Give It 2 Me – Madonna – Notes (1)
Activity types: Listening for specific words, gap fill, vocabulary (opposites, synonyms, American English, non standard spoken English), acronyms (texting).
Level: Pre-intermediate
Grammar: Imperative; Second conditional
Note: This was the second single from Madonna’s eleventh studio album Hard Candy, released in 2008. It features the American singer Pharrell, who co-wrote and co-produced the song.
• Write the following words on the board and ask students to find their opposites alone or in pairs (do not underline the words – these are part of the activity, but not in the song). stop - win - now - beginning - new – up - here – after - left
Note: left is intended as a noun, although the past participle is also used in the chorus.
Key (but at this stage any correct opposite is acceptable):
go - lose - then - ending – old - down – there - before – right
Note: right is intended as a noun, although it is used to mean immediately (right now) in line 4. • Ask students to listen for the words from activity A, numbering them in the order they hear them (if they appear more than once, refer to the first time). Tell them that four words are not in the song. Play the song.
Key: 1. now - 2. there - 3. stop - 4. go - 5. down - 6. then - 7. beginning - 8. ending 9. left (note that this is also n. 5, but as the Past Participle of the verb “to leave”) 10. right (note that this is also in line 4, see note above) - 11. here - 12. win 13. before - 14. new
• Feedback, then give each student a copy of the worksheet and ask them to fill in the gaps with the missing words, based on their answers to the previous activity, context and their prior knowledge of the song.
• Play the song again. Students check their answers in pairs or in groups.
• Correct in open class, play the song and sing together!
• Vocabulary and Grammar focus:
1) Ask students to find in the song two pairs of words with similar meaning: Key: no one – nobody; boundaries – limits
2) Make sure students understand the American English gonna (going to) and the non standard spoken English form ain’t (isn’t), both used in the song.
3) Ask students to list the positive and negative imperatives in the song. • Put me in it, arrest me, give it to me, get stupid, etc. • Don’t stop me, don’t stop it Note: Don’t need to catch my breath means I don’t need, therefore it cannot be considered as an imperative.
4) If students have studied the Second Conditional, ask them to find an example of this in the song. Key: They’d do it too if they were you. This worksheet is to be used for educational purposes only Activity © Tune into English 2008 – www.tuneintoenglish.com Worksheet written by Prof. Mena Bianco, Giugliano (NA)
Give It 2 Me – Madonna – Notes (2)
5) Acronyms: The title of the song includes an acronym: 2 is used in place of to. Acronyms are very popular among young people when they send SMS messages, speak in chat rooms or write e-mails. This new “global” language is called “Texting”. Test your student about this!
Write the following SMS messages that two young people have sent to each other on the board.
Paul: MUSM! CAN I BY U A DRNK 2NITE? Susan: MU2. GR8! Paul: CU@9pm Susan: OK. B4N
Later …
Susan: W4U! URL8! Y? WRU? RUCMNG? Paul: 4GVM. W84M PLS! CMG ASAP Susan: NP. CU L8R. ILU. Paul: ILU2. X
Divide students into different groups. They have to work out the meaning of the messages. Then, a group can write down the messages in full English, using direct speech, another group can re-write them as reported speech and another can write a summary.
Key:
Paul: I miss you so much! Can I buy you a drink tonight? Susan: I miss you too. Great! Paul: See you at 9 p.m. Susan: Ok. Bye for now.
Later …
Susan: I’m waiting for you! You are late! Why? Where are you? Are you coming? Paul: Forgive me. Wait for me please! I’m coming as soon as possible. Susan: No problem. See you later. I love you. Paul: I love you too. Kiss.
Note: You can find more acronyms at http://esl.about.com/b/2008/09/16/texting.htm
This worksheet is to be used for educational purposes only Activity © Tune into English 2008 – www.tuneintoenglish.com Worksheet written by Prof. Mena Bianco, Giugliano (NA)
Give It 2 Me – Madonna
What are you waiting for? Got no boundaries and no limits Nobody's gonna show you how If ______'s excitement, put me in it Why work for someone else If it's against the law, arrest me To do what you can do right ______? If you can handle it, undress me
Chorus:
Don't ______me ______, don't need to catch my breath I can ______on and on and on When the lights ______and ______’s no one left I can ______on and on and on
Give it to me, yeah No one's gonna show me how Give it to me, yeah No one's gonna ______me ______
They say that a good thing never lasts Give me the bassline and I'll shake it And ______it has to fall Give me a record and I'll break it ______'s no ______and no ______Those are the people that did not Amount to much at all Give me a chance to ______and I'll take it
Repeat Chorus
PHARRELL: [Watch this!]
Get stupid, get stupid, get stupid, don't ______it [What?]
Repeat 3 times
Get stupid, get stupid, get stupid, don't ______it Get stupid, get stupid, get stupid, don't ______it [To the _____, to the _____, to the _____, to the _____]
Repeat twice
Get stupid, get stupid, get stupid, don't ______it [To the _____, _____, _____, _____, _____, _____, _____, ____] Get stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid … [_____, _____, _____, _____, _____, _____, _____, _____]
Repeat Chorus You're only ______to ______Give it to me, yeah Get what they say? No one's gonna show me how You're only ______to ______Give it to me, yeah No one's gonna ______me ______Get what they do? They'd do it too If they were you Give it to me, yeah You done it all ______No one's gonna show me how This ain't nothing ______Give it to me, yeah No one's gonna ______me ______(Repeat verse) Give it to me!
This worksheet is to be used for educational purposes only Activity © Tune into English 2008 – www.tuneintoenglish.com Worksheet written by Prof. Mena Bianco, Giugliano (NA)
Give It 2 Me – Madonna - Complete
What are you waiting for? Got no boundaries and no limits Nobody's gonna show you how If there's excitement, put me in it Why work for someone else If it's against the law, arrest me To do what you can do right now? If you can handle it, undress me
Chorus:
Don't stop me now, don't need to catch my breath I can go on and on and on When the lights go down and there’s no one left I can go on and on and on
Give it to me, yeah No one's gonna show me how Give it to me, yeah No one's gonna stop me now
They say that a good thing never lasts Give me the bassline and I'll shake it Give me a record and I'll break it And then it has to fall Those are the people that did not There's no beginning and no ending Give me a chance to go and I'll take it Amount to much at all
Repeat Chorus
PHARRELL: [Watch this!]
Get stupid, get stupid, get stupid, don't stop it [What?] Repeat 3 times Get stupid, get stupid, get stupid, don't stop it
Get stupid, get stupid, get stupid, don't stop it [To the left, to the right, to the left, to the right] Repeat twice
Get stupid, get stupid, get stupid, don't stop it [To the left, left, right, right, left, left, right, right] Get stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid … [Left, left, right, right, left, left, right, right]
Repeat Chorus
You're only here to win Give it to me, yeah Get what they say? No one's gonna show me how You're only here to win Give it to me, yeah No one's gonna stop me now Get what they do? They'd do it too If they were you Give it to me, yeah You done it all before No one's gonna show me how This ain't nothing new Give it to me, yeah No one's gonna stop me now (Repeat verse)
Give it to me!
This worksheet is to be used for educational purposes only Activity © Tune into English 2008 – www.tuneintoenglish.com Worksheet written by Prof. Mena Bianco, Giugliano (NA)