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English · Chapter 7 · Lesson 20 · Vocabulary

Song: London Bridge Is Falling Down

Play it, read along word by word, then answer the questions. Every word is at your level - the song page teaches the few that are new.

Play the song and read along - tap any word you don't know. Then answer the questions underneath and the lesson completes itself.

London Bridge Is Falling Down

Lyrics

Verse 1

London ,

, ,

London ,

.

Verse 2

mortar ,

Mortar , mortar ,

mortar ,

.

Verse 3

, 'll ,

, ,

, 'll ,

.

Verse 4

'll ,

, ,

'll ,

.

New words in this song

Comprehension drill

4 questions on what you just read. Get one wrong and the story will show you where it says otherwise.

Traditional English game-rhyme, alluded to by 1725 and first printed in Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book (1744); this exact text was collected from schoolchildren in Berkshire and printed in Alice Gomme's The Traditional Games of England (1894). The modern melody was first printed in 1879. No author has ever been identified. Source text. Translation ours.

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Lesson 20 of 23 in this chapter

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