Rod Stewart: I Was Only Joking

7th October

.- Rod Stewart: I was only joking

.- Photocopy

- Vocabulary: synonims of: speak - say

- Colloquial language 7th October

I was only joking - Rod Stewart - 1978 - Life Scenery

Ever since I was a kid at ______Ever since I was a kid at school I messed around with all the ______I messed around with all the rules ______then ______Apologised then realised Im not different after all Im not different after all Me and the boys thought we had it ______Me and the boys thought we had it sussed Valentinos all of ______Valentinos all of us My dad said we looked ridiculous My dad said we looked ridiculous But boy we broke some hearts But boy we broke some hearts In and out of jobs, running ______In and out of jobs, running free Waging war with ______Waging war with society Dumb blank faces stare back at me Dumb blank faces stare back at me But nothing ever changed But nothing ever changed Promises made in the heat of the ______Promises made in the heat of the night Creeping home before it got too ______Creeping home before it got too light I wasted all that precious ______I wasted all that precious time And blamed it on the wine And blamed it on the wine Chorus: Chorus: I was only joking my ______I was only joking my dear Looking for a way to hide my ______Looking for a way to hide my fear What kind of fool was i What kind of fool was i I could never win I could never win Never found a ______Never found a compromise Collected lovers like ______Collected lovers like butterflies Illusions of that grand first prize Illusions of that grand first prize Are slowly wearing thin Are slowly wearing thin Susy baby you were good to me Susy baby you were good to me Giving love ______Giving love unselfishly But you took it all too ______But you took it all too seriously I guess it had to end I guess it had to end (chorus) (chorus) Now you ask me if Im ______Now you ask me if Im sincere Thats the question that I always ______Thats the question that I always fear Verse seven is never ______Verse seven is never clear But Ill tell you what you want to ______But Ill tell you what you want to hear I try to give you all you want I try to give you all you want But giving love is not my strongest point But giving love is not my strongest point If thats the case its pointless going on If thats the case its pointless going on Id rather be alone Id rather be alone cause what Im doing must be ______cause what Im doing must be wrong Pouring my heart out in a ______Pouring my heart out in a song Owning up for prosperity Owning up for prosperity For the whole damn world to see For the whole damn world to see Quietly now while I turn a page Quietly now while I turn a page Act one is over without costume change Act one is over without costume change The principal would like to leave the stage The principal would like to leave the stage The crowd dont understand The crowd dont understand 7th October

24 words = 12 rhyming pairs

 sincere  light  free  night  clear  time  society  wrong  rules  song  school  realises  fear  hear  dear  butterflies  wine  compromise  unselfishly  sussed  seriously  us  apologised  fear

12 rhyming pairs; (3 pairs of the same rhyme)

 sincere – fear  us - sussed  night - light  clear - fear  society - free  school - rules  song - wrong  hear - dear  butterflies - compromise  wine - time  unselfishly - seriously  apologised - realises 7th October How would you speak if you:

 exclaimed  fumed o she was absolutely fuming estaba que echaba humo (extremely annoyed, very, very angry)  pleaded o plead (implore, beg) suplicar; to ~ FOR sth suplicar algo; to ~ WITH sb to + INF suplicarle a algn que (+ subj) o she pleaded with me to help her, me suplicó que le ayudara:  snapped o (speak sharply) hablar con brusquedad: o to snap sth: break  reiterated  whispered  drawled o hablar arrastrando las palabras:  bawled o (shout) vociferar o (cry noisily) berrear  asserted  mumbled o farfullar: he is always mumbling to himself, siempre está hablando entre dientes  protested  moaned o gemir o quejarse [about, de]: she's always moaning about her daughter, siempre se está quejando de su hija  burst out o he suddenly burst out laughing, de repente se echó a reír (snapped, exploded)  demanded  enquired o enquire, preguntar o to ~ ABOUT sth informarse acerca de algo  affirmed  swore o jurar, prestar juramento: he is sworn to secrecy, ha jurado mantener el secreto o speak with bad words, soltar tacos, decir palabrotas o to swear at sb, decir palabrotas a alguien o echar pestes de alguien  recited 7th October

Colloquial language

 It was a write-off, I’m afraid o has no value (insurance lenguage)  It’s a bit of a sore point o a problematic area  It wasn’t to be sniffed at o not to be rejected  It was a humdinger o phantastic, wonderful  It was a bit airy-fairy o not clear  It’s a doddle o very easy, simple, a piece of cake  It was a bit dodgy o illegal  It seemed a bit fishy o to mell a bit bad; sth wrong