The song describes a visit to the Hotel California. The narrator sees a shimmering light in the distance and stops for the night, finding a woman in the doorway. Inside, there are voices down the corridor saying "Welcome to the Hotel California." The hotel is described as a lovely place with plenty of room. However, the night man says "you can check-out any time you like, but you can never leave."
The song describes a visit to the Hotel California. The narrator sees a shimmering light in the distance and stops for the night, finding a woman in the doorway. Inside, there are voices down the corridor saying "Welcome to the Hotel California." The hotel is described as a lovely place with plenty of room. However, the night man says "you can check-out any time you like, but you can never leave."
The song describes a visit to the Hotel California. The narrator sees a shimmering light in the distance and stops for the night, finding a woman in the doorway. Inside, there are voices down the corridor saying "Welcome to the Hotel California." The hotel is described as a lovely place with plenty of room. However, the night man says "you can check-out any time you like, but you can never leave."
cool wind in my hair Last thing I remember, I 15) …………… Warm smell of colitas, Running for the door rising up through the air I 16) …………… to find the passage back Up ahead in the distance, To the place I was before I 1) …………… shimmering light 'Relax,' 17) …………… the night man, My head 2) ........... heavy and my sigh grew dim 'We are programmed to receive. I 3) …………… to stop for the night You can check-out any time you like, There she 4) …………… in the doorway; But you can never leave!' I 5) …………… the mission bell And I was thinking to myself, 'This 6) …………… be Heaven or this 7) …………… be 1) Put these verbs into past tense (they are both Hell' irregular and regular) Then she lit up a candle and she 8) …………… me the way Say - ................ There were voices down the corridor, I 9) …………… I heard them say... Call - ................ Welcome to the Hotel California Show - ................ Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place) Such a lovely face Get - ................ Plenty of room at the Hotel California Any time of year (Any time of year) Can - ................ You can find it here Stand - ................ Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, GREW – SHOWED – WAS/WERE- she 10) …………… the Mercedes Benz Be - ................ COULD – CALLED – SAID – STOOD – She 11) …………… a lot of pretty, pretty boys she calls friends SAW – HEARD – THOUGHT – GOT - How they dance in the courtyard, Hear - ................ sweet summer sweat. Some dance to remember, Grow - ............... some dance to forget See – ................ So I 12) …………… up the Captain, 'Please bring me my wine' Think - ................ He 13) ……………, 'We haven't had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine' And still those voices are calling from far away, 2) Try to put the verbs in past tense into the text. (Some Wake you up in the middle of the night of them might be used more times) Just to hear them say... 3) Listen to the Eagle’s song to make sure to fill in the Welcome to the Hotel California verbs correctly. Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place) Such a lovely face They livin' it up at the Hotel California What a nice surprise (what a nice surprise) Bring your alibis
Mirrors on the ceiling,
The pink champagne on ice And she 14) …………… 'We are all just prisoners here, of our own device' And in the master's chambers, They gathered for the feast They stab it with their steely knives, But they just can't kill the beast Teacher’s note: Simple Past Tense – just add -ed Match the present and past tense: Fill in the past tense:
tick pressed jump
scratch looked add
crash answered walk
boil crashed open
answer ticked talk
clean scratched laugh
look boiled call
push cleaned chew
press pushed comb
knock knocked paint
Fill in the correct past tense verb into each sentence:
kick The boy a picture yesterday. laugh The pigs at the joke. comb The girl the teacher’s question. answer My dad his hair this morning. add