Говорят часы стоят
Freeze like a stopped clock: Часы́ стоя́т! 🧍 Walk on the spot: Часы́ иду́т! Run: спеша́т! Walk very slowly: отстаю́т! 😄
- Don't read anything yet. A short poem about a clock that doesn't work.
- Who looks at the clock with the child?
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часы́ стоя́т 🧍 иду́т 🚶 спеша́т 🏃 отстаю́т 🐢
- Act out the 4 words: стоя́т – freeze; иду́т – walk; спеша́т – run; отстаю́т – walk very slowly. A friend says a word – you do it!
- Look at your watch: Мои́ часы́ иду́т? Спеша́т? Отстаю́т?
Watch the video again. Say the poem aloud. Clap on the stress ´.
Говоря́т: часы́ стоя́т,
Говоря́т: часы́ спеша́т,
Говоря́т: часы́ иду́т,
Но немно́жко отстаю́т.
Мы смотре́ли с Ми́шкой вме́сте,
Но часы́ стоя́т на ме́сте.
Switch the video off.
- Say the poem without the video – and act out every line.
- Tell about your watch: Мои́ часы́ немно́жко спеша́т. 😄
Can you do it without the video? – Молоде́ц! Go to the quiz.
Говоря́т: часы́ стоя́т,
Говоря́т: часы́ спеша́т,
Говоря́т: часы́ иду́т,
Но немно́жко отстаю́т.
Мы смотре́ли с Ми́шкой вме́сте,
Но часы́ стоя́т на ме́сте.
They say: the clock has stopped,
They say: the clock is fast,
They say: the clock is going,
But it's a little slow.
Mishka and I looked at it together,
But the clock is standing still.
- Часы́ стоя́т – they don't work: they stopped, they are broken
- Часы́ иду́т – they work
- Часы́ спеша́т – they show the wrong time: they go faster than they should
- Часы́ отстаю́т – they show the wrong time: they go slower than they should
- Тик-так, тик-так, пи-пи ≅ Hickory, Dickory, Dock
- Все часы идут вот так ≅ All clocks go like this
- Говорят часы стоят ≅ They say the clock has stopped
Тик-так, тик-так, пи-пи – a mouse runs up the clock! 🐭