Colors
by Shel Silverstein

Practice with "-ish" adjectives

Listen to the poem and fill in the gaps with the missing words. Pay attention to spelling.

poem_colours.mp3



My skin is kind of sort of
white.
My eyes are green,
But I’m told they look orange in the night.
My hair is brown,
But it’s silver when it’s wet.
And all the colors I am inside
Have not been invented yet.