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Sing a song of sixpence : la tourte aux merles (CE2)

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the king 🤴le roi
the queen 👸la reine
the maidla servante
a pie 🥧une tourte
four and twenty blackbirds 🐦vingt-quatre merles
in the garden 🌳dans le jardin

Cette comptine très ancienne raconte une drôle d'histoire : vingt-quatre merles (four and twenty blackbirds) sont cuits dans une tourte (a pie), mais quand on l'ouvre, ils se mettent à chanter ! Ensuite, chacun est à sa place : The king was in his counting house (le roi compte son argent), the queen was in the parlour (la reine est au salon) et the maid was in the garden (la servante étend le linge au jardin).

Mise en situation : qui est où ?

Teacher : Where was the king?
Où était le roi ?
Sam : The king was in his counting house, counting out his money!
Le roi était dans sa salle des comptes, à compter son argent !
Teacher : And the queen?
Et la reine ?
Zoe : The queen was in the parlour, eating bread and honey.
La reine était au salon, à manger du pain et du miel.
Teacher : What was in the pie?
Qu'y avait-il dans la tourte ?
Sam : Four and twenty blackbirds! And they began to sing!
Vingt-quatre merles ! Et ils se sont mis à chanter !

À retenir

  • the king, the queen, the maid, a pie, blackbirds.
  • Where was the king? The king was in his counting house.

Exercice 1 : La tourte aux merles : exercice 1 (QCM)

  1. 🤴
    1. the kite
    2. the king
    3. the kitchen
  2. 👸
    1. the queen
    2. the green
    3. the queue
  3. 🥧
    1. a pig
    2. a pie
    3. a pen
  4. « la servante »
    1. the made
    2. the maid
    3. the mad
  5. « vingt-quatre »
    1. twenty-four
    2. fourteen
    3. forty-two
  6. 🍯
    1. money
    2. honey
    3. funny
  7. 💰
    1. money
    2. monkey
    3. honey
  8. « des merles »
    1. blackbirds
    2. bluebirds
    3. black beards
  9. « Où était le roi ? »
    1. Who was the king?
    2. Where were the king?
    3. Where was the king?
  10. « Ils se sont mis à chanter. »
    1. They begin to sing.
    2. They began to sink.
    3. They began to sing.

Exercice 2 : La tourte aux merles : exercice 2 (à compléter)

  1. Sing a song of .......................... .
  2. Four and twenty .......................... baked in a pie.
  3. The .......................... was in his counting house. (roi)
  4. Counting out his .......................... .
  5. The .......................... was in the parlour. (reine)
  6. Eating bread and .......................... .
  7. The .......................... was in the garden. (servante)
  8. When the pie was .......................... , the birds began to sing.
  9. Where .......................... the queen?
  10. The maid was in the .......................... .

Exercice 3 : La tourte aux merles : mise en situation

  1. Tu demandes où était la reine.
    1. Where were the queen?
    2. Who was the queen?
    3. Where was the queen?
  2. Le roi comptait son argent.
    1. The king was counting his honey.
    2. The king was counting his money.
    3. The king were counting his money.
  3. La servante était au jardin.
    1. The maid was in the garden.
    2. The made was in the garden.
    3. The maid were in the garden.
  4. Il y avait 24 merles.
    1. There were fourteen blackbirds.
    2. There were twenty-four blackbirds.
    3. There was twenty-four blackbirds.
  5. La reine mangeait du pain.
    1. The queen was eating bread.
    2. The queen was eat bread.
    3. The queen were eating bread.
  6. Les oiseaux ont chanté.
    1. The birds began to swim.
    2. The birds begin sing.
    3. The birds began to sing.
  7. C'est une grosse tourte !
    1. It's a pie big!
    2. It's a big pig!
    3. It's a big pie!
  8. Tu chantes le début.
    1. Sing a song of sixpence!
    2. Sing a song of sixty!
    3. Sing a sock of sixpence!
  9. Tu dis que tu aimes le miel.
    1. I like honey.
    2. I like money.
    3. I likes honey.
  10. Le roi était dans le château.
    1. The king is castle.
    2. The king was in the cattle.
    3. The king was in the castle.

Corrigé

Exercice 1

1. b) the king · 2. a) the queen · 3. b) a pie · 4. b) the maid · 5. a) twenty-four · 6. b) honey · 7. a) money · 8. a) blackbirds · 9. c) Where was the king? · 10. c) They began to sing.

Exercice 2

1. sixpence · 2. blackbirds · 3. king · 4. money · 5. queen · 6. honey · 7. maid · 8. opened · 9. was · 10. garden

Exercice 3

1. c) Where was the queen? · 2. b) The king was counting his money. · 3. a) The maid was in the garden. · 4. b) There were twenty-four blackbirds. · 5. a) The queen was eating bread. · 6. c) The birds began to sing. · 7. c) It's a big pie! · 8. a) Sing a song of sixpence! · 9. a) I like honey. · 10. c) The king was in the castle.