Dance & Music Past Simple

1. Do you like dancing? What kind of music and dance do people enjoy today? 2. What do you know about music and dance in the past? Look at the pictures and match them to the kinds of music/dance and the decades when they were a success:

a)

b)

c)

d)

e)

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1850s 70s 20s 80s 50s

( ( ( ( (

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Charleston dance Techno music Ballroom dance Rockn Roll Disco music

3. Complete the sentences with the verbs given in the correct tense: Have / had Dress / dressed Emerge / emerged Is/are Be / was /were Go / went

a) They .to a friends house to listen to rocknroll music and read fashion magazines. b) Gloria Gaynor . considered the queen of disco music. c) The illustration in a shows how people . for a Civil War era Ball. d) Sometimes waiters and waitresses to do the Charleston during their jobs! e) Techno is a form of electronic dance music that . in Detroit, Michigan, USA.

4. Study the tables for the verbs in the past simple and change the sentences: a) She doesnt sing very well. b) Does John Travolta dance in that movie? c) The ballroom is full of women wearing long dresses. d) He has a terrible headache because of the lights in the disco club. e) They arent techno music fans.

PAST SIMPLE :
DANCE (regular) and GO (irregular):
AFFIRMATIVE I You He She It We You They Contractions: NEGATIVE I You He She didnt It We You They QUESTIONS I you he Did she dance? it go? we you they

danced. went.

dance. go.

did not = didnt

BE
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE I He She It We You They QUESTIONS I ? he ? Was she? it ? we ? you ? they?

I He She It We You They Contractions:

was. were.

wasnt. werent.

Were

was not = wasnt / were not = werent

5. Complete the song with the verbs given in the past simple.

I WILL SURVIVE
At first I __________ afraid, I ________ petrified.

(Gloria Gaynor)

(BE / BE) (KEEP / CAN) (SPEND / DO) (GROW/LEARN)

____________ thinking I __________ never live without you by my side. But then I __________ so many nights thinking how you _____ me wrong and I ___________ strong and I ___________ how to get along and so youre back from outer space I just ___________ in to find you here with that sad look upon your face I should have changed that stupid lock I should have made you leave your key If I had Known for just one second youd be back to bother me

(WALK)

Go now! Go! Walk out the door! Just turn around now! Cause youre not welcome anymore! ______________ you the one who _________ to hurt me with goodbye? _________ you __________ Id crumble? __________ you ____________ Id lay down and die? Oh, no! Not I! I will survive! Oh, as long as I know how to love I know Ill stay alive. Ive got all my life to live; Ive got all my love to give and Ill survive! I will survive! Hey, hey!
(BE (NOT)/TRY) (THINK?) (THINK ?)

It __________ all the strength I _______ not to fall apart. and trying hard to mend the pieces of my broken heart. And I ____________ oh, so many nights just feeling sorry for myself. I _________ to cry. But now I hold my head up high and youll see me, somebody new. Im not that chained up little person still in love with you. And so you ___________ like dropping in and just expect me to be free. But now Im saving all my loving for someone whos loving me!

(TAKE / HAVE)

(SPEND) (USE)

(FEEL)

6. Listen to the song and check your answers. Then, listen again and sing it! 7. Explain in one sentence what the person in the song means by saying I will survive.
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8. Interview an elderly person about his/her pastime activities and write a short paragraph. Use the form below: Interview: Mr. _______________ / Mrs. __________________ 1. Was born in (date) 2. Favorite pastime activity: When? Where? Who with? 3. Clothes 4. Favorite music 5.favorite singer 6.dance 7. Didnt like 8. Was life better then than today? Why?

Mrs. Janette was born in 1929. She lived in a Diamantina, Minas Gerais. Her favorite pastime activity was going to picnics with her family and friends on Sundays or going to the parties at the local church. She said she had a beautiful blue dress and
9. In pairs, read each others paragraphs, check out for any mistakes and compare the life styles of the people you interviewed. 10. Role play: Student A: Youre an interviewer in year 2055. Student B: Pretend you are an older person. Answer the questions about your life in the past (nowadays).
(clipart)

Fontes:
Fotos activity 2:

a)

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b)

http://images.google.com.br/imgres?imgurl=http://galodapan.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/dance.jpg&imgrefurl=http://galodapan.wordp ress.com/2009/07/22/grandes-comunicadores-2/&usg=__FOna1wNDq8icNqS1oIc7lUFJNQg=&h=403&w=369&sz=55&hl=ptBR&start=1&um=1&tbnid=K7zoXwpr93c__M:&tbnh=124&tbnw=114&prev=/images%3Fq%3Drock%2B%2526%2Broll%2Bdance%26h l%3Dpt-BR%26um%3D1

c)

http://images.google.com.br/imgres?imgurl=http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/3830/travoltadisco.jpg&imgrefurl=http://comotermina.inf o/category/drama/&usg=__aYbBiLCJP1GcX-oyK1gsKLHz7ug=&h=400&w=400&sz=32&hl=ptBR&start=67&um=1&tbnid=mxj0_GHXnriRiM:&tbnh=124&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dos%2Bembalos%2Bde%2Bs%25C3%2 5A1bado%2B%25C3%25A0%2Bnoite%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Dpt-BR%26sa%3DN%26start%3D54%26um%3D1

d)

http://images.google.com.br/imgres?imgurl=http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uAkB9CS_dXE/Saf6sEdp1AI/AAAAAAAADMY/AJohEzKVXXQ/ s400/life-charleston4.jpg&imgrefurl=http://pretavoyager.blogspot.com/2009/02/charleston-bound.html&usg=__ZnN6xO1aN6zNeTd4ZaHg2wKwpc=&h=382&w=400&sz=33&hl=ptBR&start=226&tbnid=iBmzoBUqFy84vM:&tbnh=118&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcharleston%2Bdance%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp %3D18%26hl%3Dpt-BR%26sa%3DN%26start%3D216

e)

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f)

I Will Survive: (http://letras.terra.com.br/gloria-gaynor/15949/traducao.html em 14/09/09)