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ALTERNATIVES FOR
'GOOD MORNING'
& 'GOOD NIGHT'
VOCABULARY LESSON
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Good morning!
1 Rise and shine!
A cute, popular way to wake someone up. This phrase
refers to the sun.

2 Wakey wakey, sleepy head!

'Wakey wakey' is slang for 'wake up'.
'Sleepyhead' is used to refer to someone who is very sleepy.

3 Wakey wakey, eggs and bakey!

'Eggs and bakey' refers to eggs and bacon - a popular
breakfast combination.

4 It’s sleeping beauty!

This refers to the popular fairytale character who slept for 100
years.

5 It’s tomorrow!
A funny/annoying way to wake someone up is to gently
whisper in their ear that it is tomorrow!

6 Happy + day of the week!

Happy Monday isn't so great. Happy Friday is the best!

7 Top o’ the mornin’ to ya!

A stereotypically 'Irish' morning greeting.

8 Good morning good looking!

'Good looking' means beautiful or handsome.

9 Morning has broken!

The first line of a popular hymn.

10 Let’s make it a good one!

Let's make today a good day! 'One' is often used to refer to
something that is already known to the listener. Here, the
listener knows through context that 'one' refers to 'day'.

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Good night!
1 Sleep tight!
'Tight' refers to cosy, warm and wrapped up in your duvet
with your eyes tightly shut.

2 Night night, sleep tight, don’t let the

bedbugs bite!
A popular rhyme for children at bedtime. 'Night night' (often
pronounced nun-night) is a bayish alternative for 'good night.

3 Sweet dreams!
A cute way to wish someone a peaceful rest with a pleasant
set of dreams.

4 Night night, sleepy head!

'Sleepyhead' is used to refer to someone who is very sleepy.

5 Sleep as snug as a bug in a rug!

A cute rhyme used after wrapping someone tight in their
duvet.

6 It’s time to hit the sack!

'To hit the sack' is an idiom meaning 'to go to bed'. Sack refers
to pillow.

7 You need to hit the hay!

'To hit the hay' is an idiom meaning 'to go to bed'. Hay refers to
the dried grass used for animal bedding.

8 It’s time to go to Bedfordshire!

Bedfordshire, a county in England, can be used as a slang
alternative for 'bed'.

9 It’s time to start counting sheep!

Children are encouraged to 'count sheep' to make them drift
off to sleep.

10 You have an urgent appointment with a

bed and a pillow.
A humorous way of telling someone that they need to head to
bed!

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