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Page 1: Limericks. Looking at Limericks Limericks are humorous verses which are made up of five lines

Limericks

Page 2: Limericks. Looking at Limericks Limericks are humorous verses which are made up of five lines

Looking at Limericks

Limericks are humorous verses which are made up of five lines.

Page 3: Limericks. Looking at Limericks Limericks are humorous verses which are made up of five lines

There was an old man of Khartoum

Who kept a tame sheep in his room,

“To remind me,” he said,

“Of someone who’s dead,

But I never can recollect whom.”

There was a young lady of Ryde,

Who ate some green apples and died.

The apples fermented

Inside the lamented,

And made cider inside her inside.

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There was an old man of Madrid

Who ate 65 eggs - yes, he did!

When they asked, “Are you faint?”

He replied, “No, I aint -

But I don’t feel as well as I did!”

There was once a man of Bengal

Who was asked to a fancy dress ball;

He said, “Will I risk it

And go as a biscuit”

But a dog ate him up in the hall.

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Can you finish this limerick?

A rocket inventor named Bright

Once travelled much faster than ?

He started one day

In the relative way

And returned on the previous ?

light

night

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Your challenge: Create a limerick which relates to our work on bullying.

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Cloze activity:

There was a young girl from Year 6Who wanted to ____________________She________________________________________________________________________________________________