Twinkle Twinkle Little Star – English Lyrics

• By: Super Simple Songs

Lyrics & Translation

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
twinkle /ˈtwɪŋ.kəl/ A2	verb - to shine with a flickering or sparkling light noun - a small star-shaped light
star /stɑːr/ A2	noun - a luminous celestial body visible in the night sky verb - to feature or be prominent
wonder /ˈwʌn.dər/ A2	verb - to want to know about something; to be curious noun - a feeling of surprise or admiration
above /əˈbʌv/ A1	preposition - at a higher position than something
world /wɜːrld/ A2	noun - the earth and all its inhabitants
high /haɪ/ A2	adjective - at a great vertical distance from something below
diamond /ˈdaɪ.mənd/ B1	noun - a precious stone consisting of a clear, cut glass or crystallized carbon
in /ɪn/ A1	preposition - inside something
shine /ʃaɪn/ A2	verb - to emit light; to glow
light /laɪt/ A2	noun - something that makes things visible or affords illumination adjective - not heavy

Key Grammar Structures

• How I wonder what you are

  ➔ Inverted question word order without auxiliary verbs

  ➔ The phrase is a rhetorical question expressed through inversion, typical in poetic or lyrical English

• Like a diamond in the sky

  ➔ Simile using 'like' to compare two things

  ➔ The word 'like' introduces a simile that vividly illustrates the comparison between the star and a diamond

• How I wonder what you are

  ➔ Use of 'how' to express surprise or curiosity, followed by a subject-verb clause

  ➔ 'How' is an adverb used here to emphasize the speaker's wonder or curiosity about the star's nature

• Up above the world so high

  ➔ Prepositional phrase indicating position in space

  ➔ The phrase shows the star's position relative to the Earth, emphasizing its height

• [crickets chirping]

  ➔ Onomatopoeic representation of natural sounds

  ➔ Uses onomatopoeia to depict the sound of crickets, creating an immersive natural atmosphere

• [music starts]

  ➔ Simple present tense indicating the beginning of the music

  ➔ The phrase signals the start of the musical segment, using the simple present tense for immediacy