Listen and fill in the gaps with the present participles (V-ing)

 

I follow the Moskva
Down to Gorky Park
__________ to the wind of change
An August summer night
Soldiers passing by
Listening to the wind of change

 

The world is closing in
Did you ever think
That we could be so close, like brothers
The future's in the air
I can feel it everywhere
__________ with the wind of change

Refrain 1

Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow dream away
in the wind of change

 

___________ down the street
Distant memories
Are buried in the past forever
I follow the Moskva
Down to Gorky Park
___________ to the wind of change

 

Refrain 2

Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow share their dreams
With you and me

Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow dream away
in the wind of change

 

The wind of change
Blows straight into the face of time
Like a stormwind that will ring the freedom bell
For peace of mind
Let your balalaika sing
What my guitar wants to say

 

Refrain 2

 

 

YAKETY YAK

by THE COASTERS

Грамматика: повелительное наклонение

Лексика: обязанности, предметы быта (одежда)

Level: начальный, intermediate

♫ CD track 14

Teacher’s notes

1. Tell the students that they are going to listen to a song called ‘Yakety Yak’. Elicit / translate the title (blab, waffle). Write out the title and a phrase ‘Don’t talk back’. Elicit the situation. Who might say it? – A teenager and a parent. Why? They are having arguments about the chores.

2. Find out which chores your students have at home. Write some of them on the board.

3. Now complete the first exercise. Check the answers.

4. Explain the second task. Play the song.

5. Give your students time to check the answers in pairs. Then play the song again.

6. Asks students to fill in the gaps with mother’s instructions (ex. 3). Give an example with a help of a picture of scrubbing the floor. Check the answers.

7. Explain the imperatives (both positive and negative).

8. Ask students to find more imperatives.

9. Follow up. Ask your students to make a dialogue based on this song. Act it out.

Lyrics and answers

Ex. 1 a) laundry mat, b) hat, c) room, d) spending cash, e) broom, f) coat, g) trash, h) kitchen floor

Ex. 2.

Take out the papers and the ¹ trash
Or you don't get no ² spending cash
If you don't scrub that ³ kitchen floor
You ain't gonna rock and roll no more
Yakety yak
Don't talk back

Just finish cleaning up your ⁴ room
Let's see that dust fly with that ⁵ broom
Get all that garbage out of sight
Or you don't go out Friday night
Yakety yak
Don't talk back

You just put on your ⁶ coat and ⁷ hat
And walk yourself to the ⁸ laundry mat
And when you finish doing that
Bring in the dog and put out the cat
Yakety yak
Don't talk back

Don't you give me no dirty looks
Your father's hip, he knows what cooks
Just tell your hoodlum friends outside
You ain't got time to take a ride
Yakety yak
Don't talk back

Yakety yak, yakety yak
Yakety yak, Yakety yak
Yakety yak?

Ex. 4. 1) put on your coat (and hat), 2) take out (the papers) and the trash, 3) walk (yourself)to the laundry mat, 4) bring in the dog, 5) don’t talk back.

YAKETY YAK

by THE COASTERS