Songs To Study English 2 Teacher’s page FAIRYTALE by ALEXANDER RYBAK Grammar: Past Simple, Past and Simple Tenses review Vocabulary: love Level: Elementary ‘Fairytale’ is a song written and composed by Norwegian ♫ CD track 6 violinist/singer Alexander Rybak , Teacher’s notes and the first single from Rybak's 1. Play an instrumental intro of the song. Ask students debut album Fairytales . This song if they have ever heard this song. How is it called? What is it was the winner of the 2009 about? Is it about fairytales? Is it about love? Eurovision Song Contest in 2. Students listen to the whole song trying to guess its Moscow, Russia. topic. They can also make some notes helping them to prove their opinion. 3. Discuss the topic, then write out some ‘love expressions’: to be in love, to fall in love, to be sweethearts, to fall apart . Check students’ understanding. 4. Hand out the worksheets and explain the task. Play the song again. Students do the task. Then they can check their answers in small groups. Finally, check the answers in an open group, playing the ‘Fairytale’ again and pausing it if necessary. 5. Get back to the ‘love expressions’ written out. Ask students to find them in the text and explain why the forms are changed. 6. Ask the class to find more examples of Past Simple (both regular and irregular) in the lyrics. 7. Ask your students if the main character’s love still alive. – Yes, it is. - How did you manage to understand it? – Because of the refrain which is in the Present Simple tense. Answers G, F, D, J, B, H, L, T, K, N, O, R, Q, S, P, C

A. I didn’t like B. I’m in love C. But when I D. She was mine the girl I with a do, we’ll get and we were knew____ fairytale_5_ a brand sweethearts new start 16 _3__ E. I kindly F. I kinda liked G. Years ago, H. Even though liked the a girl I when I was it hurts_6__ girl I knew__ 2_ younger 1_ knew___ I. That was J. That was K. Every day L. ‘Cause I don’t great and then and we started care if I lose that was then it’s fighting_9_ my mind_7__ true____ true_4__ M. No one else N. Every night O. No one else P. Nowadays, I could make we fell in could make cannot find me love_10 _ me her_15 _ better____ sadder_11 _ Q. I don’t R. But no one S. When T. I’m already know, what else could suddenly cursed_8_ I was lift me high we fell doing_13 _ above_12 _ apart_14 _

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Songs To Sudy English 2 Students’ FAIRYTALE page by ALEXANDER RYBAK Listen to the song and order the lines (A – T). There are 4 extra lines. A. I didn’t like B. I’m in love C. But when I D. She was mine the girl I with a do, we’ll get and we were knew____ fairytale___ a brand sweethearts new start______E. I kindly F. I kinda liked G. Years ago, H. Even though liked the a girl I when I was it hurts____ girl I knew____ younger___ knew___ I. That was J. That was K. Every day L. ‘Cause I don’t great and then and we started care if I lose that was then it’s fighting___ my mind____ true____ true____ M. No one else N. Every night O. No one else P. Nowadays, I could make we fell in could make cannot find me love____ me her____ better____ sadder____ Q. I don’t R. But no one S. When T. I’m already know, what else could suddenly cursed___ I was lift me high we fell doing____ above___ apart___

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