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2В VOCABULARY Opposite adjectives race

ф Write the opposite adjectives.

OPPOSITE

1 expensive
2 fast-
3 dirty
4 easy
5 near
6 fat
7 high
8 wrong
9 rich
10 good
11 beautiful
12 weak
13 empty
14 blonde
15 tall
16 young

Q Test your partner.
What’s the opposite o f

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ЗА VOCABULARY Verb phrases

Match the verbs in the list to phrases 1-20. Write them in the V E R B column.

do (x2) drink eat go have like listen live play (x2) read
say speak study take want watch wear work

1 H I a new car VERB
2 ■ ■ two children, a dog
3 ■ ■ exercise, yoga wmL-
4 Н И to the cinema, to the gym
5 ■ ■ tea or coffee
6 ■ ■ in a flat, in the city centre
7 ■ ■ the newspaper, in bed
8 ■ ■ a little German, two languages

9 ЩШyour book to class, an umbrella

10 ■ e c o n o m ic s , for an exam
11 ■ ■ in an office
12 Н И to music, to the radio
13 sorry, hello
14 ■ ■ glasses, jeans
15 ■ ■ fast food'

16 ЩШhousework, homework

17 ■ ■ the guitar
18 H T V
19 animals
20 ■ ■ tennis, chess

Q Test your memory. Cover the V E R B column. Say phrases 1-20 with I.
I want a new c:aar.Q

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3B VOCABULARY Jobs

ф Complete the crossword from the picture clues.

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4А VOCABULARY The family

Student A

Q Look at sentences 1-10. Decide if they are true (T) or false (F).

1 Martin is Jemma’s brother. t Dave _ ft Rita
2 Nick’s wife’s a doctor.
3 Mike’s grandfather is Dave. retired retired
4 Rita has four grandchildren.
5 Helen’s husband is a vet. f Nick Ф Helen fA ndrew flo m Ф Anna
6 Tom is Nick's brother. engineer housewife
7 Andrew is Martin’s uncle. teacher policeman vet
8 Nick and Helen have two sons. I Martin
9 Sally is Tom’s niece. f Sally f Jemma t Mike
10 Jemma is Dave and Rita’s nurse student hairdresser
doctor
granddaughter.

Q Read your sentences to B. He / she says if they are true or false.

Martin is Jemma’s brother^ Q lo, that's false. Martin is Sally’s brother.

ф Test your partner.
Who is Dave’s w i f e ^ R i t a .

Student В

Q Look at sentences 1-10. Decide if they are true (T) or false (F).

1 Mike’s father is an engineer. f Dave _ ft Rita

2 Dave and Rita have three children. retired retired

3 Mike is Martin’s cousin.

4 Sally is Anna and Tom’s daughter.

5 Andrew is Dave’s son. f Nick ft Helen f Andrew f Tom 1Anna
6 Martin is Nick’s nephew. teacher policeman vet housewife
7 Tom’s sister is a teacher. engineer

8 Andrew has two brothers.

9 Mike and Martin are Rita’s i Martin ft Sally *Jemma t Mike
grandsons. student doctor hairdresser
nurse
10 Helen’s husband is a vet.

Q Read your sentences to A. He / she says if they are true or false.

Mike’s father is an engineer/^ that’s false. Mike's father is a vet.

ф Test your partner. (^Rita.
Who is Dave’s w ife f^

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4В VOCABULARY A day in the life of an aerobics teacher

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5А VOCABULARY More verb phrases

Q Find 14 more verbs, 6 horizontally (—►)and 8 more vertically ( i) .

s F Y U C p U rT) L T A Z E

0 F0 RGET DиT EH

sz В H W 1 A L D p СM

QT E 1 V В F M E E T N

ARAВ EС T Z КE D F

QК V R W J R A 1 p V1

sE R P A M P U Ez 0N

CBF U U Y) A W 1 С H Y D

QК T P E 1С N H A 0 U

X E F Y I N VGNGRM

в L J 0 RT SX PLAY

L L WA 1 T R 0 F 1 G D

Q Write the verbs in the list 1-15 and match them to the phrases a-o.

VERB 0 PHRASE
1 run 0
7 buv □ a the guitar / tennis
0 b somebody a present
3 0 с a photo
0 d a film
4 0 e a race
0 f your friends in a coffee bar
Я 0 g a name
6 .... ............. 0 h for a bus
7 0 i a computer
8 0 j a picture
9 0 к a song
0 1 a noise
10 0 m a parking space
11 n a story
12 e a ticket
1.4
14

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5С VOCABULARY The weather

Student A

Q Look at the pictures. What’s the weather like? Complete sentences 1-5.

1 It’s. 2 It’s. 3 It’s. 4 It’s. 5 It’s.

Q Ask В questions to complete your information.
What’s the weather like in Berlin

City Weather Temperature

Berlin cloudy and windy 7°
Budapest snowing 1”
Istanbul foggy 5°
Moscow cloudy and hot 26°
Warsaw
Edinburgh
Buenos Aires
Santiago

Q Answer B ’s questions.
It’s cloudy and windy and it’s 7 degrees in Budapest^

Student В

Q Look at the pictures. What’s the weather like? Complete sentences 1-5.

tj M*.----- - J СРЛ IP Щщw m ШШ

1 It’s. 3 It’s 4 It’s 5 It’s.

Answer A’s questions.
It's raining and it’s 4 degrees in Budapest^

0 Ask A questions to complete your information.
What’s the weather like in Budapest?^

City Weather Temperature

Berlin raining 4°
Budapest cloudy and cold
Istanbul к-л---.-1--а--1--а----m-- л к Ь .Ш а Я
Moscow raining
Warsaw sunny and hot 14°
Edinburgh
Buenos Aires 12°
Santiago
29°

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6В VOCABULARY Dates

Student A

Find the missing dates. Ask your partner.
What's the date in Al?^) ( j ? s the third o f M y.

'
p ill V -

- - Jv - - “*
К *г

3/7 11/10

В 20/6 31/8 24/9
15/1 1/11
30/3 12/5

D 8/12

Student В

Find the missing dates. Ask your partner.

What’s the date in A3?^) ( j t ’s the tenth o f November.

234 5
7/3
A 10/11 9/6
16/8
В 5/12 21/5

С 12/10 17/1

D 23/2 2/4

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7С VOCABULARY go, have, get

Student A Student В

0 Complete the questions with go, have, or get. Q Complete the questions with go, have, or get.

1 i

What time did you Where did you lunch
to bed last night? last Saturday?

2 up early yesterday? 2 out last night?

Did you Did you

3 3 a good time

What did you for breakfast Did you
this morning?
last weekend?
4
5 ?
How many emails did What car does your family
you yesterday?
5
5
What time did you out
Did you to the cinema during the week?
at the weekend?
6 dressed
6
Do you usually
How often do you
a taxi? before breakfast?

lL zJ
How do you usually
When do you usually to work / school?
shopping?
8
8
How often do you to bed
Do you usually dinner with before midnight?
your family at Christmas?

9 9 for dinner

How many brothers and What did you
sisters do you ?
last night?

10 home Ю Do you up at the
same time during the week
Do you usually and the weekends?

after class?

Q Ask your partner the questions. Ask for Q Ask your partner the questions. Ask for
more information. more information.

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8В VOCABULARY Race round the house

Find the objects from the clues. The winner is the first person to have all the household objects.
Cirdg)a or an.

1 It’s usually in a living room. It’s for one person a /(an) armchair
to sit on. It’s very comfortable.

2 it’s on a table or wall. You turn it on when it’s dark. a / an

3 You put these on the walls to decorate the rooms.

4 You can see yourself in it. a / an

5 A room where you sleep. a / an

6 This is on the floor. It decorates the room. a / an

7 It’s in the kitchen. You cook on it. It can be gas a / an
or electric.

8 In summer you turn it on when it’s hot.

9 You use these to go from the ground floor
to the first floor in a house.

10 In the kitchen you put the glasses and plates a / an
in this.

11 You put milk, eggs, and vegetables in it. a / an ..........
It keeps food cool and fresh.

12 It’s a room where you wash. a / an _ _ .

13 A room has four walls, a floor, and ... a / an

14 You clean your dirty clothes in this. a / an

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8С VOCABULARY Prepositions of place

Student A

D escribe your picture to your partner. Then draw the picture your partner describes.
On t h e right, t h e r e ’s a becQ)

12

=3 Student В

== Draw the picture your partner describes. Then describe your picture to your partner.
On t h e right, there's a s o fa ^

12

=
==

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9А VOCABULARY Food

Write one word for each letter of the alphabet.

9С VOCABULARY Numbers dictation 25

STUDENT A
= а Q Write the numbers in words.

=з 1 150 - one hundred andfifty - Your partner’s numbers
4J 2 280 =
Я fi09 = 1 384
=э 4 1,200 = 2
5 4,52fi = 3
fi 1 2 ,3 7 4 = 4
7 180.000 = 5
fi
ii 7
сc 8
о
d
о
C\]
lt;

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Q Dictate the numbers to your partner, 76 591
ф Write down your partner’s numbers.

STUDENT В 16

Q Write the numbers in words. Your p a rtn e r’s num bers
1 150
1 384 = three hundred and eightyfo u r 2
2 717 = 3
3 892 = 4
4 2,600 = 5
5 5,41 5 = fi
6 10,2fi3 = 7
7 379,000 = 8
8 2,500,000 =

Q Write down your partner’s numbers. 53
Q Dictate the numbers to your partner.

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10А VOCABULARY Places and buildings puzzle

О Read the clues and complete the puzzle.
1 Ifyou need stamps or want to send a letter you go here.
2 You go here ifyou are very ill or have an accident.
3 Trafalgar__________ is in London, Times___________ is in New York.
4 A religious building where Christians go.
5 You can buy aspirin or medicine here.
6 Similar to clue 4 but for Muslims.
7 To walk or drive across a river you usually go over a __________
8 A building where the local government offices are.
9 An open area of small stalls where you can buy fresh fruit, vegetables, and sometimes clothes.

10 Broadway in New York is a street with a lot of__________
11 A building where you can see a collection ofvaluable or rare objects, e.g. the Louvre in Paris, or

the Hermitage in St Petersburg.
12 An area where you can pay to leave your car.
13 The Thames is the__________ that crosses London.
14 You go here when you want to get a bus or a train.
15 You can see paintings, sculptures, and pieces of art here.

I

5
6

10

11

12

13
14
15

Q There is a phrase under the arrow. Find the missing phrase, which is the title of the puzzle.

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Song activity instructions

IB All Over the World 3C Something Stupid

Choosing the correct word fy30))) Rhyming words 2^23)))

Language Language

Places vocabulary Rhyming words

Give every student a worksheet. Check that Sts remember the sounds in the Language
Explain the activity. Sts have to listen and choose box either by using the Sound B ank on p. 166 in the
between two words in the box on the right. Student’s Book or the English File pronunciation wall
Go through the pairs o f words from the song and check chart if you have it. Elicit example words for each
the meaning and pronunciation o f each one. sound.
Play the song once. Let Sts compare their answers with Give each student a worksheet and put Sts in pairs.
a partner. Repeat if necessary. Play the song again to Explain they should match a word from circle A with
check answers, going through the song line by line. Sts one from circle B , according to the sounds.
then write the correct words in the song. Check answers.
2d 3a 4e 5 f 6g 7h 8c
2 radio 3 stre e t 4 the USA 5 sea 6 Paris
7 Hamburg 8 New York 9 place 10 time Write the sounds from the Language box on the
board. Elicit the words from the circles with these
Give Sts a few minutes to read through the song with sounds and feedback answers onto the board.
the glossary and go through the Song facts.
If you think your students would like to hear the song /a:/ chance, dance
again, play it to them one more time. If your class likes /u:/ two, you, you, blue
singing, they can sing along. /ai/ lies, eyes, night, right
leil day, say / late, wait
2C Please Don’t Go /е/ red, head

Listening fo r specific words fy73>)) Tell Sts that they are now going to listen to the song
and that they have to put the words from A and В into
Language the correct place in the song. Explain that, as with the
majority o f pop songs in English, the words at the end
Feelings o f each line rhyme. Play the song once for Sts to fill
the gaps. Repeat if necessary. Check answers, going
Give every student a worksheet. Ask Sts to tell you through the song line by line.
what they think is happening in the picture.
Go through the words in bold in the song and check 1 dance 2 chance 3 tw o 4 you 5 eyes 6 lies
the meaning and pronunciation of each one. 7 night 8 right 9 day 10 say 11 wait 12 late
Tell Sts that some o f the words are right and some 13 head 14 red 15 blue 16 you
words are wrong. The first time they listen, they should
just decide if they are right or wrong. Play the song Give Sts a few minutes to read through the song with
once. Check answers. the glossary and go through the Song facts.
Ask the class why the singer thinks it’s stupid to say
3 X 4 / 5X 6X 7 / 8 X 9 / 10X 11/ 12 X ‘I lovey ou ’ in the song.

Now tell the Sts they are going to try to correct the Because it might be too serious too soon.
wrong words with a word from the list. Play the song
again. Let Sts compare their answers with a partner. If you think your students would like to hear the song
Repeat if necessary. again, play it to them one more time. If your class likes
Check answers, going through the song line by line. singing, they can sing along.

3 walk 5 go 6 stay 8 wonderful 10 down 11 baby 4 C Who Wants to Live Forever?
12now
Listening fo r extra words 2/52)))
Give Sts a few minutes to read through the song with
the glossary and go through the Song facts. Language
If you think your students would like to hear the song
again, play it to them one more time. If your class likes Time expressions
singing, they can sing along.
Give each student a worksheet and focus on A. Tell Sts
that some o f the numbered lines in bold have extra
words.

• Play the song once for Sts to tick the bold lines which • Give Sts a few minutes to read through the song with
are correct. the glossary and go through the Song facts.

• Play the song again for Sts to cross out the extra words. • If you think your students would like to hear the song
Repeat if necessary. Then check answers. again, play it to them one more time. If your class likes
singing, they can sing along.
3 Xhere 6/ 9 X always
10 / 7C Summer Nights
4 X real 7 X never
5 X always 8 X sweet Listening fo r missing words '3^63>))

• Give Sts a few minutes to read through the song with Language
the glossary and go through the Song facts.
Regular and irregular past forms
• If you think your students would like to hear the song
again, play it to them one more time. If your class likes • Give each student a worksheet. Get Sts to look at the
singing, they can sing along. pictures and tell you what the couple are doing in each
picture.
5A Famous
• Ask Sts to focus on a. Ask Sts to write the past simple
Predicting and listening for missing words positive form of the verbs. Check answers.
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• Focus on b. Play the song and get Sts to fill in the gaps
Language with a past simple positive or question form o f the
verbs from a. Pause and replay as necessary. Check
Verb phrases: turn down, be famous answers.
2 met 3 Did...get 4 swam 5 ran 6 Was 7 Took
• Give each student a worksheet and focus on A. Give 8 w ent 9 stayed 10 did...spend 11 told 12 made
Sts two minutes to complete the gaps with the words
from the box. • Give Sts a few minutes to read through the song with
the glossary and go through the Song facts.
2 see 3 want 4 read 5 be 6 forget 7 be
8 want 9 dance 10 sing 11 need • If you think your students would like to hear the song
again, play it to them one more time. I f your class likes
• Focus on B . Play the song. Ask Sts to check their singing, they can sing along.
answers from a and to complete the song. Pause and
replay as necessary. 8B House of the Rising Sun

• Give Sts a few minutes to read through the song with Listening and m atching halves o f lines %20>))
the glossary and go through the Song facts.
Language
• I f you think your students would like to hear the song
again, play it to them one more time. If your class likes Regular and irregular past forms
singing, they can sing along.
• Give each student a worksheet and ask Sts in the
6C Lemon Tree picture what they can see.

Listening fo r the co rre ct word 3 41))) • Explain that the first halves o f the lines from the song
are on the left, and the second halves are on the right.
Language Give Sts a few moments to read sentence halves 1-12
and a-1. Go through the words and check the meaning
Phrases describing feelings and activites and pronunciation if necessary.

• Give each student a worksheet. Go through the pairs of • Play the song for Sts to match the halves. Pause and
words in the column at the end o f the lines and check replay as necessary. Check answers.
the meaning and pronunciation o f each one. Play the a 2 c 3 e 4 a 5 f 6 b 7 h 8 k 91 10 i 11 g 12j
song once.

• Ask Sts to circle the word they hear. Play the song again
for Sts to check their answers.

• Check answers with the whole class, going through the
song line by line.

2 rainy 3 waiting 4 fa st 5 happens 6 why
7 Yesterday 8 head 9 sitting 10 tired 11 good
12 how 13 sky

Go through the song, helping Sts to understand the IO C Fortune Teller
meaning.
Listening and ordering events ?5f23)))
Focus on b. Ask Sts to choose the correct words to
complete the summary. Check answers Language

b 1 bad 2 much money 3 father 4 drank 5 le ft Past forms and time expressions

6 leave • Give each student a worksheet. Get Sts to look at the
pictures and tell you what they think is happening.
Give Sts a few minutes to read through the song with
the glossary and go through the Song facts. • Focus on a. Ask them to match the events and the
pictures. Check answers.
If you think your students would like to hear the song
again, play it to them one more time. If your class likes a A 3 В 8 С 2 D5 E7 F I G6 H4
singing, they can sing along.
• Focus on b. Ask Sts to choose the correct words. Pause
9B Sugar Sugar and replay as necessary. Check answers.
b 2 head 3 Son 4 next 5 eyes 6 day 7 lie
Rhyming words 4 41 >)) 8 looking at 9 happy 10 married

Language • Give Sts a few minutes to read through the song with
the glossary and go through the Song facts.
Vowel sounds
• If you think your students would like to hear the song
Check that Sts remember the sounds above either by again, play it to them one more time. If your class likes
using the Sound B ank on p. 166. o f the Student’s Book singing, they can sing along.
or the English File pronunciation wall chart if you have
it. Elicit example words for each sound. 11B Don’t Tell Me That It’s Over

Give each student a worksheet. Focus on a. Tell Sts that Listening fo r rhyming words ЙУ34)))
they are now going to listen to the song and that they
have to decide if the pairs o f words and the words with Language
the same number in bold have the same vowel sounds.
Play the song once for Sts to decide which sounds are Rhyming words
the same and which are different. Repeat if necessary.
Check answers, going through the song line by line. • Check that Sts remember the sounds above either by
using the Sound B ank on p .166. o f the Student’s Book
3 / 4 / 5 X 6 / 7 X 8 / 9 / 10X or the English File pronunciation wall chart if you have
it. Elicit example words for each sound.
Write the sounds from the Language box on the
board. Elicit the words in bold and the words with part • Give each student a worksheet and put Sts in pairs.
o f the word in bold with these sounds and feedback Explain they should write a word from the circle in
answers onto the board. one o f the columns, according to the vowel sound.
Feedback answers onto the board. Go through the
/d/ got, want /u:/ you, true, knew pairs o f words from the song and check the meaning
/л/ honey, just lil little and pronunciation of each one, if necessary.
/и/ sugar /ai/ life
Ы make, baby /эо/ home, alone Id best, mess
/as/ candy /эо/ over li'J me, see leil day, away
tail right, night lu:l too, do
Ы pour, your

Focus on b. Ask Sts to match the words with the • Focus on b. Tell Sts that they are now going to listen
pictures and decide on the names for someone you love. to the song and that they have to put the words from
Check answers. a into the correct place in the song. Explain that, as
with the majority of pop songs in English, the words at
b candy 6 honey 4 kiss 2 sunshine 3 pour 5 sugar 1 the end o f each line rhyme. Play the song once for Sts
to fill the gaps. Pause and replay as necessary. Check
Someone you love = honey, sugar, sunshine answers, going through the song line by line.

Give Sts a few minutes to read through the song with 2 best 3 do 4 too 5 alone 6 home 7 see
the glossary and go through the Song facts. 8 me 9 right 10 day 11 away 12 night

If you think your students would like to hear the song
again, play it to them one more time. If your class likes
singing, they can sing along.

• Give Sts a few minutes to read through the song with
the glossary and go through the Song facts.

• If you think your students would like to hear the song
again, play it to them one more time. If your class likes
singing, they can sing along.

12А Flashdance

Listening fo r inform ation 5,<50)))

Language

Verb phrases: made o f stone, hear the music

Give each student a worksheet. Get Sts to look at the
picture and tell you what they think is happening.
Focus on a. Explain that Sts should match a word in
column A with a word or words in column В to form a
phrase. .

2h 3b 4 g 5c 6a 7e 8 f

Focus on b. Play the song for students to answer the
question. Pause and replay as necessary. Check the
answer.

answer = b

Give Sts a few minutes to read through the song with
the glossary and go through the Song facts.
If you think your students would like to hear the song
again, play it to them one more time. If your class likes
singing, they can sing along.

I B SONG All Over the World

0 ^30))) Listen and(girclg)the right words in each pair.

Q Listen again and check. Write the
correct words in the song.

A ll Over th e World

Everybody alt around the world _all over the world
Gotta tell you what Ijust heard
There’s gonna be a 1_________

I got a message on th e 2__________________
But where it came from Idon’t really know
And I heard these voices calling all over the world

Chorus
All over the world
Everybody got the word
Everybody everywhere is gonna feel it tonight

Everybody walkin’ down th e 3__________________ 4 the U S /the USA
Everybody movin’ to the beat 5 sea / city
They’re gonna get hot down in 4_____ 6 Paris / Madrid
(New York, Detroit, L.A.)
7 Berlin / Hamburg
We’re gonna take a trip across th e 5__ 8 New York / New Orleans
Everybody come along with me
We’re gonna hit the night down in gay6 9 place / bar
(C’est la vie) 10 day/time

Chorus

All over the world ___, Paris, Rome, Rio, Hong Kong, Tokyo
London,7_______ ,Amsterdam, Monte Carlo, Shard End and
L.A.,8__________

Chorus

Everybody all around the world
Gotta tell you what Ijust heard
Everybody walkin’ down the street
I know a 9__________________ . where we all can meet
Everybody gonna have a good10___ _
Everybody will shine till the daylight

Chorus

SONG FACTS GLOSSARY voices calling = people speaking
everywhere = all places
All Over the World was a hit everybody = all people movin’ to the beat = dancing
song in many countries for gotta tell you = want to say c ’est la vie = French for “That’s life!”
the British band Electric Light gonna = going to (future) Shard End = part o f Birmingham, UK*
Orchestra (ELO) in 1980. The got = past simple o f get shine til the daylight = have fun all night
song was on the soundtracks came = past simple o f come
of the films Xanadu in 1980, heard = past simple o f hear
and the science-fiction
comedy Paul in 2011.

*Jeff Lynne, singer with ELO, comes from Shard End.

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2С SONG Please Don’t Go

ф fyi73ij) Listen to the song. Are the words in bold right or wrong? Tick ( / ) or cross (X) the lines.

Please Don’t Go Q Listen again. Correct the
wrong words with a word
Verse 1 Answers from the list.
Babe, 1love you so 10
1want you to understand 2 1X1 know baby stay down go know
That I’m gonna miss your love now walk wonderful
The minute you run out that door 3□
GLOSSARY
Chorus 4□ babe = baby (a name for a person
So please don’t go, don’t go 5□
Don’t go away 6□ you love)
Please don’t go, don’t worry gonna = going to (future)
I’m begging you to come miss = feel sad after a person goes
the minute = at the same time
If you live, at least in my lifetime 7□ dream come true = very happy
1had one dream come true 8□
1was blessed to be loved moment
By someone as beautiful as you blessed = lucky
wonderful = very good
Chorus 9□
So please don’t go, don’t go 10 □ SONG FACTS
Don’t go away 11 □ Please Don’t Go was a number 1 in the US
Hey hey hey 12 □ in 1979 for American group КС and the
1need your love Sunshine Band. The song was also a hit for
I’m up on my knees three other bands between 1992 and 2008.
Beggin’ please, please, please don’t go
Don’t you hear me girl?
Don’t leave me here
Oh no, no, don’t go, please don’t go
1want you to know that
1love you so

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ЗС SONG Something Stupid

ф Match the words in circles A and В that have the same sound.

1 too и 2 dance LH

ф '2#23))) Listen and complete the song with the rhyming words from circles A and B.

Something Stupid

I know I stand in line, until you think you have the time before
To spend an evening with me
And if we find someplace t o 1__________________
I know th a t there’s a 2__________________
You won’t be leaving with me
And afterwards we drop into a quiet little place
And have a drink o r 3______ ___________
And then I go and spoil it all by saying
Something stupid like ‘I love 4__________________

I can see it in y o u r5__________________ you still despise
The same o ld 6__________________ you heard th e 7_____
And though it’s ju st a line to you, for me it’s true
It never seemed s o 8_________________ before

I practise every9__________________ to find some clever lines t o 10
To make the meaning come through
But then I think I’l l 11__________________ until the evening gets 12__
And I’m alone w ith you.
The time is right, your perfume fills my 13_ _ ________________
The stars g e t14__________________
And oh the night’s s o 15__________________
And then I go and spoil it all by saying
Something stupid like 1 love 16__________________

Q Why do the singers think it’s stupid to say ‘I love you’?

SONG FACTS GLOSSARY despise = hate
lies = things that are not true
Something Stupid was spend an evening = pass an evening heard = past simple of hear
originally a hit for father chance = possibility clever = intelligent
and daughter duo Frank and won’t = will not (future) come through = be clear
Nancy Sinatra in 1967. Nicole drop into = go into
Kidman sang the song in the spoil = ruin, make something bad
2001 film Moulin Rouge, and like = for example
later made a new recording
o f it with Robbie Williams.

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4С SONG Who Wants to Live Forever?

ф 2,52))) Listen to the song. Some of the lines in bold have one extra word.
Tick (•/) the right lines, and cross (X) the wrong lines.

Q Cross out the extra word in the wrong bold lines.

Who W ants to Live Forever?
01
th e re ’s no time for us

There’s no place for us 2m
2What is this geed thing that builds our dreams

Yet slips away from us? 3□
3Who wants to live here forever?

Who wants to live forever? 4□
4There’s no real chance for us

It’s all decided for us 5□
5This world always has only one sweet moment

Set aside for us 6□
6Who wants to live forever?

Who wants to live forever?

Who dares to love forever? 7
70h, when love must never die?

8But touch my tears with your sweet lips 8
Touch my world with your fingertips
And we can have forever 9
9And we can always love forever 10
10Forever is our today

Who waits forever anyway?

Who wants to live forever?
Who wants to live forever?
Forever is our today.

GLOSSARY tears fingertips

builds our dreams = makes us hope for good things
slips away = goes away
it’s all decided = other people control our lives
sweet = very nice
set aside for us = especially for us
dares = is brave enough

SONG FACTS
Who Wants to Live Forever? was a hit for British rock group Queen in 1986. The song was also on the soundtrack o f the film
Highlander and later the TV series.

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5А SONG Famous §

Q Read the song lyrics. In two minutes, try to complete some of the gaps with words in the list. Ш Ml

be dance forget (x2) need read see sing turn want (x3)

Q % 6 2 )j) Listen, check your answers from a and complete the song with the correct verbs.

Famous

Staying in again on a Saturday night Bette Davis.
I’m going to settle on the sofa and Hum down the light. ., can’t you see?
I got 900 channels but there’s nothing t o 2______________
No wonder everybody thinks they should be on TV.

Chorus
Oh, we a ll3__________________ to be famous.
Oh, be a face on the screen.
Oh, *______ ____________ our name in the papers.
Oh, everybody wants t o 5__________________ on TV.
Everybody wants to be on TV.

6__________________ Audrey Hepburn,7________________
18__________________ to be known, just for being famous.
I can’t act, I can’t 9 _____________, I can’t 10_________
But I’m young and I’m pretty and that’s all that you 11______

Chorus

Everybody wants to be like James Dean.

SONG FACTS GLOSSARY

Famous was a hit for staying in = passing time at home
British group Scouting For settle = sit comfortably
Girls in 2010. The video I got = I have
for the song appeared on no wonder = it’s not surprising
the YouTube website two should be on TV = are good enough to be on TV
months before the song face = front part of your head
went on sale. the screen = the part of the TV, or the cinema, where you see the film
the papers = newspapers
Audrey Hepburn, Bette Davis, James Dean = film stars of the 1950s and 1960s
known = famous
like = similar to

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6 С SO N G Lemon Tree

3 41))) Listen and(circlg)the right words in the pair.

Lemon Tree

I’m sitting here in a 1__________________ room 1 (boring)/ beautiful
It’s just another2__________________ Sunday afternoon 2 sunny / rainy
I’m wasting my time, Igot nothing to do 3 looking / waiting
I’m hanging around, I’m 3__________________ for you
But nothing ever happens - and Iwonder. 4 fast / slowly
5 changes / happens
I’m driving around in my car, 6 where / why
I’m driving too 4__________________ , I’m driving too far. 7 Today / Yesterday
I’d like to change my point of view 8 head / eyes
I feel so lonely, I’m waiting for you
But nothing ever5__________________ - and I wonder. 9 sitting / standing
10 sad / tired
Chorus 11 good / easy
I wonder how, Iwonder6__________________
7__________________ you told me about the 12 how / who
13 sea / sky
blue blue sky
And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon tree
I’m turning my8__________________ up and down
I’m turning, turning, turning, turning, turning around
And all that I can see isjust another lemon tree.

I’m 9__________________ here, I miss the power
I’d like to go out, and take in a shower
But there’s a heavy cloud inside my head
Ifeel so10__________________ , put myself into bed
Where nothing ever happens - and I wonder.

Isolation is n o t11__________________ for me
Isolation, I don’t want to sit on a lemon tree
I’m stepping around in the desert of joy
Baby anyhow I’ll get another toy
And everything will happen - and you wonder.

Chorus
I wonder12__________________ , I wonder why
Yesterday you told me about

the blue blue13__________________
And all that I can see, and all that I can see
And all that I can see isjust a yellow lemon tree.

SONG FACTS GLOSSARY

Lemon Tree was a 1996 hit in many European wasting my time = not doing anything interesting
countries for the German band Fool’s Garden. hanging around = waiting
Groups in Taiwan and Korea have also recorded wonder verb = ask myself questions
the song. point of view = the way I think
lonely = sad because you are not with people
I miss the power = I don’t feel in control
there’s a heavy cloud inside my head = I can’t think because I’m sad
isolation = not being with people
desert of joy = unhappy place

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7С SONG Summer Nights

Q Write the past simple 0 form of the
verbs in the list.

swim be make get tell have
meet spend take go stay run

Q 3 63))) Listen and complete the song
with a past simple verb ( 0 or [?]) from a.

Summer loving,1had me a blast Tell me more, tell me more
Summer loving, happened so fast But you don’t gotta brag
12_________________ a girl crazy for me Tell me more, tell me more
Met a boy cute as can be ‘Cause he sounds like a drag
Summer days drifting away
Oh the summer nights He got friendly, holding my hand
She got friendly down in the sand
Tell me more, tell me more He was sweet, just turned eighteen
3__________________ you___________________ Well, she was good, you know what I mean
Summer heat, boy and girl meet
very far? But, uh, oh the summer nights
Tell me more, tell me more
Like, does he have a car? Tell me more, tell me more
How much dough 10__________________ he
She4__________________ by me, she got a cramp
He5__________________ by me, got my suit damp _________________ ?
I saved her life, she nearly drowned Tell me more, tell me more
He showed off, splashing around Could she get me a friend?
Summer sun, something’s begun
But, uh, oh the summer nights It turned colder, that’s where it ends
So 111__________________ her we’d still be friends
Tell me more, tell me more Then w e12__________________ our true love vow
6__________________ it love at first sight? Wonder what she’s doing now?
Tell me more, tell me more
Did she put up a fight? Summer dreams ripped at the seams
But, oh, those summer nights
7__________________ her bowling in the Arcade Tell me more, tell me more
We8__________________ strolling, drank lemonade
We made out under the dock
We9__________________ up till ten o’clock
Summer fling, don’t mean a thing
But, uh, oh the summer nights!

SONG FACTS GLOSSARY strolling = walking
the dock = where the ships come in
Summer Nights was a popular had me a blast = I had a good time made out = kissed
song from the 1978 film Grease, cute = good-looking fling noun = short relationship
starring John Travolta and Olivia drifting away = passing quickly but you don’t got to brag = slang for
Newton-John. The song tells the like = for example
story o f a summer relationship saved her life = rescued her “you mustn’t boast”
between two teenagers and was a drowned = died in the water a drag = something boring
very big hit internationally. at first sight = the first time you see dough = money
wonder = ask myself questions
someone ripped at the seams = broken
arcade = a large room with games and

machines to play on

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8В S O N G House of the Rising Sun

ф <Ц»20))) Listen to the song. Match the halves of sentences. Match 1-6 with a -f and 7-12 with g-1.

House o f th e Rising Sun

1 There is a house in New Orleans 0 a down in New Orleans
2 And it’s been the ruin of many b is when he’s on a drunk
□
с a poor boy, and God, 1know I’m one
3 My mother was a tailor □ d they call the Rising Sun
4 My father was a gambling man □
e she sewed my new blue jeans
5 Now the only thing a gambler needs □ f is a suitcase and a trunk

6 And the only time he’s satisfied □ g they call the Rising Sun
h not to do what 1have done
7 Oh mother tell your children □
i to wear that ball and chain
8 To spend your lives in sin and misery □ j a poor boy, and God, 1know I’m one
к in the House of the Rising Sun
9 Well 1got one foot on the platform □ I the other foot on the train
10 I’m going back to New Orleans □

11 Well, there is a house in New Orleans □

12 And it’s been the ruin of many □

Q Choose the best alternatives to make a summary of the song.

House of the Rising Sun is a song about a person’s 'good / bad life in New Orleans, USA. The man in the song doesn’t
have 2much money / many friends. His 3mother / father lost everything, 4drank / ate too much and 5loved /
left the town. The man wants to 6live in / leave the House of the Rising Sun, but he can’t.

SONG FACTS GLOSSARY

House o f the Rising Sun is an ruin noun = something that makes everything bad
old folk song from America. poor = without money
Nobody is sure who wrote tailor = a person who makes clothes
the song. It tells the story of gambler = a person who tries to win money on games or sports
a man whose life went wrong suitcase /trunk = a bag /large box to carry your things when travelling
in New Orleans, USA. It was satisfied = happy
an international number 1 hit on a drunk = drinking alcohol
for British group The Animals sin and misery = doing bad things and feeling unhappy
in 1964. platform = the place at a station where the train arrives
wear that ball and chain = to do something you don’t want to do /go to prison

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9В SONG Sugar Sugar ^ M a tch these words
from the song with the
Q 4 4 1 ))) Listen to the sounds of the pairs of words or parts of pictures. Which three
the pairs of words in bold in the song. Tick ( / ) the ones with words can you use as
the same sound and cross (X) the ones with different sounds. names for someone
you love?
Sugar Sugar
1 j/ □candy □sunshine
Chorus 2^ L □honey □pour
Sugar, oh honey honey 3 ukiss □sugar
You are my candy girl and you xg ot me W anting you 4
2Honey, oh sugar 2sugar [H
You are my candy girl and you got me wanting you 7
n
Ijust can’t believe the loveliness of loving 3you 8
(Ijust can’t believe it’s 3true) IT
Ijust can’t believe the wonder of this feeling too 10
(14just can’t believe it’s 4true)

Chorus
Ah sugar, oh honey honey
You are my 5candy girl and you got me 5wanting you
Oh honey, oh sugar sugar
You are my candy girl and you got me wanting you

When I kissed 6you, girl, 16knew how sweet a kiss could be
(I know how sweet a kiss can be)
Like the summer sunshine, 7pour your sweetness7over me
(8Pour 8your sweetness over me)

Pour a little sugar on it honey
Pour a little sugar on it 9baby
I’m gonna 9make your life so sweet, yeah yeah yeah
Pour a little sugar on it oh yeah
Pour a little sugar on it honey
Pour a little sugar on it baby
I’m gonna make your 10life so sweet, yeah yeah yeah
Pour a 10little sugar on it honey

Chorus
Ah sugar, oh honey honey
You are my candy girl and you’ve got me wanting you
Oh honey, honey, sugar sugar
You are my candy girl and you got me wanting you

SONG FACTS GLOSSARY

Sugar Sugar was a number 1 hit song in the US I can’t believe = I’m surprised
and UK for the cartoon group The Archies in 1969. wonder noun = feeling of happiness and surprise
It was also used in the 1995 film Now and Then. sweetness = noun from sweet
This type of music, called Bubblegum Pop, is made summer = the hot part of the year
especially for teenagers and younger children. pour a little sugar on it = be nice to me

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IO C S O N G Fortune Teller

Q M atch the events o f the song w ith the pictures. Q 5-33))) Listen to the song and^Trc!^)the right

A Sh e said, ‘You’re in love.’ words in the pair.

В T he man and the fortune teller Q Fortune-teller
got married.

С She looked into her crystal ball. Q Went to the fortune-teller
D He left the fortune teller in a hurry. Q Had my fortune read
[J] I didn’t know what to 1fe[p/ give her
E He fell in love withthe fortune teller. I had a dizzy feeling in my 2feet / head
О Took a look at my palm
F A fortune teller looked at the palm She said, ‘3Son / Boy, you feel kind of warm’
o f a m an’s hand. She looked into a crystal ball
She said, ‘You’re in love’
G The man got very angry. How could that be so?
I thought of all the girls I know
FI T h e man thought o f all the She said ‘When the 4next / last one arrives
girls he knew. You’ll be looking into her 5face / eyes’
Oh yeah, oh yeah

Left there in a hurry
Looking forward to my big surprise
The next 6day / time I discovered
That the fortune teller told me a 7lie / story
I hurried back down to that woman
As mad as I could be
I said I didn’t see nobody
Why had she made a fool out of me?
Then something struck me
As if it came from up above
While 8talking to / looking at the fortune teller
I fell in love
Now I’m a 9rich / happy feller
cause I’m 10married / going to the fortune teller
And I'm as happy as we can be
And now I get my fortune told for free.

SONG FACTS GLOSSARY

Fortune Teller was originally written in 1962. Many bands, dizzy = not able to think /walk
including The Rolling Stones and The Who, made versions o f the palm = front part of your hand
song. Most recently, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss included the kind of = quite
song on their Raising Sand album in 2007. you’ll be looking = you will be looking (future)
in a hurry = quickly
looking forward to = happily wait for
discover = find
mad = angry (American English)
nobody = anybody
made a fool out of me = made me look stupid
something struck me... from up above = I had a new,

surprising thought
feller = man
for free = without paying

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1 1 В SONG Doni’t Tell Me That It’s Over

0 Which words have the same vowel sound? Write them in the correct column.

/эи/ /i:/ /ai/ /е/ /ei/ Ы
phone
tree bike egg train boot

home

Q f5j»34)j) Listen and complete the song with the words
from the chart in a.

Don’t Tell Me T hat It ’s Over SONG FACTS
Don’t Tell me That’s It’s Over was a hit song for
Tell me why this world is a 1mess Scottish singer Amy Macdonald in 2010. She
Ithought you always tried your2__________________ says the song is about wanting to do something
Tell me, what am It o 3__________________ ? to make the world a better place.
Maybe you should do i t 4__________________
Tell me why they’re sleeping5__________________ GLOSSARY
No house, nowhere to call a 6__________________ a mess = with many things going wrong
Tell me what I’m meant t o 7__________________ try your best = work hard
Won’t you stop preaching a t8________________ _ ? what am I to do? = what can I do?
alone = without other people
Chorus I’m meant to = I need to
And I wanna see what it’s all about preaching = telling me how to live
And I wanna live, wanna give something back wanna = want to
Don’t tell me that it’s over; it’s only just begun give something back = help people
Don’t tell me that it’s over, or that this song is sung it’s over = it’s finished
This song is sung alight = on fire
shining bright = giving out a lot of light
All the money in the world would never I’m on my knees, begging... = I’m asking
Set all the wrongs t o 9__________________
All the fire in the world could never you
Set my heart alight
I dream of a 10___________________ when it’s all

gone11__________________
And the sun is shining bright
Idream of a day when it’s all gone away
But dreams are fo r12__________________

Chorus

Don’t tell me that it’s over, please, I’m on my knees
I’m begging you to stop
It’s over, please, I’m on my knees
I’m begging you to stop

Chorus

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