Purple People Eater – worksheet ideas
1. Listen and put the lines in the right order:
a) I commenced a-shakin' and I said "ooh-eee"
b) Well I saw the thing comin' out of the sky
c) It looks like a purple eater to me
d) It had the one long horn, one big eye
1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
2. Listen and fill in the gaps:
It was a one-______, one-horned, flyin' ________ people eater
(One-eyed, one-________, flyin' purple people eater)
A one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people _________
Sure looks ___________ to me (One eye?)
3. Give the meaning of the underlined words and phrases:
Well he came down to earth and he lit in a tree
I said Mr. Purple People Eater, don't eat me
I heard him say in a voice so gruff
I wouldn't eat you cuz you're so tough
It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater
One-eyed, one-horned flyin' purple people eater One-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater
Sure looks strange to me (One horn?)
4. Listen carefully and remove the extra words:
I said to Mr. Purple People Eater, what's your best line?
He said that it's eatin' purple and pink people and I know it sure is fine
But that's not the real reason that I came to land here
I wanna get a cool job in a rock and roll music band.
Well bless my soul, rock and roll, flyin' purple people eater
Pigeon-toed, undergrowed, flyin' purple people eater (He wears short shorts) Flyin' purple people eater
Sure looks strange to me
5. Listen carefully and choose the right word:
And then he swam/swung from the tree and he lit on the ground
He started to rock/look, really rockin' around/a sound
It was a crazy ditty/pretty with a swingin' tune
Sing a boop boop aboopa lopa lum bam boom
And then he went on his say/way, and then what do ya know
I heard/saw him last night on a TV show/below
He was knowing/blowing it out, a'really knockin' em dead/head
Playin' rock and roll music through the horn/hole in his head
Well bless my soul, rock and roll, flyin' purple people eater
Pigeon-toed, undergrowed, flyin' purple people eater
I like short shorts Flyin' little people eater
Sure looks strange to me (Purple People?)