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LET’S REVISE TOGETHER!!!

PRE-LISTENING ACTIVITIES

1. What do you do on RAINY AFTERNOONS? Translate into Spanish and then tick the
activities you do.

______ COOK
______ GET BORED
______ WASTE YOUR TIME
______ MEET YOUR FRIENDS
______ WATCH MOVIES / TV SERIES ON TV
______ PLAY VIDEO GAMES ONLINE
______ GO TO BED LATE
______ RIDE YOUR MOTORBIKE
_______ GO SHOPPING
_______ GET UP EARLY
_______ SLEEP ALL DAY
_______ STUDY AND DO HOMEWORK
________ USE SOCIAL NETWORKS
________SING AND DANCE
________ PLAY SPORTS
________ EAT
________ TIDY YOUR ROOM
________ SURF THE INTERNET

2. Share your ideas with the class and express them using the PRESENT SIMPLE tense.

▪ I always……………………………………………. on rainy afternoons.

▪ I usually ……………………………………………. on rainy afternoons.
▪ I sometimes ………………………………….
▪ I never …………………
▪ I don’t ……………….

3. Revise the present simple tense with your teacher on the board. You can follow this
link for extra explanation, too.

a- ¿Para qué usamos el presente simple? ¿Qué tipo de acciones describe?

b- ¿Cómo formamos una oración afirmativa?
c- ¿Cómo formamos una oración negativa?
d- ¿Y cómo elaboramos una pregunta en este tiempo?
e- ¿Es importante el pronombre ( I / YOU / HE / SHE / IT / WE / THEY ) en este
tiempo? Es decir, el pronombre… ¿determina la forma del verbo o no?

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REGISTRA LA INFORMACIÓN EN UN CUADRO COMO EL SIGUIENTE:

PRESENT SIMPLE
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE QUESTIONS

4. Practice the present simple tense with these exercises:

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WHILE-LISTENING ACTIVITIES

5. Listen to the first part of the song. What’s the title? Choose:

✓ ORANGE TREE
✓ APPLE TREE
✓ LEMON TREE

6. Work out the song lyrics doing the following activities:

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6.1MATCH

I'm sitting here around

It's just another for you

I'm wasting and I wonder

I got nothing to do

I'm hanging in the boring room

I'm waiting rainy Sunday afternoon

But nothing ever happens my time

6.2ORDER

_______I'm driving too fast

_______I'm driving around in my car

_______I'd like to change my point of view

_______I'm driving too far

_______I'm waiting for you

_______But nothing ever happens and I wonder

_______I feel so lonely

6.3COMPLETE

I wonder _______

I wonder ________

Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue _______ sky

And all that I can see is just a yellow _________-tree

I'm turning my ________ up and down

I'm turning turning turning turning turning _________

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And all that I can __________is just another lemon-tree

BLUE - WHY - LEMON . HEAD - AROUND . SEE - HOW

Sing!

Dap- dadada-dadpm-didap-da

Dadada-dadpm-didad-da

Dap-didii-da

6.4 CHOOSE

I'm SITTING / STANDING here

I MISS / FEEL the power

I'd like to go out taking a FLOWER / SHOWER

But there's a heavy CLOUD / POUND inside my head

I feel so HAPPY / TIRED

Put myself into bed

While nothing ever happens and I wonder

6.5UNSCRAMBLE

Isolation is not DOGO _____________ for me

Isolation I don't want to sit on the lemon-RETE _______

I'm steppin' around in the SERDET __________ of joy

Baby anyhow I'll get another YOT ___________________

And everything will NEPHAP ____________ and you wonder

6.6COMPLETE WITH ONE WORD

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I wonder ________

I wonder _________

Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue __________

And all that I can see is just another lemon-tree

I'm turning my head up and ___________

I'm turning turning turning turning turning around

And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon-tree

And I wonder, ___________

I wonder how

I wonder why

_________________ you told me 'bout the blue blue sky

And all that I can see, ________ all that I can see, _______ all that I can see

Is _________ a yellow lemon-tree

POST LISTENING ACTIVITIES

7. Read and interpret the song in pairs. Underline the activities the singer is doing this
rainy Sunday afternoon. Do you find coincidences with the activities you do on rainy
days?

8. Answer:
How is he feeling?
Why is he feeling like that in your opinion?

Useful language
FEELINGS

SAD – EXCITED – BORED – HAPPY – TIRED – CONFUSED - SLEEPY - PROUD

OPINION EXPRESSIONS

IN MY OPINION,
I THINK THAT ….

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REASON CONNECTOR

BECAUSE / BI’KOZ/……. = PORQUE

9. To describe the activities he is doing NOW, the singer uses PRESENT CONTINUOUS /
PROGRESSIVE. Revisa con tu profesora LAS REGLAS DE USO y FORMA DEL PRESENTE
CONTINUO O PROGRESIVO. DEBES RESPONDER ESTAS PREGUNTAS:

a. ¿Para qué usamos el presente CONTINUO O PROGRESIVO? ¿Qué tipo de acciones

describe?
b. ¿Cómo formamos una oración afirmativa?
c. ¿Cómo formamos una oración negativa?
d. ¿Es importante el pronombre ( I / YOU / HE / SHE / IT / WE / THEY ) en este tiempo? Es
decir, el pronombre… ¿determina la forma del verbo o no?

REGISTRA LA INFORMACIÓN EN UN CUADRO COMO EL SIGUIENTE:

PRESENT CONTINUOUS / PROGRESSIVE

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE QUESTIONS

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10. PRACTICE THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS / PROGRESSIVE TENSE

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11. SPEAKING

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Score

A= 0 points / B= 1 point / C= 2 points / D= 3 points

0-6 points: Oh dear! You don’t like mobile phones very much!! But they are useful
sometimes!

7-12 points: You use your mobile phone quite a lot. But you can probably live without
it.

13-18 points: You are addicted to your mobile phone! You can’t live without it!! Hope
you don’t ever lose it!

• REPORT YOUR RESULT TO THE CLASS. SAY IF YOU AGREE OR DON’T AGREE
WITH IT.

“The quiz says I …………………………………………………… and I agree”

“The quiz says I …………………………………………………… but I don’t agree because

………………………………………………………….”

12. READING COMPREHENSION

A- WHAT ACTIVITIES DO YOU DO WITH YOUR MOBILE PHONE? READ THE

LIST AND TICK. THEN RANK THE ACTIVITIES ACCORDING TO THEIR
FREQUENCY.

________ TAKE PHOTOS

________ DOWNLOAD MUSIC
________ DO HOMEWORK
________ SET THE ALARM CLOCK
________ MAKE VIDEOS OR CLIPS
________ WATCH TV / SERIES OR MOVIES
________ MAKE PHONE CALLS
________ BUY ONLINE
________ SEND MESSAGES
________ USE THE CALCULATOR
________ CHECK THE WEATHER FORECAST
________ READ AN E-BOOK OR E-MAGAZINE

1= ALWAYS / 2= USUALLY / 3= OFTEN /

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4= SOMETIMES / 5= HARDLY EVER / 6= NEVER

B- READ THE TEXT AND CHECK IF THE TEENS DO ANY OF THE ACTIVITIES
MENTIONED IN EXERCISE A.

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C- FIND WHO….. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH A TEENAGER’S NAME.

1. ………………… makes videos with his / her mobile phone.

2. ………………… has a family member in a cell phone company.
3. ………………… calls or sends messages only in special occasions.
4. ………………… likes the ringtone.
5. ………………… has an animal print cover.
6. ………………… is a fan of chats.
7. ………………… thinks the service is expensive.
8. ……………….. uses the mobile phone to stop sleeping.

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9. ……………….. took a photograph with a famous person.

10. ……………….. uses the mobile phone to get information about songs.

D- IMAGINE THE FOLLOWING SITUATIONS AND SAY HOW YOU WOULD FEEL.

1. You are watching a movie at the cinema and someone’s cell phone is
ringing all the time. _____________________
2. You are in class but you can’t concentrate because a friend is listening
to music . ______________________________
3. You are walking in an isolated area and suddenly you have no reception
on your mobile. ____________________________
4. You are in a bank and you are talking on the phone, but a police officer
comes and tells you to turn it off. ____________________

SCARED / BORED / ANGRY / EMBARRASSED / ANNOYED / HAPPY

E- SPEAKING: PICTURE DESCRIPTION

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