335 a parents prayer

Questions:
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Are kids these days harder
to discipline than three
decades ago?
Do you agree that
“Children should be
children. Let’s not
discipline them.”

Task 1. Fill in the gaps with the words on
the right.
Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray my ………………………… to keep.
For if some peace I do ……………………
I'm pretty sure I’ll …………………………………..
I pray I find a little quiet,
Far from the daily …………………………………..
May I lie back and not have to think
About what they're …………………………….. the sink,
Or who they're with, or where they're ………………………

Missing words

And what they're doing ……………………….................
I pray for time ……………………….................
(did something just ……………………….................a shelf?)
To cuddle in my nice, soft bed
(Oh no, another goldfish……………………….................!)

Some ………………………................. for goodness’ sake
(Did I just hear a window ……………………….................?)
And that I need not cook or ……………………….................
(well heck, I've got the ………………………................)

1. sanity
2. not find
3. lose my mind
4. family riot
5. stuffing down
6. at
7. to the cat
8. all to myself
9. fall off
10. dead
11. silent moments
12. break
13. clean
14. right to dream
15. lost them

Yes now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray my wits about me keep,
But as I look around I know,
I must have ………………………. long ago!
Author Unknown

VOCABULARY PRACTICE
Task 2. Match the words with their definitions.
pray for sg

sanity
for
lose your mind
daily
family riot
stuff down
for goodness’ sake
do sg to sy
time to yourself
have the right to do sg
I must have lost them

harm sy
happening every day
probably I lost them
it’s morally acceptable if you do it
ask God for sg
free time when you can relax
you say this when you’re upset
because
having a healthy mind
noisy environment
become mentally ill
put inside and push down sg.


Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray my sanity to keep.
For if some peace I do not find,
I'm pretty sure I'll lose my mind.

I pray I find a little quiet,
Far from the daily family riot.
May I lie back and not have to think
About what they're stuffing down the sink,
Or who they're with, or where they're at
And what they're doing to the cat.
I pray for time all to myself
(did something just fall off a shelf?)
To cuddle in my nice, soft bed
(Oh no, another goldfish--dead!)
Some silent moments for goodness sake
(Did I just hear a window break?)
And that I need not cook or clean
(well heck, I've got the right to dream)
Yes now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray my wits about me keep,
But as I look around I know,
I must have lost them long ago!
Author Unknown


SOLUTIONS
TASK 1. MISSING WORDS
1. sanity
2. not find
3. lose my mind

4. family riot
5. stuffing down
6. at

7. to the cat
8. all to myself
9. fall off
10. dead
11. silent moments
12. break

13. clean
14. right to dream
15. lost them

TASK 2. MATCH THE WORDS WITH THEIR DEFINITIONS.
pray for sg
sanity
for
lose your mind
daily
family riot
stuff down
do sg to sy
time to yourself
for goodness’ sake
have the right to do sg
I must have lost them

ask God for sg
having a healthy mind
because
become mentally ill
happening every day

noisy environment
put inside and push down sg.
harm sy
free time when you can relax
you say this when you’re upset
it’s morally acceptable if you do it
probably I lost them