Generalitat de Catalunya

Departament d’Educació
Institut Pla Marcell

Name and surnames: Alejandro Cifuentes López

Group:4th C Date : Monday, 14th March 2011

The Beatles
Back in the USSR

1.- Read the complete lyrics of this song from The Beatles

Flew in from Miami Beach BOAC

Didn't get to bed last night
Oh, the way the paper bag was on my knee
Man, I had a dreadful flight
I'm back in the USSR
You don't know how lucky you are, boy
Back in the USSR, yeah

Been away so long I hardly knew the place

Gee, it's good to be back home
Leave it till tomorrow to unpack my case
Honey disconnect the phone
I'm back in the USSR
You don't know how lucky you are, boy
Back in the US
Back in the US
Back in the USSR

Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out

They leave the west behind
And Moscow girls make me sing and shout
They Georgia's always on my my my my my my my my my mind
Oh, come on
Hu Hey Hu, hey, ah, yeah
yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm back in the USSR
You don't know how lucky you are, boys
Back in the USSR
Generalitat de Catalunya
Departament d’Educació
Institut Pla Marcell

Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out

They leave the west behind
And Moscow girls make me sing and shout
They Georgia's always on my my my my my my my my my mind

Oh, show me round your snow peaked

mountain way down south
Take me to you daddy's farm
Let me hear you balalaika's ringing out
Come and keep your comrade warm
I'm back in the USSR
Hey, You don't know how lucky you are, boy
Back in the USSR
Oh, let me tell you honey

2.- Highlight all the irregular verbs from the song.

Flew in from Miami Beach BOAC

Didn't get to bed last night
Oh, the way the paper bag was on my knee
Man, I had a dreadful flight
I'm back in the USSR
You don't know how lucky you are, boy
Back in the USSR, yeah

Been away so long I hardly knew the place

Gee, it's good to be back home
Leave it till tomorrow to unpack my case
Honey disconnect the phone
I'm back in the USSR
You don't know how lucky you are, boy
Back in the US
Back in the US
Back in the USSR

Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out

They leave the west behind
And Moscow girls make me sing and shout
They Georgia's always on my my my my my my my my my mind
Oh, come on
Hu Hey Hu, hey, ah, yeah
Generalitat de Catalunya
Departament d’Educació
Institut Pla Marcell

yeah, yeah, yeah

I'm back in the USSR
You don't know how lucky you are, boys
Back in the USSR

Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out

They leave the west behind
And Moscow girls make me sing and shout
They Georgia's always on my my my my my my my my my mind

Oh, show me round your snow peaked

mountain way down south
Take me to you daddy's farm
Let me hear you balalaika's ringing out
Come and keep your comrade warm
I'm back in the USSR
Hey, You don't know how lucky you are, boy
Back in the USSR
Oh, let me tell you honey

3.- Make a list of the irregular verbs that you have found in
the lyrics.

INFINITIVE SIMPLE PAST PAST MEANING

PARTICIPLE
fly Flew flown volar
do Did Done fer
get Got got conseguir
be Was / were been Ser o estar
have Had Had Tenir
know Knew Known Saber
leave Left Left Deixar
make Made Made Fabricar
sing Sang Sung cantar
come Came Come Venir
show Showed Shown Ensenyar (una
cosa)
Generalitat de Catalunya
Departament d’Educació
Institut Pla Marcell

take Took Taken Agafar

hear Heard Heard Escoltar
keep Kept Kept mantenir
tell Told Told contar

4.- Choose 5 words and give the definition. Cite the

dictionary you use.

WORD DEFINITION
Mountain an elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly
and to a large height from the surrounding level.
honey a sweet, sticky yellowish-brown fluid made by
bees and other insects from flower nectar.
phone a telephone.
paper material manufactured in thin sheets from the
pulp of wood or other fibrous substances, used for
writing or printing on or as wrapping material.
bed a piece of furniture incorporating a mattress or
other surface for sleeping or resting on.

Source: www.wordreference.com

“mountain.” Wordreference Online Dictionary. 2010. Wordreference Online. 27

November 2010 <http://www.wordreference.com/definition/mountain>

“honey.” Wordreference Online Dictionary. 2010. Wordreference Online. 27

November 2010 <http://www.wordreference.com/definition/honey>

“phone.” Wordreference Online Dictionary. 2010. Wordreference Online. 27

November 2010 <http://www.wordreference.com/definition/phone>

“paper.” Wordreference Online Dictionary. 2010. Wordreference Online. 27

November 2010 <http://www.wordreference.com/definition/paper>

“bed.” Wordreference Online Dictionary. 2010. Wordreference Online. 27 November

2010 <http://www.wordreference.com/definition/bed>

5.- Pronunciation
Generalitat de Catalunya
Departament d’Educació
Institut Pla Marcell

WORD PRONUNCIATION
mountain /mawntən/

honey /həni/

phone /fon/

paper /pepər/

bed /bɛd/
Source: Turn your text into phonetics (http://upodn.com/phun.asp).

6.- Linguistic Pictionary

PICTURE ENGLISH CATALÀ SPANISH

mountain muntanya montaña

honey mel miel

phone telèfon teléfono

Generalitat de Catalunya
Departament d’Educació
Institut Pla Marcell

paper paper papel

bed llit cama

7.- Find a link where you can listen to the song online and/or
watch a video with it.

Listen: http://www.lastfm.es/music/The%2520Beatles/_/Back
%2520in%2520the%2520U.S.S.R.?ac=back%20in%20the
%20ussr

Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2Qk-mZjwhA