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Instructions

Title: Happy
Artist: Pharrell Williams
Level: Elementary (1st grade)
Practice: Introducing the topic
Reference: Relationships with the others : expressing emotions. (Program for
Modern Languages, 1st grade, 1A and common 2nd year, Belgium)

Listening
1) Watch the video clip
2) Fill in.

Your keywords…

HAPPY – CRAZY – BALLOON – SPACE – …

The artist is PHARRELL WILLIAMS .............................................................................................

The title of the song is HAPPY .........................................................................................................
The topic is EMOTIONS ...................................................................................................................

3) Listen to the 1st verse and fill in.

It might seem CRAZY…… what I’m about to say

SUNSHINE………… she’s here, you can take a break
I’m a hot air balloon that could go to SPACE…………
With the air, like I don’t care BABY……… by the way

Vocabulary note:

“ ” is a phrase indicating that the speaker is adding

information or that he is casually opening a new subject.
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4) Listen to the chorus and match the sentences.

Vocabulary note:

Clap along A roof

5) Listen to the 2nd verse and put the sentences in the right order.

(…4…) No offense to you, don’t waste your time

(…3…) Well, I should probably warn you I’ll be just fine, yeah,
(…5…) Here’s why
(…2…) Well, give me all you got, and don’t hold it back, yeah,
(…1…) Here come bad news talking this and that, yeah,

Did you know the movie “Moi, Moche et Méchant” was called
“Despicable Me” in English?
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Vocabulary
1) Do you know any other emotions? Write down your ideas.

HAPPY – SAD – ANGRY – …

2) Match the pictures and the emotions

happy self-confident in love angry scared/frightened delighted

humorous/jokey discontented/annoyed surprised

HUMOROUS SURPRISED SCARED

DISCONTENDED HAPPY DELIGHTED

SELF-CONFIDENT ANGRY IN LOVE

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Going further…
Biography

Pharrell Williams is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, and producer. His group,
N.E.R.D., for which he is the lead vocalist and drummer, released their first album in 2001.
The group’s albums include In Search Of …, Fly or Die, Seeing Sounds, and Nothing.
Pharrell’s debut solo album In My Mind dropped in 2006. In 2007, Pharrell’s song “Money
Maker” featuring Ludacris won the Best Rap Song Grammy. Pharrell wrote a song about his
son, Rocket Man Williams, which was featured in the film Despicable Me. Pharrell is featured
on Daft Punk’s megahit song “Get Lucky.”

Personal Life:
Pharrell Williams got married to his designer/model wife Helen Lasichanh on October 12,
2013. The pair dated for years, but were only publicly engaged for 3 months before
getting married. The pair’s son, Rocket Man Williams, was born in November 2008.

Best quote:
“My style hero was Batman. Now it's Tony Stark.”