Wednesday, 16 February 2011

The Present Perfect with Songs

I still haven't found what I'm looking for by U2

LISTEN TO THE SONG AND DO THE EXERCISES BELOW




1. WHICH WORD IS RIGHT?
I have the highest mountains
I have
through the fields
Only to be with you
Only to be with you

I have
I have
I have
these city walls
Only to be with you
But I still haven't found
What I'm looking for
But I still haven't found
What I'm looking for

2. ORDER THE LINES AS YOU HEAR THEM
a. I have spoken with the tongue of angels
b. I was cold as a stone
c. I have held the hand of a devil
d. I have kissed honey lips
e. This burning desire
f.  It burned like fire
g. It was warm in the night
h. Felt the healing finger tips     
But I still haven't found
What I'm looking for
But I still haven't found
What I'm looking for

1.-       2.-       3.-       4.-       5.-       6.-       7.-       8.- 

3. WRITE THE MISSING WORDS. YOU HAVE THE TRANSCRIPTIONS TO HELP YOU
I /bɪˈli:v/  in the Kingdom Come
Then all the colors will /bli:d/ 
into one
But yes I'm still running
You /brəʊk/  the /bɒndz/
You /'lu:sənd/  the /tʃeɪnz/ 
You carried
the /krɒs/ 
of my /ʃeɪm/ 

of my  /ʃeɪm/  
You know I /bɪˈli:vd/  it
But I still haven't found
What I'm looking for
But I still haven't found
What I'm looking for

Monday, 7 February 2011

Let´s practise the Present Simple

  • Follow me and practise the Present Simple and the Plurals.

          Find this and other present simple exercises
  • VOCABULARY AND THE PRESENT SIMPLE:

             PRESENT SIMPLE, 3rd person, by lucak (F)
             Find this and other present simple exercises in
             English Exercises .org

Let´s celebrate St. Valentine´s Day!!

Hi guys!! Want to surprise your true love? Join us Here´s one of the most wonderful love songs
ever written!! 

Your Song   sang by Ewan McGregor in the film Moulin Rouge





Now, here is the original version of the song by Elton John:

Your Song by Elton John



Here are the lyrics: try to guess the missing words!


It's a little bit funny this ____________ inside
I'm not one of those who can easily hide
I don't have much ___________ but boy if I did
I'd buy a big __________ where we both could live

If I was a _______________, but then again, no
Or a man who makes __________ in a travelling show
I know it's not much but it's the best I can do
My gift is my ____________ and this one's for you

Chorus
And you can tell ______________ this is your song
It may be quite simple but now that it's done
I ___________ you don't mind
I ___________ you don't mind that I put down in words
How ______________ l life is while you're in the __________

I sat on the roof and kicked off the moss
Well a few of the verses well they've got me quite __________
But the sun's been quite _________while I wrote this song
It's for people like you that keep it turned on

So ___________ me forgetting but these things I do
You see I've forgotten if they're green or they're blue
Anyway the thing is what I really mean
Yours are the _____________ eyes I've ever seen

Chorus
And you can tell ______________ this is your song
It may be quite simple but now that it's done
I __________ you don't mind
I __________ you don't mind that I put down in words
How ______________ l life is while you're in the __________

Monday, 24 January 2011

Sunday, 23 January 2011

Relative Clauses

Entra aquí para practicar las Defining Relative Clauses:

y aquí para jugar practicando las oraciones de relativo.


Friday, 21 January 2011

The Songs Room

Cry Cry by Oceana




Lyrics
Complete the gaps with Present or Past forms
of Irregular Verbs

When she 1)__________ a young girl
She used to play with me
I 2)_____________ her best friend
We 3)___________ inseparately
We 4)___________ to 5)_________ our bikes
Playing hide and seek
Sneeking all the night
Dancing in the street
I look back at the time
Now I realise
She 6)___________ to play with fire
I should have seen it in her eyes
I should have seen it in her eyes

Deep inside, you cry cry cry
Don´t 7)___________ your hopes,die die die
Deep inside, you cry cry cry
Don´t 8)___________ your hopes,die die die

Na,na,na,na,na,na,na
Na,na,na,na,na,na,na

She 9)___________ in love for the first time
He 10)____________ older than her
Then he 11)____________ her 12)________ things
First she wouldn´t dare
She 13)__________ everything behind
Couldn´t  14)____________ a place
Running through the night
Loosing all her faith
She 15)__________ away the pain
Turning off her lies
But still he 16)____________ her see like everything´s alright
Like everythin´s alright

Deep inside, you cry cry cry
Don´t  17)__________ your hopes,die die die
Deep inside, you cry cry cry
Don´t 18)___________ your hopes,die die die (x2)


Click here to have the full lyrics