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The wheels on the bus 

The wheels on the bus go round and round, 
Round and round, round and round,
The wheels on the bus go round and round, 
All through the town!

The wipers on the bus go back and forth, 
Back and forth, back and forth,
The wipers on the bus go back and forth, 
All through the town!

The doors on the bus go in and out, 
In and out, in and out,
The doors on the bus go in and out, 
All through the town!

The people on the bus go up and down, 
Up and down, up and down,
The people on the bus go up and down, 
All through the town!


Teaching suggestions

You can encourage the students to mime the actions while they sing this song.

It is sometimes useful to draw students' attention to grammatical features in songs. In this song you can focus on adverb groups of time and place: round and round, back and forth, in and out, up and down.

For more information on adverb groups, see Grammar: Groups & phrases: Adverb group: Overview

Songs

Why should we use songs in the English classroom?

Sample songs

If you're happy and you know it
This is the way we wash our hands
Ten green bottles hanging on the wall
Miss Polly had a dolly
The wheels on the bus
London's burning
Are you sleeping? (Frère Jacques)
My grandfather's clock
Three blind mice
Twinkle, twinkle, little star
Old Macdonald had a farm
The alphabet song
Mary had a little lamb
London bridge is falling down
10 little Indians
Que sera, sera (whatever will be, will be)
Did you ever see a lassie?
I know an old lady

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