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We Will Rock You – Queen – Notes / We Will Rock You – Queen – Notes / ° Activity types: Discussion, phonetics, listening for specific words, opposites, gap fill. ° Level: Elementary / Pre-Intermediate ° Notes: This is one of Queen’s best known songs, taken from their 1977 album News Of The World. Written by guitarist Brian May, the song is mostly a cappella with only stomping and clapping for the rhythm – the final 30 seconds is a guitar solo. There is a video of this activity from the Tune Into English Roadshow on www.tuneintoenglish.com. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Ask students who their favourite band is. Do they know the name of the members? What (if any!) instruments do they play? Give them 30 seconds to write down the names of as many musical instruments as they can. 2. Feedback. They will almost certainly pronounce the bass incorrectly as /bæs/ - point out that /bæs/ is in fact a fish! Can they imagine their favourite bassist playing a spigola ?! The instrument is the /beɪs/. (They may also have problems with the word guitar, note that in English the second syllable is stressed). 3. Allow them one minute to write as many words as they can that rhyme with the word bass (/beɪs/). 4. Tell students that they will hear three words pronounced /-eɪs/ in the next song. Play the first verse of the song, can they identify them? 5. Feedback on the students’ lists and give each student a copy of the folded worksheet. Point out the final –ce spelling of most words. 6. Play the first verse of the song again, what are the three rhyming words? Key: face, disgrace, place 7. Feedback, then ask them to unfold the worksheet and complete the gaps. 8. Correct in open class, play the complete song and sing together! This worksheet is to be used for educational purposes only Activity © Tune into English 2015 – www.tuneintoenglish.com ! We Will Rock You – Queen ! Here is a list of all words in English that are pronounced /-eɪs/ (taken from www.rhymer.com). Listen to the song – which three words do you hear? ______________________________________________ FOLD ___________________________________________ Buddy you're a boy make a big noise Playin' in the street gonna be a big man some day You got mud on yo' ________ You big ________ Kickin' your can all over the ________ Singin' We will, we will rock you We will we will rock you Buddy you're a young man hard man, Shoutin' in the street gonna take on the world some day You got blood on yo' ________ You big ________ Wavin' your banner all over the ________ We will, we will rock you (Sing it!) We will, we will rock you Buddy you're an old man poor man Pleadin' with your eyes gonna make you some peace some day You got mud on your ________ Big ________ Somebody better put you back into your ________ We will, we will rock you (Sing it!) We will, we will rock you (Everybody) We will, we will rock you We will, we will rock you (Alright) This worksheet is to be used for educational purposes only Activity © Tune into English 2015 – www.tuneintoenglish.com .
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