(Basic level)

Listen to this song and complete the gaps.

Louis Armstrong performing What a wonderful world!



I see trees of _______, _______ roses too
I see them bloom for me and ______
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.

I see skies of ______ and clouds of _______
The bright blessed ______ , the dark sacred ______
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.

The _______ of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of _______ going by
I see ________ shaking hands saying how do you do
They're really saying I ______ you.

I hear ______ cry, I watch them grow
They'll learn much more than I'll never know
And I think to myself what a wonderful world
______ I think to myself what a wonderful world.

Check your answers.




Enjoy this wonderful song!

Something Stupid

(Basic level)

Listen to the song and complete each verse with the correct verb.

Frank and Nancy Sinatra performing Something Stupid




Nicole Kidman and Robbie Williams performing Something Stupid



go (x2) have know love think

I know I stand in line, until you _________ you have the time
To spend an evening with me
And if we ________ someplace to dance, I _______ that there's a chance
You won't be leaving with me
And afterwards we drop into a quiet little place
And ________ a drink or two
And then I ______ and spoil it all, by saying something stupid
Like I ______ you

I can see it in your eyes that you despise the same old lines
You heard the night before
And though it's just a line to you, for me it's true
It never seemed so right before

get go love make practise wait

I __________every day to find some clever lines to say
To _________ the meaning come through
But then I think I'll ________ until the evening gets late
And I'm alone with you
The time is right, your perfume fills my head, the stars _______ red
And oh the night's so blue
And then I ______ and spoil it all, by saying something stupid
Like I _______ you
I love you...

Check your answers.



Enjoy this song!

Source: New English File teacher's book.

Eternal Flame

(Basic level)

Listen and write the words in the song.

Bangles performing Eternal Flame



Atomic Kitten performing Eternal Flame



_________ your eyes, give me your hand, darling (Close/Open)
Do you feel my heart beating,
Do you ___________? (remember/understand)
Do you feel the same, _______ only dreaming? (am I/are you)
_______ burning an eternal flame? (Is this/Is that)

I believe it's meant __________, darling (to be/not to be)
I watch when __________ sleeping, (I am/you are)
you belong to me.
Do you feel the same, _________ only dreaming? (am I/are you)
Or ________ burning an eternal flame? (is this/is that)

Say _________, sun shines through the rain (my name/your name)
A whole life so lonely,
and then you come and ease the pain
I don't want to lose this feeling

[break]

Say my name, sun shines through the rain
A whole life so lonely, and then you come and ease the pain
I _________ to lose this feeling (don't like/don't want)



Check your answers



Source: New English File teacher's book

Phobias

A group of people meet at a phobia convention! (American version)
All five actors are in a phobias workshop, phobias include a fear of the word "Aagh!", a fear of apologies, a fear of repetition, and awkward silences.



This is the UK version. Production published in 2001.
Performed by Lee Mack, Jim Tavare, Tim Vine, Karen Taylor and Ronni Ancona.




Enjoy these videos!

History of Valentine's Day

Every February 14, across the United States and in other places around the world, candy, flowers and gifts are exchanged between loved ones, all in the name of St. Valentine. But who is this mysterious saint, and where did these traditions come from? Find out about the history of this centuries-old holiday, from ancient Roman rituals to the customs of Victorian England.

http://www.history.com/topics/valentines-day

How to say I love you

I love you'... three little words that are easy to pronounce but can be difficult to say!

After watching the video look at the other love resources on the right of the page. They will help you celebrate Valentine's Day in English.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/specials/2011/02/110211_valentines_how_to_say_i_love_you.shtml

Valentine Songs

Love is all Around by Wet Wet Wet

This is an easy Valentine song worksheet on listening based on a very popular song. There are 5 exercises to do during the listening. First listen and write the words you hear, then you have to choose the word you hear from the three given. The next task is to number the lines in the correct order. In the fourth exercise what you have to do is to match the halves, and in the last one is to write the words from the table. Easy and nice! Download the file:

http://busyteacher.org/4202-valentine-song-wet-wet-wet-love-is-all-around.html

HAVE FUN !

Just The Way You Are by Bruno Mars

Here is a worksheet to practice listening and vocabulary. The worksheet is based on a very popular song that you probably know very well. The worksheet includes 5 different exercises. First of all you have to listen and fill in the lines with the words you hear. Then you have to listen and put the words from the table into empty spaces. Another task is to number the lines in the correct order. In the two last exercises you have to choose the word you hear from the three given. In the last exercise the first letter of each missing words is given. Nice song, nice exercises - Have fun :) Download the file:

http://busyteacher.org/4146-song-bruno-mars-just-the-way-you-are-worksheet.html

Baby by Justin Bieber

There are three exercises on listening. First of all you have to listen to the song and put the lines of the first part of the song in the correct order. Then you follow listening and you are to fill in the missing word you hear. The last exercise is to choose the correct word you hear from the three given. Have fun :) Download the file:

http://busyteacher.org/4095-justin-bieber-baby-listening.html

Happy Valentine's Day

February 14th is a day when close friends or loved ones send each other gifts to express their friendship or love. St Valentine's Day is believed to come from both Christian and Ancient Roman traditions - the Catholic church recognizes three different saints named Valentine or Valentinus. One legend says that a man named Valentine fell in love with a young girl who visited him when he was in prison. Before his death, it is thought that he wrote her a letter, which he signed "from your Valentine", an expression still in use today.

Climate change

This video was the winner of the Awards Biodiversity Foundation as a documentary and short film:



Here you have useful vocabulary related to climate change:
http://www.saberingles.com.ar/lists/environment.html