Thursday 18 December 2014

Unit 5: Sitting on the dock of the bay (Otis Reding)



Otis Reding: Sitting on the dock of the bay (1967)

Sitting in the morning sun
I'll be sitting when the evening come
Watching the _______ roll in
And then I ______ them roll away again, yeah

I'm ______ on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll _____
Ooo, I'm just sitting on the dock of the ____
Wasting ______

I left my home in Georgia
Headed for the 'Frisco bay
'Cause I've had ______ to live for
And look like nothin's gonna _______ my way

So I'm just gonna sit on the ______ of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
Ooo, I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' ______

_______ like nothing's gonna change
Everything still remains the ______
I can't do what ______ people tell me to do
So I guess I'll remain the same, ______

Sittin' here resting ______ bones
And this loneliness won't leave me ______
It's two thousand miles I roamed
Just to make _______ dock my home

Now, I'm just gonna sit at the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll ______
Oooo-wee, sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' ______
(whistle)
What does the song talk about?
Is it positive or negative?
What do you think is the meaning of the song?



Sunday 14 December 2014

Unit 4: Call me maybe (video)



Underline in the text the verb tenses that you already know (past, present simple and continuous)

I threw a wish in the well
Don't ask ____ I'll never tell
I ______ at you as it fell
And now you're in my _____
I trade my soul for a _____
Pennies and dimes for a kiss
I wasn't looking for this
______ now you're in my way
Your stare _____ holding
Ripped jeans
Skin was showing
Hot _____
Wind was blowing
Where you think you're going ______?
Hey I just _____ you
And this is ______
But here's my _______
So _____ ______ maybe
It's hard to look right at you _____
But here's my number
So _____ me maybe

Hey I _____ met you
And this is crazy
But _____ my number
So call me maybe

And all the _____ boys
_____ to chase me
But here's my number
So _____ me maybe
You took your time with the ____
I _____ no time with the fall
You gave me _____ at all
_____ still you're in my way
I beg and borrow and steal
At _____ sight and it's real
I didn't know I would ____ it
But it's in my ____
Your stare was holding
Ripped _____
Skin was showing
Hot _____
_____ was blowing
Where you think you're _____ baby?
Hey I just met you
And this is _____
But here's my _____
____ call me maybe
It's _____ to look right at you baby
But here's my number
So _____ me maybe

_______ you came into my life
I missed you so bad
I _______ you so bad
I missed you so so bad
Before you came into ____ ______
I missed you so bad
And you should know that
I missed you so so bad, bad, bad, bad....
It's ______ to look right at you baby
But here's my number
So call me maybe
And you should know that
So call me, maybe