• My dog lives on the sofa
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  • 16.10.2022
  • Englisch
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1
Listen to the poem My dog lives on the sofa (www.poetry4kids.com).
Match the sentence halves of verse 1.
  • My dog lives on the sofa.
  • He likes to sit there night and day
  • He surfs the channels constantly
  • then watches what he wants to watch;
  • and watch what’s on TV.
  • by chewing the remote,
  • I never get a vote.
  • That’s where he wants to be.
2
Listen to verse 2 and fill in the words.
anything
cartoons
comes
commercials
films
shows
tennis
watches
  • He’s fond of with animals. He takes in nature .
    Whenever cat come on he always those.
    He loves the pet too, and with food.
    Whenever there’s a match he nearly unglued.
Vocabulary

constantly - ständig, andauernd

chew - kauen

dog pound - Hundeasyl, Tierheim

get a vote - mitbestimmen dürfen

be fond of = like

sofa - Sofa

take in - 'rein ziehen'

come unglued - vor Aufregung ausflippen

surf the channels - hin und her schalten

TV (set) - Fernseher

watch dog - Wachhund

remote (control) - Fernbedienung

commercials - Werbung

cartoon - Zeichentrickfilm

cent - Cent-Münze

3
Listen to verse 3.
What's the correct order of the sentences?
(1-4)
  • but this isn’t what I meant.
  • I asked them for a “watch dog,”
  • I got him from the dog pound.
  • He didn’t cost a cent.

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4
Have a look at the vocabulary:
  • What can you see in the pictures?
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