Listening and reading workshop

Warm up activity
Listening
“Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)” by Katy Perry
Elementary
https://busyteacher.org/14442-past-simple-or-past-perfect-listening-katy-perry.html

1. Choose the correct word from the box to complete the song. Between 50 – 1:25

There's a __________________ in my bed, there's a pounding in my ____________

Glitter all over the _________________, Pink flamingos in the _________________
I ________________ like a minibar, DJ's passed out in the ____________________
Barbie's on the barbeque, This a hickey or a bruise?
Head Yard Online
- CHORUS - Ruled
________________ of last night, ended up _________________
Smell Pool Room
I'm screwed, Oh well
Pictures Stranger
It's a blacked out blur, But I'm pretty sure it __________________

2. Put the lyrics listed in the box in the correct order. Between 1:26 – 3:20

Last Friday night

1. ______________________________________________
Yeah, we maxed our credit cards
2. ______________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________ Think we kissed but I forgot
Last Friday night So, we hit the boulevard
4. ______________________________________________
Yeah, we danced on tabletops
5. ______________________________________________
6. ______________________________________________ And got kicked out of the bar

Last Friday night

1. ______________________________________________
Always say we’re gonna stop
2. ______________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________ We went streaking in the park

Last Friday night Yeah, I think we broke the law

4. ______________________________________________
Then had a ménage a trois
5. ______________________________________________
Whoa-oh-oah Skinny dipping in the dark

But this Friday night

6. ______________________________________ (x2)

Trying to ___________________ the dots

Don't know what to ___________ my _____________
Think the city towed my ___________, Chandelier is on the ______________
Ripped my favorite party ___________, Warrants out for my _____________
Think I __________ a ginger ale, That was such an epic fail ( CHORUS X2)

4. Watch the video for the song and discuss the following questions with your partner:
Have you been to a night like Katy Perry’s?
What is the best party you have been too?
What makes a great party?

5. Match the sentences from the song with a similar meaning.

a. Yeah, we maxed our credit cards 1. Went to the boulevard.

b. So, we hit the boulevard 2. Spent too much money.
c. And got kicked out of the bar 3. A relationship between three people.
d. And we took too many shots 4. We drank too many shots of alcohol.
e. Ménage a trios 5. We were asked to leave the bar.
f. We went streaking in the park 6. We swam naked in the sea.
g. Yeah, I think we broke the law 7. Running naked in the park.
h. Skinny dipping in the dark 8. I think we committed a crime.

6. Use the past simple to write things that Katy has done.

Subject + past simple

1. …………………Katy had a
party……………………………………………………………………………………….
2. …………………………………………………………………………………………………
…
3. …………………………………………………………………………………………………
…
4. …………………………………………………………………………………………………
…
5. …………………………………………………………………………………………………
…