blunt

1. I gave him lit for tat.

2. It’s a pity he is so timid.

3. That will take time.

4. The train is twenty minutes behind the time.

5. I don’t want to take this toast.

6. Two tired teachers were trying to turn their attention to the time-table. |

Timothy Trotter trots to town.

To shop for his pet rabbit.

Lettuce he buys and carrot tops.

For that’s his weekly habbit.

[d]

dog, said, ready, couldn’t

date, bad, leader, bad, dog, hidden

1. The kid’s as good as gold.

2. A friend in need is a friend indeed.

3. Dumb dogs are dangerous. |

The Time – Table of Lazy-Bones Grundy

Lazy – bones Grundy

Must do sums on Monday,

“And today it is Tuesday,

Says Lazy-bones Grundy,

“So I’ll do it on Wednesday,

If not, then on Thursday,

Or even on Friday”.

Says Lazy – bones Grundy.

Now, very soon comes Friday

And Saturday comes,

But Lazy-bones Gruendy

Has no time for sums.

“Never mind”, says Grundy,

“I’ll do it on Sunday”.

A Dialogue

Many we play in the mud, Mother?

Don’t you dare play there!

Father doesn’t mind we play in the mud, Mother.

Father doesn’t wash your dirty clothes, dear.

[m], [n]

me, my, miss

him, sum, some

seems, times, rooms

1. Many men, many minds.

2. Time what may.

3. The name slipped my memory. |

no, nor, near

in, on, sun, son

since, aunt, sent, went

ninth, tenth, in the

1. No sooner said than done.

2. In need men know their friends.

3. Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain.

If many men knew what many men know,

If many men went where many men go,

If many men did what many men do,

The world would be better, I think so, don’t you?

[ ]

sing, sang, song

singing, longing, learing

think, ankle, monkey,

1. Thanks for calling.

2. Everything’s going wrong.

3. Anything’s better than going on doing nothing. |

I was going along, along, along,

Singing a comical song, song, song.

The lane that I went was so long

And the song that I sang was so long

And so I want singing along.

[r]

There was a rat, his tail was long,

But he stole some bread

Which was certainly wrong.

Row, row, row your boat

Gently down the stream.

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily

Life is but a dream.

[h]

Baby Hedgehogs – good as gold!

Who knows why they’re not too bold?

Mother keeps the ones she loves

Well in hand with hedgehog gloves.

[ ]

She sells sea-shells on the sea-shore.

The shells she sells are sea-shells, I’m sure.

So, if she sells sea-shells on the sea-shore

Then I’m sure she sells sea-shore shells.

[ z ]

It’s cold and still, the wind is away,

And little Jack Frost is busy today.

He nips my cheeks, he nips my nose,

And before I can catch him away he goes.

[f]

I’m a scary little hare, with floppy, ears,

One here, one there.

My feet are bare.

Poor little hare – always full of fears!

The Baby Hare, you should not cry.

Bare fect are fleet fect,

Long cars help you hear.

But it’s bad and very sad to be so full of fear”.

[v]

As I was going to St.- Ives

S met a man with seven wives.

Every wife had seven sacks,

Every sack had seven cats

Every cat had seven kits.

Kits, cats, sacks and wives,

How many