English Idioms and Expressions, Intermediate level

1. Up to his ears
12. No good
2. Send the right message
13. On the Water
3. A piece of cake
14. British Idioms

82 English Idiom and Expression ExercisesPrintable, photocopiable, clearly structuredDesigned for teachers and individual learnersFor use in a classroom, at home, on your PC

4. Picking you up
15. Expressions with cold
5. As happy as the day is long
16. Way Idioms
6. Privacy
17. Idioms with come
7. Hold on
18. Common English Idioms
8. Money to burn
19. Idioms with Hand
9. Go ahead
20. English Idioms and Phrases
10. Under my Skin
21. Expressions with make
11. Home Sweet Home
22. Double Speak in Job Titles

English Idioms and Expressions

How to take these tests?In this test you will see 10 sentences which contain an expression or idiom.

Example:What time do you get up in the morning?

There are 4 answers (definitions) for each expression:

(a) leave home
(b) start for work
(c) finish off sleep

(d) get out of bed

Only one answer (definition) is correct.You should click on the correct entry and then on «check your score».

Answer:What time do you get out of bed in the morning?

The expression get up and the definition get out of bed mean the same.

That's why answer (d) — get out of bed is correct.

And now Good Luck with the ESL/EFL tests!

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Lesson Plan: I Don't Want to Miss a Thing by Aerosmith

1- Fill in the blanks with the missing words-

forever, baby, far, sleeping, close, asleep, hear, you dream, heart, seeing, together, kiss, time

I could stay awake just to ..........................(1) you breathing

Watch you smile while you are.............................(2)

While you're.......................(3) away and dreaming

I could spend my life in this sweet surrender

I could stay lost in this moment.............................(4)

I just want to stay with ...................(5) in this moment forever (and ever and ever)

** Chorus**

I don't want to ...........................(6) my eyes I don't want to fall asleep

Cause I'd miss you ............................(7)

And I don't want to miss a thing

Cause even when I ..........................(8) of you

The sweetest dream will never doI'd still miss you baby

And I don't want to miss a thing

Lying close to you feeling your ..........................(9) beating

And I'm wondering what you're dreaming

Wondering if it's me you're ..............................(10)

Then I kiss your eyes And thank God we're ...............................(11)

I just want to stay with you in this moment foreverand ever and ever

Don't want to close my eyes

I don't want to fall .............................(12)

Cause I'd miss you baby

And I don't want to miss a thing

Cause even when I dream of you

The sweetest dream will never do I'd still miss you baby

And I don't want to miss a thing

I don't want to miss one smile

I don't want to miss one ...........................(13)I just want to be with you

Right here with you, just like this

I just want to hold you close

Feel your heart so close to mine

And we¹ll stay here in this moment

For the rest of..............................(14)

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Lesson Plan: Clocks by Coldplay

1. Fill in the blanks with the following words:

take - saved - wanted - singing - brought - closing

The lights go out and I can’t be ________________.

Tides that I tried to swim against

Have ________________ me down upon my knees

Oh I beg , I beg and I plead________________.

Come out of the things unsaid

Shoot an apple off my head

And a trouble that can’t be named

A tiger’s waiting to be tamed

Singing

You areYou are

Confusion that never stops

The ________________ walls and ticking clocks

Gonna come back and ________________ you home

I could not stop, that you now know

Singing

come out upon my seas

Cursed missed opportunities

Am I a part of the cure

Or am I part of the disease

Singing

You are, you are (4x)

And nothing else compares (4x)

You are, you are

Home, home where I ________________ to go (2x)

Home, home where I wanted to go (You are) (2x)

2. Write the sentences in the past tense.

a-The lights go out and I can’t be saved.

b-Oh I beg, I beg and I plead.

c-Gonna come back and take you home.

Clocks by Coldplay Lyrics

The lights go out and I can't be saved

Tides that I tried to swim against

Have brought me down upon my knees

Oh I beg, I beg and plead

singing

Come out of things unsaid

Shoot an apple off my head and a

Trouble that cant be named

A tiger's waiting to be tamed

singing

You areYou are

Confusion never stops

Closing walls and ticking clocks

Gonna come back and take you home

I could not stop that you now know

singing

Come out upon my seas,

Cursed missed opportunities

Am I a part of the cure

Or am I part of the disease,

singing

You are, you are, you are

You are, you are, you are

And nothing else compares

And nothing else compares

And nothing else compares

You areYou areHome,

home where I wanted to go

Home, home where I wanted to go

Home, home where I wanted to go

Home, home where I wanted to go

(Created by Byanca Costa & Danielle Spinola)

http://www.english4all.pro.br/Clocks.htm

Lesson Plan: Relax, Take it easy by Mika

1. Listen to the song and complete the gaps with the right words.

1st part: know, lost, help, line, took, ever, train, same, pain,
2nd part: relax (x2), scared (x4), terrified (x2), easy (x2), do, fire (x2), blame
(x2), nothing
3rd part: answer, clear, times, roads, understand, mind, scream,

1st part
______ a ride to the end of the ______
Where no one ______ goes.
Ended up on a broken ______ with nobody I ______.
But the ______ and the (longings) the ______.
(Where the dying
Now I'm ______ and I'm screaming for ______.)

2nd part
_____, take it _____
For there is ______ that we can ______.
______, take it ______
______ it on me or ______ it on you.
It's as if I'm ______.
It's as if I'm ______.
It's as if I ______.
It's as if I'm playing with ______.
______.
It's as if I'm ______.
Are you ______?
Are we playing with ______?

3rd part
Relax
There is an ______ to the darkest ______.
It's ______ we don't ______ but the last thing on my ______
Is to leave you.
I believe that we're in this ______.
Don't ______ - there are so many ______ left.

2. Listen to the song again and complete the following table with as many nouns, verbs and adjectives you can find in the text.

Nouns: ride

Verbs: goes

Adjectives: broken

3. Read the song and find a synonym for the following words:

---Word ----------------------Synonym in the song
Frightened
Smashed
Misplaced
Desires
Affliction
Yell
Accuse

4. Complete the table with the words in the box according to the vowel sound.

blame, terrified, pain, time, know, play, train, take, goes, ride, line, don't

/ai/

/ei/

/∂u/

RELAX, TAKE IT EASY
By Mika

Took a ride to the end of the line
Where no one ever goes.
Ended up on a broken train with nobody I know.
But the pain and the (longings) the same.
(Where the dying
Now I'm lost and I'm screaming for help.)
Relax, take it easy
For there is nothing that we can do.
Relax, take it easy
Blame it on me or blame it on you.
It's as if I'm scared.
It's as if I'm terrified.
It's as if I scared.
It's as if I'm playing with fire.
Scared.
It's as if I'm terrified.
Are you scared?
Are we playing with fire?
Relax
There is an answer to the darkest times.
It's clear we don't understand but the last thing on my mind
Is to leave you.
I believe that we're in this together.
Don't scream - there are so many roads left.
Relax, take it easy
For there is nothing that we can do.
Relax, take it easy
Blame it on me or blame it on you. (x4)
(Relax)
It's as if I'm scared.
It's as if I'm terrified.
It's as if I scared.
It's as if I'm playing with fire.
Relax
It's as if I'm terrified.
Are you scared?
Are we playing with fire?
Relax
Relax

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Complete Guide to the TOEIC Test - Bruce Rogers

Bruce Rogers, Author
3rd Edition © 2007

ISBN: 1424002966
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The tips and tricks for Toefl iBT Test

This page gives you advice on how to study in order to increase your iBT TOEFL score. As you may already know, the TOEFL iBT examination tests many features of your English language ability.

TOEFL iBT Vocabulary and Idioms:

In order to achieve a high score on the new TOEFL iBT, you will need very high level English vocabulary.You will also need to understand American English idioms for the TOEFL iBT exam.For this reason, the core part of our TOEFL iBT Course is a vocabulary e-book which you should study first of all.

Our courses contain the vocabulary that has appeared on the most recent TOEFL tests!If you learn the key words that have been used on the past TOEFL iBT tests, you will be able to perform well on the day of your iBT TOEFL.

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Of course, you will also need advanced English grammar for the TOEFL iBT examination.Our writing course includes the key features of American English grammar that examiners look for on the TOEFL iBT.

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Listening skills are also of key importance for your performance on the new iBT TOEFL.This is because the listening, speaking, and writing portions of the new internet-based test contain lectures that you will listen to and comment on.

TOEFL iBT Practice Tests:

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1) download and install Alcohol 120 from internet

2) download all three links.

3) unpack links, one iso archive will appear instead, but if you have xp windows you won't see that it's iso archive, just rar archive - doesn't matter - put it in Alcohol programm and mount it to a virtual CD (right click on file and then chose No 1 in the list)

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Desperate Teachers? Earning extra cash on the side

Anthea Davey finds out how to make ends meet.

Back in the mid-1950s, the average teacher earned £1,275 a year. While things would seem to have improved, with salaries ranging from £19,641 for newly qualified teachers (£23,577 in inner-London) to £34,000 (£40,000 in inner-London) at the top of the scale, teachers - and newly qualified teachers especially - are finding it increasingly hard to make ends meet. This is not surprising given some other changes, such as the average 1950s house only costing £2,330.

Below are a few options to help you earn a little bit extra ranging from those which are positively encouraged to those that might not make an appearance on your CV so readily.

Tutoring

The neurotic middle classes are your best bet for this kind of work, and fertile hunting ground is the inner-city, replete with large Victorian houses and "bog standard comprehensives" (copyright Alistair Campbell). Pay can be correlated with the degree of anxiety of the parents. Avoid agencies, which charge hefty commission for the two minutes of work it takes connecting parent to teacher. If you ask around you will soon find work and can charge from £15 an hour upwards.

Exam marking

Sold to teachers on the dubious grounds of being good for professional development. A feeble attempt to hide the fact that the pay is poor. The desperation of the exam boards is emphasised by the fact that in recent years the stipulation that markers have two years' teaching experience has been dropped and exam questions are now set so that you no longer need to be a subject specialist for many exams.

Invigilation

Poorly paid when external invigilators are hired and compulsory for contracted teachers anyway. Rates around minimum wage. Not to be considered unless truly destitute or attempting to suck up to senior management.

Supply teaching

As with tutoring, agencies are to be avoided, although this is harder to do here. Generally, you can earn around £120 a day, which sounds good until you consider that you don't get any benefits such as pension contributions or sick pay and will inevitably find yourself covering classes that caused the regular class teacher to be sick in the first place. You can try liaising with local education authorities yourself, but this can be complicated. Better to try and get work with schools you know and where they like you enough to at least provide you with tissues to cry into after the end of the "lesson".

Summer school

Again sold as a great opportunity to improve teaching skills, as you work with either gifted and talented or struggling children who need to "catch up" in key areas, but this time actually well paid. For this reason, it can be hard to get work. Easter revision classes are also potential earners and often advertised in papers such as the TES. Pay is very varied, but expect at least £100 a day.

Journalism

Not one I have any reason to encourage - it's a dog eat dog world. But if you have an idea for an education story, try pitching it to the TES or the education sections of one of the nationals. You can expect £100 upwards for a comment or opinion piece. If you're after the big money, the tabloids are particularly partial to sex and/or drugs scandals involving senior managers. This could make your teaching career short-lived though, so consider carefully.

Education workshops

If you've managed to have a book of light verse or a fantasy novel for children published, schools are always looking for visitors to give talks and do workshops. You can expect around £100 for a session.

Designing and reviewing education resources

There's an expanding market geared around milking every penny out of desperate parents who buy revision materials for each and every subject and key stage. Then there is the market targeting equally desperate teachers. Exploit both groups cynically and cash in! Submit ideas to education publishers or websites. If you're really confident you could attempt your own textbook and hope the exam board takes it up.

Summer camp

This will possibly involve moving to America, which may seem a little drastic given that you don't make much money. You do, however, get free accommodation and food and the opportunity to feel like you're an extra in a "rites of passage" movie.

Undergoing tests for medical science

Not only a money spinner, but helping society and with the added excitement of a potential risk to life and limb. Just like teaching!

Ann Summers parties

Kate, a language teacher in Derby, has held Ann Summers parties to boost her income. 'There's an initial outlay when you begin and you have to buy food and drink for your friends, but apart from that, it's easy money.

Commission is around 20 per cent and you get 30 per cent off products you buy yourself. I've heard of people who do really well getting holidays as bonuses, but I generally make about £40-£60 an evening. The main reason I do it is that it's a laugh.'

Jam doughnut filler

Maxine, a special needs teacher in Waltham Forest, used to do shifts in a factory after school where her job was to fill doughnuts with jam. 'The pay wasn't good - about £3.50 an hour, I think - but it was very compatible with teaching. I was a music teacher at the time and had to teach a unit on opera, which I'd never done in my pop music degree. I used to wear headphones and listen to Wagner while piping jam into the doughnuts. It was great!'

Bar work

Lindsay, a north London English teacher, worked in a pub during her NQT year in an attempt to pay off her student debts. 'I enjoyed the work as it was lively and not very taxing after a hard day at school. I got about £6 an hour, but had to pack it in when a difficult parent I'd met at a parents' evening came into the pub one night. Fortunately, I think he was more embarrassed than I was!'

Related resourcesThe teacher's survival guide

http://www.tes.co.uk/2340600

Complete Guide to the TOEIC Test

Author(s): Bruce Rogers

Publisher: Heinle & Heinle

Publication Date: 1997

Edition: 1st

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Knockout Michigan ECCE Workbook

English Language Teaching - Oxford University Press

English level: Upper-Intermediate (ECCE)
Gregory J Manin and Megan Roderick-Michailidis

Description
Four practice tests for the University of Michigan ECCE (Examination for the Certificate of Competency in English).

Key features
*An overview of the Michigan ECCE and a comparison with the Cambridge FCE.
*Tips and strategies for each part of the exam.
*Part 2 Listening with the latest changes.
*Photocopiable answer sheets for practice in transferring answers.
*One complete Speaking Test.
*Revision and recycling of key vocabulary and grammar from First Certificate Knockout.
*Suitable for self-study.
*Answer Keys and tapescripts for the Practice Tests, and the Speaking Test Key are available on the Exams website.

Sample pages

ISBN index

Teacher's site

Sample pages
Workbook, An overview of the ECCE, pages 4-8 (63 kb)

ISBN index
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Cassettes (2) 978-0-19-453330-0

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The American Experience | Hoover Dam | Teacher's Guide

Suggestions for the Classroom

Rising more than 700 feet above the raging waters of the Colorado River, it was called one of the greatest engineering works in history. Hoover Dam, built during the Great Depression, drew men desperate for work to a remote and rugged canyon near Las Vegas. There they struggled against brutal heat, choking dust and perilous heights to build a colossus of concrete that brought electricity and water to millions, transforming the American Southwest.

Time Period 1901 to 1935

Themes: The Great Depression and unemployment, working conditions and labor policies, racial discrimination, the growth of the American West

Before Viewing Discussion:

*Ask students what they think were the biggest obstacles to developing the West. When and how do they think these were overcome?
*Have your students share their prior knowledge about dams: what are they used for, what are the benefits, what are the costs?

After Viewing Discussion:

*Hoover Dam employees worked under dangerous conditions 7 days a week with 2 days off (unpaid) a year. Split students into two groups, one to find out about the work week, the other to research working conditions. Students looking at the work week should find out how it has changed over the past 100-150 years and what has led to those changes. What legislation has been put into place? How has it changed Americans' lives? What are some current issues (increased demands for flex time and part-time, the flexibility of telecommuting)? They may also want to look at changes in the European work week (fewer hours, more vacation time) and what led to those changes (in many cases, high unemployment). Students looking at working conditions should find out about how worker safety issues have changed and been resolved. What legislation has affected working conditions? What federal and state agencies have a hand in overseeing safety in the workplace? What are some current issues?

*Water is a very important issue in the management of the West. Students could do projects on any number of subjects related to water: conflicts involving water rights, both among states, between the U.S. and Mexico, and between cities and states and Native Americans; pollution of rivers and groundwater created by farming and cattle ranching; depletion of local aquifers; appropriate water use and balancing economic and environmental issues (e.g., in a desert, should water be used to create lush farm land, golf courses, and green lawns); xeriscape landscaping; water rationing, etc.

*Many people believe that the negative impact of dams on the natural environment outweighs the potential benefits. As the leases on many dams come up for renewal, some are being challenged and plans are being made to remove them. Have students research the controversy around different dams, both ones under development as well as those up for renewal. Have them consider the perspectives of the various constituents. How do you balance the benefits and costs?

*The creation of dams, waterways, etc. has impacted the population growth in many areas in the U.S. What is the history of your area's drinking water supply? Have students conduct research on where their drinking water comes from. Has the water supply changed over the years or remained consistent? What dams, waterways, re-routed rivers, treatment facilities, etc. were needed to be built to provide water to your area? Working in teams, students could share their results by drawing a map that depicts their school in relation to the water source, and how the water is transported. Or, students could develop a brochure outlining the history and development of their potable water supply. In addition to local history books and newspapers, try contacting your local or county water agency for information on your water supplier. Related Web Sites

The official Hoover Dam Web site (http://www.hooverdam.com/) includes an extensive interdisciplinaryt teacher/student learning packet.

A hard copy of their materials complete with posters and maps can be ordered for free from:
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Hoover Dam Visitor Center Home Page

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Bureau of Reclamation Concrete Dams

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Bureau of Reclamation Home Page

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Educators & Librarians: You may order "Hoover Dam" at PBS Video.

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Lesson Plan: MONSOON By by Tokio Hotel

1. Listen to the song and tick the words that you hear:

1. any
2. more
3. blue
4. broken
5. clouds
6. cold
7. darkness
8. insane
9. loose
10. moment
11. monsoon
12. night
13. power
14. sight
15. so long
16. staring at
17. storm
18. time
19. vision
20. waiting
21. world

2. Listen to the CHORUS of the song and fill the blanks with the right preposition:

in, beyond, through (2), from, of (2), like, to, into,

Running _______ the monsoon,

_______ the world,

_______ the end _______ time,

Where the rain won't hurt (?)

Fighting the storm,

_______ the blue,

And when I loose myself I think _______ you,

Together we'll be running somewhere new

_______ the monsoon.

Just me and you.

A half moon's fading _______ my sight,

I see your vision _______ its light.

But now it's gone and left me so alone
I know I have to find you now,

Can hear your name, I don't know how.

Why can't we make this darkness feel _______ home?

3. Now, listen to the 3rd part of the song and number the lines in order on the right column:

a. I'll be running night and day. 1. __________
b. Coming in my way 2. __________
c. Let it sail me straight to you, 3. __________
d. Just me and you. 4. __________
e. I'm fighting all this power, 5. __________
f. We'll be there soon 6. __________
g. I'll be with you soon h. So soon. 7. __________


4. Look at the verbs in this song and recognize the tenses like in the first example:


a. I'm staring at Present continuous

b. I'm fighting

c. We'll be

d. It's making

e. I've been waiting

f. to have come

g. I see

h. I'll be running

j. I loose

k. The rain won't hurt


MONSOONBy by Tokio Hotel

I'm staring at a broken door,
There's nothing left here anymore.
My room is cold,
It's making me insane.
I've been waiting here so long,
But the moment seems to 've come,
I see the dark clouds coming up again.

CHORUS

Running through the monsoon,
Beyond the world,
To the end of time,
Where the rain won't hurt (?)
Fighting the storm,
Into the blue,
And when I loose myself I think of you,
Together we'll be running somewhere new
Through the monsoon.
Just me and you.
A half moon's fading from my sight,
I see your vision in its light.
But now it's gone and left me so alone
I know I have to find you now,
Can hear your name, I don't know how.
Why can't we make this darkness feel like home?

CHORUS

Running through the monsoon,
Beyond the world,
To the end of time,
Where the rain won't hurt (?)
Fighting the storm,
Into the blue,
And when I loose myself I think of you,
Together we'll be running somewhere new
And nothing can hold me back from you.
Through the monsoon. Hey! Hey!

BRIDGE

I'm fighting all this power,
Coming in my way
Let it sail me straight to you,
I'll be running night and day.
I'll be with you soon Just me and you.
We'll be there soon So soon.

CHORUS

Running through the monsoon,
Beyond the world,
To the end of time,
Where the rain won't hurt (?)
Fighting the storm,
Into the blue,
And when I loose myself I think of you,
Together we'll be running somewhere new
And nothing can hold me back from you.
Through the monsoon.
Through the monsoon.
Just me and you.
Through the monsoon.
Just me and you.

Lesson Plan: "I Wan'na be Like you" "Jonas Brothers"

Teacher: Eugenia Stein
1) Listen to the Jonas brothers speaking. What are their names?

a) _____________

b) _____________

c) _____________

2) Watch the video and tick the animals you can see in it.

Cheetah____
Bear____
Monkey____
Bird_____
Fish _____
Cat_____
Dog _____
Tiger_____
Elephant _____
Rabbit _____
Wolf_____

3) Watch the video again. Pay attention to the missing words. Look and complete.


Now I'm the K_ _ _ of the swingers


Oh, the jungle VIP

I've reached the top

and had to stop

And that's whats botherin' me (thats whats botherin me)

I wanna be a M_ _ mancub,ya

I stroll right into town

I wanna be just like the other men

I'm tired of monkeyin' around!

Oh, oobee doo

I wanna be like you

I wanna walk like you

Talk like you, too You'll see it's true

An ape like me

Can learn to be human too

Now don't try to kid me, mancub
I made a deal with you

What I desire is man's red F _ _ _
To make my dream come true
Give me a secret, mancub Clue me in what to do Give me the power of
man's red F _ _ _ _ _


So I can be like you

Oh, oobee doo

I wanna be like you

I wanna walk like you

Talk like you, too,

You'll see it's true

An ape like me

Can learn to be human too

Oh, oobee doo

I wanna be like you

I wanna walk like you

Talk like you,too,ya

Oh, oobee doo

I wanna be like you

I wanna walk like you

Talk like you, too,

You'll see it's true

An ape like me

Can learn to be human too

4) Parts of speech. Clasify the words into nouns or verbs.

See – monkey – write – walk – be – learn – flower – man – king- write – listen

NOUNS:

VERBS:


"I Wan'na be Like you" "Jonas Brothers"

Now I'm the king of the swingers

Oh, the jungle VIP

I've reached the top

and had to stop

And that's whats botherin' me(thats whats botherin me)

I wanna be a man, mancub,ya

I stroll right into town

I wanna be just like the other men

I'm tired of monkeyin' around!

Oh, oobee doo

I wanna be like you

I wanna walk like you

Talk like you, too

You'll see it's true

An ape like me

Can learn to be human too

Now don't try to kid me, mancub

I made a deal with you

What I desire is man's red fire

To make my dream come true

Give me a secret, mancub

Clue me in what to do

Give me the power of man's red flower

So I can be like you

Oh, oobee doo

I wanna be like you

I wanna walk like you

Talk like you, too,

You'll see it's true

An ape like me

Can learn to be human too

Oh, oobee doo

I wanna be like you

I wanna walk like you

Talk like you,too,ya

Oh, oobee doo

I wanna be like you

I wanna walk like you

Talk like you, too,

You'll see it's true

An ape like me

Can learn to be human too

Lesson Plan: MIKA - Love Today

1) Listen to the complete song and put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense or form.

Doom da da di da di Doom da da di da di
Everybody's gonna love today,
Gonna love today, gonna love today.
Everybody's gonna love today, gonna love today.
Anyway you want to, anyway you've got to,
Love love me, love love me, love love.
I_____________ (CRY) for so long,
______________(FIGHT)tears just to carry on,
But now, but now, it_____________(GO) away.

2) Order the lines.
…….Gonna make you a lover.
…….Is it a curse you're just like your mother,
…….Well you ain't gonna tease no other,
…….A little tight, like to tease for fun,
…….Hey girl why can't you carry on,

CHORUS

Girl in the groove with the big bust on,
Big bust on, big bust on.
Wait till your mother and your papa's gone,
Papa's goneMomma, momma poppa, shock shock me,
shock shock me, shock shock.

CHORUS

Carolina ___________(SIT) on ninety five
Give her a dollar and she__________(MAKE) you smile.
Hook her, book her, nook her, walk away!

Girl dresses like a kid for fun,
Licks her lips like they're something other,
Tries to tell you life ____________ (BEGIN/ JUST),
But you know she____________(GET) something other
Than the love from her mother

CHORUS

Girl in the groove with the big bust on,
Big bust on, big bust on.
Wait till your mother and your papa's gone,
Papa's gone
Momma, momma poppa, shock shock me,
shock shock me, shock.

CHORUS (2)

3) Search in the song and complete the table below.

DEFINITION WORD/PHRASE

to continue doing something

to move or to travel away from a person or place

a piece of popular music with a good beat

the words used for causing bad luck

to make someone feel surprised

Close against body



MIKA Love Today Lyrics

Doom da da di da di Doom da da di da di
Everybody's gonna love today,
Gonna love today, gonna love today.
Everybody's gonna love today, gonna love today.
Anyway you want to, anyway you've got to,
Love love me, love love me, love love.
I've been crying for so long,
Fighting tears just to carry on,
But now, but now, it's gone away.
Hey girl why can't you carry on,
Is it's a curse you're just like your mother,
A little tight, like to tease for fun,
Well you ain't gonna tease no other,
Gonna make you a lover.
Everybody's gonna love today,love today, love today.
Everybody's gonna love today,
Anyway you want to, anyway you've got to,
Love love me, love love me, love love.
Girl in the groove with the big bust on,
Big bust on, big bust on.
Wait till your mother and your papa's gone,
Papa's goneMomma, momma poppa, shock shock me,
shock shock me, shock shock.
Everybody's gonna love today,
Gonna love today, gonna love todayI said,
Everybody's gonna love today, gonna love today,
Anyway you want to, anyway you've got to,
Love love me, love love me, love love.
Carolina sits on ninety five
Give her a dollar and she'll make you smile.
Hook her, book her, nook her, walk away!
Girl dresses like a kid for fun,
Licks her lips like they're something other,
Tries to tell you life has just begun,
But you know she's getting something other
Than the love from her mother
Everybody's gonna love today,
Love today, love today
Everybody's gonna love today,
Anyway you want to, anyway you've got to,
Love love me, love love me, love love.
Girl in the groove with the big bust on,
Big bust on, big bust on.
Wait till your mother and your papa's gone,
Papa's gone
Momma, momma poppa, shock shock me,
shock shock me, shock.
I said,Everybody's gonna love today,
Gonna love today, gonna love today
I said,Everybody's gonna love today,
Gonna love today,
Anyway you want to, anyway you've got to,
Love love me, love love me, love love.
Doom da da di da di Doom da da di da di Doom da da di da di Doom da da di da di.....
Everybody's gonna love today,
Gonna love today, gonna love today
Everybody's gonna love today,
Gonna love today,
Anyway you want to, anyway you've got to,
Love love me, love love me, love love.

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Curious Sayings and Humorous English Expressions of the Pennsylvania Dutch

April4th 2008,

English as a World Language

English, with its growing number of varieties, pidgins and inflections, is now firmly established as a world language. It is currently spoken as a second or foreign language by more speakers than those who call it their first language.

Now there are more than three non-native speakers of English for every native speaker and the number of non-native English speakers continues to grow on a daily basis. “There’s never before been a language that’s been spoken by more people as a second than a first”, said David Crystal, author of the book “English as a Global Language”.

In the area where I grew up in south central Pennsylvania, there is an interesting variety of the English language spoken by the “Pennsylvania Dutch”.

One difficult aspect of the English speech in Dauphin, Lancaster and York counties located in south central Pennsylvania, where a large concentration of Amish, Mennonites and other “Pennsylvania Dutch” sects live is the manipulation of the grammar elements of English. Here are a few examples of the ways in which grammar and word order are managed in everyday Pennsylvania Dutch speech.

For “Outlanders”, anyone who is not Pennsylvania Dutch, these expressions of everyday speech can range from amusing to startling. Here’s a look at just a few of the many aspects of this variety of English.

Convoluted Grammatical Forms

“Throw Papa down the stairs his hat.” Explanation: Throw Papa’s hat down the stairs to him. (I don't care how old he is, don't you dare touch ole Papa!)

“Go out and tie the dog loose and don’t forget to outen the light.”

This expression uses convoluted grammar in addition to “Germanic” verbalizations. Here the verb “outen” means “to turn out”. The adjective and noun are used in reverse order from other forms of Standard English.

“The owner says he’ll pay me ten dollars a day if I eat myself, but just five dollars if he eats me.”
Explanation: No, there’s no cannibalism here! The worker will get ten dollars a day for providing his own meals, but five dollars a day if the owner has to provide the worker’s food. (Whew! I'm glad we cleared that one up!)

“He’s a pretty good man yet, ain’t not?”

Explanation: He’s a pretty good man (provider), isn’t he? (a tag question form)

Use of Specialized Vocabulary

Addition of specialized, but “local” vocabulary is also quite commonly done as demonstrated in these examples.

“Shall I put the candy in a toot?” (A “toot” is a paper bag.)

When talking about that fact that his father or grandfather is sick a child might say: “Pop ain’t so good; his eatin’s gone away and he don’t look so good in the face, either.”

Speaking about his son’s difficulties in school a father could be heard to express the following sentiments: “My son ain’t dumb. It ain’t that he can’t learn, it’s just that after he learns it, he forgets it.”

If you don’t speak “Pennsylvania Dutch” in one of its multiple forms, they just might say of you: “You don’t make yourself out so good. You talk so fancy like a body can’t understand you.”

In talking about someone who doesn’t read aloud well, at a meeting or in school for example, people might say something like: “When he gets up to read he gets befuddled.”

Or how about this amusing little observation of another person’s speech: “Don’t talk so quick, it runs together too much when I think.”

Pennsylvania Dutch Proverbs

Some interesting Pennsylvania Dutch proverbs include these offerings:

“Kissin’ wears out, cooking don’t”
“No woman can be happy with less than seven to cook for”
“A plump wife and a big barn never did any man harm”
“He who has a secret dare not tell it to his wife”
“Ve get too soon oldt, und too late schmart”

The Keystone State

In this region of the “Keystone state” as Pennsylvania is monickered, this variety of is often called “Ferhoodled English” by the Pennsylvania Dutch themselves and by local “Outlanders”. Famous for their frugal lifestyle and natural, delicious farm-fresh cooking, the Amish and other sects contribute to the tourism of the state. Hundreds of thousands of visitors come to sample the crafts, food and “peculiar” language this austere people. It is but yet another of the many continually developing varieties of English as a global language.

"When you come over - come out" When you're in the area, drop by. See, hear, and experience the food and the Pennsylvania Dutch for yourself.

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Simple Past

April 2nd 2008,

(Positive) - She went to Paris last week.
(Nigetive) - They didn't (did not) drive to work.
(Question) - Where did she get that hat?
Actions happening at a defined moment in the past.

Simple Past - Use
The Simple Past is used to talk about actions or situations in the past. It is also called Past Simple.

Have a look at the following examples:
1) action finished in the past (single or repeated)
I visited Berlin last week.
Andrew watched TV yesterday.

2) series of completed actions in the past
First I got up, then I had breakfast.

3) together with the Past Progressive/Continuous
The Simple Past interrupted an action which was in progress in the past.
They were playing cards when the telephone rang.

1st action: Past Progressive were playing
2nd action: Simple Past rang

http://thelinguistsite.blogspot.com/2006/12/grammar-tenses-simple-past-tense.html