Activity 1. - Work in pairs.

Look the picture and ask questions as in the example

A: Is Peter listening to music?

B: No, he isn’t.
A: What is he doing?
B: He is riding his bike.

Activity 2 - Match the opposite

1.Sit down a) Down 7.Up g) Slow 12.Tired l)

2.Over here b) Near 8.Rainy h) Light everything
3.Boring c) Bad 9.Out i) Out of bed 13.Into bed m)
4.Nothing d) Is 10.Heavy j) Energetic Interesting
5.Fast e) Stand up 11.Inside k) Sunny 14.Isn’t n) In
6.Far f) Over there 15.Good o) Outside

Activity 3- Listen to your teacher to pronounce these words and put them in the correct
column according to the sounds.

afternoon around bed car why down you far head joy
me power room see toy shower sky tree view
 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Activity 4 Write the verbs in brackets into the present continuous (use contractions) and then
listen to the first part of the song and complete the gaps with the words from the box.

Lonely I _____________________________ (sit) here in a boring ________________

Wonder It’s just another _______________ Sunday ______________________
Car I______________________________ (waste) my time; I’ve got _________________ to _________
Nothing I _____________________________ (hang) around, I___________________________ (wait) for
Afternoon _________
Do But ________________ ever happens, and I __________________.
Fast
Room I _____________________________ (drive) around in my _________
View
I _____________________________ (drive) too ___________, I’m driving too _________
Sunny
You I’d like to change my point of _________
Far I feel so _______________, I’m waiting for _________
But ____________________ ever happens, and I ______________________.

Activity 5. Listen to the second part of the song and put it in the correct order
Chorus
_______ And all that I can see is just another lemon-tree
_______ I wonder how
_______ I'm turning my head up and down
_______ I wonder why
_______ And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon tree
_______ Yesterday you told me about the blue blue sky
_______ I'm turning turning (………) around

(Sing! La la da da dee da…)

Activity 6. Read the phonetics symbols in brackets and try to write them into words, then
listen to the third part of the song and check your answers

I’m sitting here, I miss the /ˈpɑʊ·ər/ _________

I’d like to go out taking a /ˈʃɑʊ·ər/_________
But there’s a /ˈhev·i - klɑʊd// ____________ _______________ inside my /hed/_________
I feel so tired, put myself into bed
Where nothing ever happens, and I wonder

/ˌɑɪ·səˈleɪ·ʃən/ _____________________ is not good for /ju:/_________.

/ˌɑɪ·səˈleɪ·ʃən/ _____________________, I don’t want to sit on a lemon /tri:/ _________
I’m stepping around in a desert of /dʒɔɪ/ _________
 Baby anyhow I’ll get another /tɔɪ/ _________
And everything will happen, and you’ll wonder

Repeat chorus

Activity 7. Listen to the song completely and sing it out. Do your best.

Activity 8. Read the lyrics completely and add more words in the chart in the activity 3.

 Activity types: Speaking, match, phonetics, gap filing, order phrases

 Level: Pre-intermediate/Intermediate
 Language Focus: vowel sounds
 Grammar: Present continuous
 Notes: "Lemon Tree" is a song by German band Fool's Garden from the album Dish of the Day, which
was released as a single in 1995 and became a major international hit in 1996. The single reached
number 26 in the UK charts and remained at number one for several weeks in Germany. It also
reached number one in Ireland
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Pre-listening activities

1. Give each student a copy of the worksheet and ask them to do Activity 1. They have to work
in pairs and look the picture and ask questions as in the given example.

2. Ask the students to match the numbers with letters. (Opposite ones)

Sit down ≠ stand up Far ≠ near Inside ≠ outside

Over here ≠ over there Up ≠ down Tired ≠ energetic
Boring ≠ interesting Rainy ≠ sunny Into bed ≠ out of bed
Nothing ≠ everything Out ≠ in Isn’t ≠ is
Fast ≠ slow Heavy ≠ light Good ≠ bad

3. Tell the students to listen to the pronunciation of the words and ask them to put them in the
correct column according to the sounds.

Key:

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Afternoon Me Far Bed You Joy Around Why
Room See Car Head view Toy Down Sky
Tree Power
Shower

Listening activities

1. Ask the students to write the verbs in brackets into the present continuous (they must use
contractions) and then ask them to listen to the first part of the song and complete the gaps with the
words from the box.
2. Ask the students to listen to the second part of the song and put the lyrics in the correct order

3. Ask the students to read the phonetics symbols in brackets and write them into words, then
they listen to the third part of the song and check their answers.

4. Play the song and ask the students to listen to the song completely and sing it out.

Follow up

1. Ask the students to read the lyrics completely and add more words in the chart in the activity
3.

I'm sitting here in a boring room

It's just another rainy Sunday afternoon
I'm wasting my time, I’ve got nothing to do
I'm hanging around, I'm waiting for you
But nothing ever happens and I wonder

I'm driving around in my car

I'm driving too fast, I'm driving too far
I'd like to change my point of view
I feel so lonely, I'm waiting for you
But nothing ever happens and I wonder

I wonder how, I wonder why

Yesterday you told me about the blue blue sky
And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon tree
I'm turning my head up and down
I'm turning turning turning turning turning around
And all that i can see is just another lemon-tree

I'm sitting here, I miss the power

I'd like to go out taking a shower
But there's a heavy cloud inside my head
I feel so tired, Put myself into bed
While nothing ever happens and I wonder

Isolation is not good for me

Isolation I don't want to sit on the lemon-tree
I'm stepping around in the desert of joy
Baby anyhow I'll get another toy
And everything will happen and you wonder

I wonder how, I wonder why

Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky
And all that I can see is just another lemon-tree
 I'm turning my head up and down
I'm turning turning turning turning turning around
And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon-tree

And I wonder, wonder

I wonder how, I wonder why
Yesterday you told me about the blue blue sky
And all that I can see, and all that I can see, and all that I can see
Is just a yellow lemon-tree