Типология упражнений для работы с песнями на уроках английского языка в средней школе

Разделы: Иностранные языки

EXERCISE 1

Listen to the song very carefully and fill in the blanks with the verbs you hear. The first letter of the verb is given.

EXERCISE 2

Mark which verbs in the song are regular and which verbs are irregular. Write the past forms.

e.g.

Verb Regular Irregular Past Form
buy X bought
play X played

EXERCISE 3

Translate the given sentences into Russian.

EXERCISE 4

Listen to the song carefully and fill in the blanks with the words given below.

e.g.

high - yes - hello - don't - goodbye - low - no - stop - go - you - I

EXERCISE 5

Listen to the song again and chose the correct word.

e.g. You say yes. I say no / go.

You say stop and I say go, go, go.

EXERCISE 6

Listen to the song very carefully and fill in the blanks.

EXERCISE 7

Write ten animal names. The first one is written for you. (любые группы слов, в зависимости от смысла песни)

e.g.

1- Dog 2- 3- 4- 5-
6- 7- 8- 9- 10-

EXERCISE 8

Answer the questions below.

EXERCISE 9

Write the numbers in words

1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6-
7- 8- 9- 10- 11- 12-
13- 14- 15- 16- 17- 18-
19- 20- 30- 40- 50-

EXERCISE 10

Order the words to form correct sentences, then listen to the song and check

e.g. raining / now / outside / it?s - _____________________________________

EXERCISE 11

Listen to the last part of the song and order the sentences below. Write the correct number in the brackets.

e.g.

I'm a big big girl : ( )

but when I open my eyes ( )

It's not a big big thing if you leave me ( )

you're gone... ( )

but I do feel I will miss you much ( )

EXERCISE 12

Match the meaning of the word or words on the left with the meaning of the word(s) on the right and write the correct letter in the brackets.

WORDS from the song Meanings

EXERCISE 13

Why does the singer use two different structures in the sentences below? Explain it.

EXERCISE 14

Can a summer be cold? If not, why does the singer say so?

EXERCISE 15

Listen to the song carefully and fill in the blanks with the jobs & professions you hear.

EXERCISE 16

Find 6 things in this song that happen naturally.

1- 2- 3-
4- 5- 6-

EXERCISE 17

Find 4 grammar errors in the song.

EXERCISE 18

Find the word from the song with the opposite meaning of the following words

- terrible - ____________ - our - ________________

EXERCISE 19

Find the word from the song that is pronounced the same way as these words but has a different meaning and spelling:

- write - ______________ - you're - ___________________

EXERCISE 20

Complete the sentences

e.g. 1- I'm a ( )
2- I'm the worst ( )
3- Never walk ( )
4- I keep ( )
5- I'll take you up on a dare ( )
6- Name the place ( )
7- bungee jumping ( )		 a- I don't care!
b- anytime, anywhere.
c- I'll be there,
d- superstitious girl,
e- in the world.
f- a rabbit's tail.
g- under ladders,

EXERCISE 21

What is this song about?

e.g.

( ) It?s a romantic song

( ) It?s a song about friendship

( ) It?s a song of protest

( ) It?s about environmental damages in the world

( ) It?s about political corruption in America.

EXERCISE 22

What kind of message does the author want to pass?

e.g.

a) a compliment to the president.

b) an invitation to sing along her.

c) a criticism to the government.

d) an apology

EXERCISE 23

Check T (true) or F (false)

e.g.

a) The president is very busy, but a good father.

b) The president doesn't respect his own children's rights.

c) The author believes the president is honest.

d) The author thinks the president will take a walk with her.

e) The president doesn't seem to be worried about the social problems.

EXERCISE 24

All the nouns from the song are missing. First write what you think goes in the blanks, and then listen to the song and check.

EXERCISE 25

Work with a partner. Make a list of ten things which mean freedom for you. Compare motes with other students and make a class poster. (тема песни)

EXERCISE 26

Divide the class in 2 groups. Give each group cut outs (different-colour papers) of lines - one group gets the even lines (2, 4, 6...) and the other group gets the odd lines (1, 3, 5...). They listen to the song and put only their lines in the correct order. Then they listen again to check and then work together to put the whole song together again. Then have a singing competition line per line between groups. Each group sings their line. Record them and listen to the recording with all your other groups, so they decide on the winners. The winners get chocolates or some other reward. You can even turn it into a karaoke.

EXERCISE 27

Correct the nouns (verbs) in the song.

e.g.

Teacher's card Student's card
Close your eyes, give me your hand, darling
Do you feel my heart beating
Do you understand		 Close your mouth, give me your money, darling
Do you feel my clock beating
Do you understand

EXERCISE 28

Complete the song with the missing months of the year

EXERCISE 29

Listen to the song and identify verbs and classify them in the following chart. Complete the chart with all the forms of the verbs.

SIMPLE FORM PAST TENSE PAST PARTICIPLE
     

EXERCISE 30

The following words have different meanings. Choose the correct one according to the context of the poem

e.g.

1. hit (line 7)

a) (verb) to punch

b) (noun) a great success

c) (noun) a premeditated murder

EXERCISE 31

Correct the lines. There is one mistake in each line

EXERCISE 32

Are you good at rhyming? If so, try to complete these lyrics before listening to the song!

e.g. I've been cheated by you since I don't know when (1)

So I made up my mind, it must come to an _____________ (1)

Look at me now (2) , will I ever learn?

I don't know _____________ (2) but I suddenly lose control (3)

There's a fire within my ______________ (3)

EXERCISE 33

Write and sing words instead of pictures! unjumble the red meal words.

After this, you can change the food words to suit whatever kids eat. You can even use it for a flashcard game. Place all fcs on the board, then sing to the children what you 'eat' and they have to bring you the correct fc(change the original text, it doesn't have to rhyme for this.) You can also add the line: 'in the meantime, in the meantime, I eat my snack every day', etc.

Don't overdo it, btw, because, the song is useful and easy to remember, but it gets boring after a while, and then you ruin the useful effect from the beginning.