Listen to the first part of today's poem by clicking on the video below. This poem purposefully mixes up English collocations for comic effect. (Collocations are natural sounding word groupings). Students learning English as a foreign language will find it particularly relevant. The first line of the poem starts with the following: "Gentlemen and Ladies, all and one..." Can you spot the 'mixed-up' collocations used in the poem?
View or print out the first part of the poem titled 'Turvy-Topsy'.
Performance poetry is a great way to enjoy literature, have fun with language, develop reading skills, as well as improve pronunciation and intonation.
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