Sunday, November 24, 2013

I WANT TO BREAK FREE

Watch the ´I want to break free` video clip and answer the following questions:

    What do you know about Queen?
     Did you like this video clip?. Why?

     Was anything there that caught your attention?




ACTIVITIES

1- Listen to the song and fill in the blanks.
      1a- Can you see any contractions. Where?

I ............ to break free
I .............to break free
I .........  ......... break free ........... your lies
Youre so self satisfied I dont need you
Ive got to break free
God .......... God ..........I ........... to break free



2- Explain the meaning of the following words.

Lies...................................................................
Self satisfied......................................................


3- Listen to the following paragraph. What happened to the   
     singer? How is he feeling?

I´ve fallen in love
I´ve fallen in love for the first time
And this time I know its for real
I´ve fallen in love yeah
God knows God knows I´ve fallen in love


4- Fill in the gaps and explain the meaning of the underlined 
      words.

But life still goes on
I can´t get used to living .............living without
Living without you by my side
I dont ´........  ......  ........ alone hey
God ........... got to make it on my own
So baby can´t you see
I´ve got to break free

Ive got to break free
I want to break free yeah

I want I want I want I want to break free....

5- How do you pronounce the following words?
     a- want                                      f- strange
      b- your                                      g- my own
      c- lies                                        h- live
      d- knows                                    i-alone
      e- love

6- Listen to the song again and sing it.
I want to break free
I want to break free

I want to break free from your lies
You´re so self satisfied I don´t need you
I´ve got to break free
God knows God knows I want to break free

I´ve fallen in love
I´ve fallen in love for the first time
And this time I know its for real
I´ve fallen in love yeah
God knows God knows I´ve fallen in love

Its strange but its true
I cant get over the way you love me like you do
But I have to be sure
When I walk out that door
Oh how I want to be free baby
Oh how I want to be free
Oh how I want to break free

But life still goes on
I cant get used to living without living without
Living without you by my side
I don´t want to live alone hey
God knows got to make it on my own
So baby can´t you see
I´ve got to break free

I´ve got to break free
I want to break free yeah

I want I want I want I want to break free....



Sunday, November 10, 2013


  
     1. Listen to the song carefully.
    

     2. Listen to the song a second time and then start filling the gaps with the appropiate verb. 


                     a/ What does ´stand in line` mean?(Use your own words)
                     b/ What does ´spend` mean in this paragraph? (Use your own words)

I  __________________ I stand in line, until you ______________ you have the time

To spend an evening with me

And if we _________ someplace to dance, I know that there´s a chance

You ___________ be _____________ with me





3.  Listen to the following paragraph and find synonims for the words in  bold

      a/ Why do we say ´a quiet little place` and not ´a little quiet place`?

                 b/ Make  line number 2 negative.
                 c/ What does  `like` mean in line number 4? Is it a verb?


And afterwards we drop into a quiet little place

And have a drink or two

And then I go and spoil it all, by saying something stupid

Like: "I love you


      4. Correct the mistakes in the following paragraphs.  

I can to see it in your eyes, that you despise the same old lies
You listen the night before
And though it´s just a line for  you, to me it´s false
It ever seemed so right before

I am practising  every day to find some clever lines to tell

To make the meaning came through

But then I think I´ll wait until the evening get late

And I´m alone with you


5. Explain the meaning of the words in bold.


The time is right, your perfume fills my head, the stars get red

And oh the night´s so blue

And then I go and spoil it all, by saying something stupid

Like:" I love you"

(" I love you, I love you,....")





          
      7. Listen to the song again. 

know I stand in line

Until you think you have the time

To spend an evening with me

And if we go someplace to dance

I know that there´s a chance

You won´t be leaving with me



Then afterwards we drop into a quiet little place

And have a drink or two
And then I go and spoil it all
By saying something stupid
Like I love you

I can see it in your eyes
That you despise the same old lines
You heard the night before
And though its just a line to you
For me its true
And never seemed so right before

I practice every day to find some clever
Lines to say
To make the meaning come true
But then I think Ill wait until the evening
Gets late
And Im alone with you

The time is right
Your perfume fills my head
The stars get red
And oh the nights so blue
And then I go and spoil it all
By saying something stupid
Like I love you
I love you...

  





Friday, November 08, 2013

"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"


1. Fill in the gaps with the following  words:

   Trust            miss              had             come    around  
   needed          seen           broke up       break up

I remember when we ___________    __________ the first time
Saying this is it, I've ___________________ enough, 'cause like
We haven't _______________________each other in a month
When you, said you, _______________________space, what?
Then you ________________________________again and say
Baby, I __________________you and I swear I'm gonna change
______________me, remember how that __________for a day
I say, I hate you, we_________     _____, you call me, I love you





2. Listen to the chorus and explain the meaning of the highlighted words.

Oooh we called it off again last night
But Oooh, this time I'm telling you, I'm telling you
We are never ever ever getting back together
We are never ever ever getting back together
You go talk to your friends talk
To my friends talk to me
But we are never ever ever ever getting back together

Like ever...








3- Fill in the gaps with the right word.

     Fights     cooler      piece of mind     right

  
     3.a Answer the following question: ¿What will the boy do?

I'm really gonna miss you picking ________________________
And me, falling for a screaming that I'm ___________________
And you, will hide away and find your ___________  __________  ________
with some indie record that's much _________________than mine


4 .  Listen to the next paragraph and answer the questions
Oooh you called me up again tonight
But Oooh, this time I'm telling you, I'm telling you
We are never ever ever getting back together
We are never ever ever getting back together
You go talk to your friends talk
To my friends talk to me
But we are never ever ever ever getting back together


4.a What did the boy do? When?
4.b what did she tell him?
   
I'm really gonna miss you picking ________________________
And me, falling for a screaming that I'm ___________________
And you, will hide away and find your ___________  __________  _____________with some indie record that's much _________________than mine