Learning with songs!!!!
Watch the video below and do the exercises. COPY + PASTE in a Word Document and send them by e-mail to the teacher: cruz.sainz@fje.edu
1. Listen to the first verse of this song and complete the gaps with the right words. What do all these words have in common?
rain, precipitation, clouds, storms, rainy, sunshine, weather
Jay-z:
(Uhhu, uhhu) ch-yeah
(Uhhu, uhhu) rihanna
good girl gone bad
(Uhhu, uhhu) take three, action
(Uhhu, uhhu) hov
Jay-z:
No ............... in my .................
Let it rain, I hydroplane into fame (rihanna: ey, ey, ey)
Coming down with the dow jones
When the ............... come we gone
We roc-a-fella (rihanna: eh, eh, eh)
We fly higher than .............and g5's are better
You know me, an anticipation for ................
Stacks chips for the ..............day
(rihanna: ey, ey, ey)
Jay-y-y
.................. man is back with little miss ............
Rihanna where you at
2. Listen to the third verse and complete the gaps.
heart, cars, worlds, always, magazines
You have my ______
And we'll never be ________ apart
Maybe in ___________, but you'll still be my star
Baby 'cause in the dark you can't see shiny ______
And that's when you need me there
With you I'll _______ share
because
because
3. Listen to the chorus and try to match the two parts of each sentence. Then, translate the whole verse and explain what it means.
1. When the sun shines _________________ a. I'm-a stick it out 'til the end
2. Told you _________________________ b. be your friend
3. Said I'll always _____________________ c. I'll be here forever
4. Took an oath, _____________________ d. we'll shine together
5. Now that it's raining _________________ e. have each other
6. Know that we'll still _________________ f. under my umbrella
7. You can stand _____________________ g. more then ever
4. Listen to this verse and choose the right word for each gap.
These clumsy/fancy things
Will never come in between
You're apart/far of my entity/infinity
Here for entity/infinity
When the war/world has dealt its card/part
When the war/world has dealt its card/part
If the hand is heart/hard
Together we'll mend your heart/hard
because
5. Listen to this final verse and complete the gaps (the first letter and the number of letters are indicated in each gap). Then, translate the verse.
You can r_ _ into my arms
It's okay, don't be alarmed
Come into m_
There's no d_ _ _ _ _ _ _ in between our l_ _ _
So go on and l_ _ the rain pour
I'll be all you n _ _ _ and more because
(Exercise from www.isabelperez.com)
