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.