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Monday 24 May 2010

LEARNING WITH SONGS


Today, let's improve our listening skill, but also our knowledge of grammar, by listening to the song "It's Raining Men!". This is the version by Gery Halliwell. Follow the steps.
- Exercises

1. COMPLETE THE GAPS WITH THESE WORDS:
according, every, low, head, half,
start, time, where, mother, about, too, place.
humidity's risin'
barometer's getting _______
according to our sources
the street's the place to go
cos tonight for the first _______
just about _______ past ten
for the first time in history
it's gonna _______ raining men
it's raining men hallejulah
it's raining men amen
it's raining men hallejulah
it's raining men amen
ow
humidity's risin'
barometer's getting _______
_______ to our sources
the street's the _______ to go
cos tonight for the first time
just about _______ past ten
for the first time in history
it's gonna _______ raining men
it's raining men hallejulah
it's raining men amen
I'm gonna go out I'm gonna get myself get
absolutley soaking wet
it's rainin men hallejulah
it's rainin men every specimen
tall blonde dark and lean
rough and tough and strong and mean
god bless _______ nature
she's a single woman _______
she took over heaven
and she did what she had to do
she fought _______ angel
to rearrange the sky
so that each and every woman
could find the perfect guy
it's raining men
go get yourself wet girl I know you want to
I feel stormy where the roof is in
I've got to begin
heaven on earth don't you loose your _______
rip off the roof and stay in bed
rip off the roof and stay
it's raining men hallejulah
it's raining men amen
it's raining men hallejulah ....
2. WHAT´S THE MEANING OF...?
Cos
gonna
risin´
I've
3.- UNDERLINE:
a. Three adjectives
b. Three prepositions
c. A sentence in the simple present
d. A sentence in the present continuous
e. A sentence in the simple past
4.- TRANSLATE THE FOLLOWING:
a. She fought every angel
b. to rearrange the sky
c. so that each and every woman
d. could find the perfect guy