There Was a Crooked Man

Pronunciation| Mother Goose12 _LEVEL 4_
Mother Goose 12:
“There Was a Crooked Man”
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Today’s lesson is about “There Was a Crooked Man.”
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Exercise 1 | Listening (Ascoltare)
Directions: Listen carefully to your teacher.
(Indicazioni: Ascoltaattentamentel'insegnante)
Mother Goose
There was a crooked man
And he walked a crooked mile
He found a crooked sixpence
Upon a crooked stile
He bought a crooked cat
Which caught a crooked mouse
And they all lived together
In a crooked little house.
Meaning and Pronunciation
- crooked [krʊkɪd](storto; deforme;rotto)
- mile [máil](miglio)
- sixpence [síkspəns](sei pence)
- stile [stáil](scaletta)
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Pronunciation| Mother Goose12 _LEVEL 4_
Exercise 2 | Pronunciation Practice 1(Esercizio di pronuncia 1)
Directions: Practice pronunciation with your teacher.
(Pratica la pronunciainsiemeall'insegnante)
Read each sentence slowly.
(Leggiognifrase lentamente.)
There was a crooked man
And he walked a crooked mile
He found a crooked sixpence
Upon a crooked stile
He bought a crooked cat
Which caught a crooked mouse
And they all lived together
In a crooked little house.
Read it on rhythm. Pronounce bold words as a single word.
(Leggi a ritmo. Pronuncia le parole in grassetto come un'unicaparola.)
There was a crooked man
And he walked a crooked mile
He found a crooked sixpence
Upon a crooked stile
He bought a crooked cat
Which caught a crooked mouse
And they all lived together
In a crooked little house.
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Pronunciation| Mother Goose12 _LEVEL 4_
Read it on rhythm once again. Pronounce bold words strongly, and gray words weakly.
(Rileggi a ritmo. Cerca di pronunciare le parole in grassetto con forza e le parole in grigio con menoforza.)
There was a crooked man
And he walked a crooked mile
He found a crooked sixpence
Upon a crooked stile
He bought a crooked cat
Which caught a crooked mouse
And they all lived together
In a crooked little house.
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Pronunciation| Mother Goose12 _LEVEL 4_
Exercise 3 | Pronunciation Practice 2(Esercizio di pronuncia2)
Directions: Take turns in pronouncing the sentences of A and B part.
(Indicazioni: Pronuncia le frasiA e B a turno con l’insegnante.)
Roles:
A part : bold sentences
B part : normal sentences
There was a crooked man
And he walked a crooked mile
He found a crooked sixpence
Upon a crooked stile
He bought a crooked cat
Which caught a crooked mouse
And they all lived together
In a crooked little house.
Next, try to say as rhythmically and fast as possible. Go!
(Ora, cerca di pronunciare in manieraritmica e velocequantepiù parole possibili. Andiamo!)
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Pronunciation| Mother Goose12 _LEVEL 4_
Exercise 4 | Pronunciation Practice 3(Esercizio di pronuncia 3)
Directions: Replace the word “crooked” with other adjectives in this Mother Goose.
(Indicazioni: Cambia la parolacrooked con altriaggettivi)
There was a ___________ man
And he walked a ____________ mile
He found a __________ sixpence
Upon a _________ stile
He bought a ____________ cat
Which caught a _____________ mouse
And they all lived together
In a ___________ little house.
Examples
strange
straight
messy
beautiful
round
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