Sunday, March 18, 2012

Songs: Opposites (Adjectives and Nouns)

Hot or cold?




A. Listen to the song and fill in the blank spaces.

You change your mind
Like a girl changes _____________(1)
Yeah you, PMS
Like a girl, I would know

And you over think
Always ___________(2) Cryptically
I should know
That you're no ___________ (3)for me

[CHORUS]
(Be)Cause you're hot then you're ____________(4)
You're ________(5) then you're no
You're in then you're ________(6)
You're _______(7) then you're down
You're wrong when it's __________(8)
It's ____________(9) and it's white
We fight, we _____________(10)
We ________(11), we make up
You don't really _____________ (12) to stay, no

But you don't really want to go-o
(repetition of first 4 lines of the chorus)

We used to be
Just like ____________(13)
So in sync
The same energy
Now's a dead battery
Used to ____________(14) about nothing
Now your plain _________(15)

I should know that You're not going to ____________(16)
[CHORUS]
Someone call the __________(17)
I´ve got a case of a love bi-polar
Stuck on a roller coaster
Can't get off this ride
You change your mind
Like a girl changes _____________(18)
[CHORUS 2:]
B. What about these opposites? Can you look them up?
1 speak
2 old
3 right
4 far
5 foot
6 sister
7 wife
8 black
9 cool
10 buy
11 clean
12 small
13 woman
14 begin
15 drink
16 full
17 fat
18 stand up
19 short
20 hard


Sunday, March 11, 2012

A. Listen to the song "Someone like you", by Adele


B. Complete the following tasks:
1. Fill in the gaps with the past of these verbs : marry, not give, give, hear (2X), settle down, find, came .
I ____________... that you're ­_____________ man
That you... _________________a girl
And you're... ____________________now
I ______________ that your dreams
_____________true
Guess she _______________ you things
I _______  ____________ to you

 2. Order these sentences:
are you so shy? why Old friend  
you to hold back It ain't like

Or the hide light from
 3.Choose the correct word:
I (hate/shape) to turn up out of the blue
Uninvited, but

I (couldn't/wouldn’t) stay away

I couldn't fight it I'd hoped
you'd see my (face/place)

And that you'd be reminded
That for me, (it/this) isn't over
4. Number in the correct order:
______Never mind I'll find
______for you too
______Someone like you
______I wish nothing but the best
 _____Don't forget me I beg
______Sometimes it lasts in love
______Sometimes it lasts in love, but
______I remember you say
______But sometimes it hurts instead
______sometimes it hurts instead, yeah

5.  Fill in the gaps with the following words: and- in – the – of – the – by – of - the 

You'd know how ____________
time flies only yesterday
Was ___________ time _________our lives
We were born _________ raised
___________a summer haze
Bound ________ __________ surprise
____________our glory days

6. Identify and cross out the word that doesn't belong in the sentence.
Nothing  is compares
No worries, or  more cares
My regrets and mistakes
They're memories made
Who would have known how much
Bittersweet this would taste me


C. Test your knowledge about the Simple Past. Click on the link below and choose the right option.


http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_past_statements2.htm
Why do we have eggs at Easter? Are you curious?


Read the following article!
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/CUSTOMS/easter/eggs.html

Easter pictionary
Colour Easter pictures online with a nifty set of art tools!
http://funschool.kaboose.com/fun-blaster/easter/games/game_easter_coloring.html

Test your English vocabulary! Complete the following Easter Quiz.
http://www.anglomaniacy.pl/easterQuiz.htm

Friday, March 9, 2012

Free time activities

Do you like listening to music? Well, learning English through songs is challenging and it can improve your listening and speaking skills. You can also acquire new vocabulary and practise some grammar structures. Listen to the following song and complete the suggested tasks. Have loads of fun!