Silver Bells

1.
City sidewalks, busy sidewalks, dressed in holiday style.
In the air, there’s a feeling of Christmas.
Children laughing, people passing, meeting smile after smile,
And on every street corner you hear:

chorus
Silver bells, silver bells.
It’s Christmas time in the city.
Ring-a-ling, hear them ring.
Soon it will be Christmas day.

2.
Strings of street lights, even stop lights
Blink a bright red and green
As the shoppers rush home with their treasures.
Hear the snow crunch. See the kids bunch.
This is Santa’s big scene.
And above all this bustle you hear.

chorus
Silver bells, silver bells.
It’s Christmas time in the city.
Ring-a-ling, hear them ring.
Soon it will be Christmas day.

VOCABULARY
1. When is Christmas Day? _____________________

2. There are two verses and one chorus in this Christmas song.
In the first verse, two words rhyme.
a. What word rhymes with “style”? ____________________

What words rhyme in the second verse?
b. _____________ rhymes with “green.
c. _____________ rhymes with “bunch”

In the chorus, there’s only one rhyme.
d. What words rhyme? _______ and _________
What’s another word that you can think of that rhymes with “d”? __________

3. What are the colors of Christmas? ___________ and ______________

4. The street lights “blink”. What does “blink” mean? ______________________
5. What does “Hear the snow crunch” mean?
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6. What does it mean when it says, “See the kids bunch”?
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7. What’s a synonym for a “stop light”? ________________________________
8. Who is Santa? __________________________________________________

9. What does “bustle” mean? _____________________________________

GRAMMAR

There is a There’s a feeling of Christmas in the air.
1. What is the singular subject that goes with “is”? __________
2. Write your own “There is” sentence.
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There are There are Christmas lights everywhere.
What is the plural subject that goes with “are”? __________
4. Write your own “There are” sentence.
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One rule. . . whatever subject is closest to THERE, determines the IS or ARE.
For example, There is a pencil and some pens on the desk.
There are some pens and a pencil on the desk.

You write two sentences like the examples above.
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