My Heart Will Go On – Celine Dion – Notes
Activity type : gap fill, rhyming words, phonetics
Grammar : Present simple, future ‘will’
Level : Elementary (Phonetics activity: Intermediate)
Time: 30 mins
Note: The love theme from the 1997 blockbuster Titanic , this became Celine Dion’s most successful song, selling over 15 million copies.
1) Write the following ten words on the board:
are here way door more you far stay fear to
2) Students match the rhyming pairs. Key : are – far / door – more / fear – here / stay - way / to – you
3) Play the song. Students tick the words as they hear them.
4) Give each student a copy of the worksheet. Before playing the song ask them to try to insert the missing words, as listed above, in the correct gaps, based on their previous listening and context and rhymes (the rhyming words occur together!).
5) Play the song. Students check their predictions in 4).
6) Ask students to underline the verbs in the Present Simple and to circle those in the future. Can they find any other tenses? Key: See complete lyrics on final page of this worksheet. Present Simple in bold Future in italics Other tenses: Present Perfect (have come); Past Simple (was, I loved)
7) Phonetics Exercise: Ask them to find the similar ending sounds in the same line, writing the phonetic transcription of each. Give them the following example: night- my /a / (line 1) If students are not very familiar with the phonetic alphabet, you can write the symbols on the board and ask them to find them in the song. There is a phonetic chart on www.tuneintoenglish.com . Key: night - my /a / (line 1) see you - feel you /i/, / ju/ (line 2) how – know - you /ʊ/ (line 3) across - distance /s/ (line 4) spaces - us /s/ (line 5) you - to – show - you/ʊ/ (line 6) near – far - are /r/, /ɑr/ (line 7) more - door /(r/ (line 9) you're - here /r/ (line 10) on – on /,n/ (line 11) here - fear / ər/ (line 13) stay - way /e / (line 15)
8) Correct, and sing together.
This worksheet is to be used for educational purposes only Activity © Tune into English 2012 – www.tuneintoenglish.com Worksheet written by Prof. Laura Casolero, Grumo Nevano (NA)
My Heart Will Go On – Celine Dion
Every night in my dreams I see you, I feel you, That is how I know you go on
Far across the distance And spaces between us You have come to show you go on
Near, ______, wherever you ______I believe that the heart does go on Once ______you open the ______And you're here in my heart And my heart will go on and on
Love can touch us one time And last for a lifetime And never let go till we're one
Love was when I loved ____ One true time I hold ____ In my life we'll always go on
Near, _____ , wherever you ______I believe that the heart does go on (Why does the heart go on?) Once _____ you open the ______And you're here in my heart And my heart will go on and on
You're ______, there's nothing I ______, And I know that my heart will go on We'll ____ forever this _____ You are safe in my heart And my heart will go on and on
This worksheet is to be used for educational purposes only Activity © Tune into English 2012 – www.tuneintoenglish.com Worksheet written by Prof. Laura Casolero, Grumo Nevano (NA)
My Heart Will Go On – Celine Dion – Complete
Every night in my dreams I see you, I feel you, That is how I know you go on
Far across the distance And spaces between us You have come to show you go on
Near, far, wherever you are I believe that the heart does go on Once more you open the door And you' re here in my heart And my heart will go on and on
Love can touch us one time And last for a lifetime And never let go till we're one
Love was when I loved you One true time I hold to In my life we 'll always go on
Near, far, wherever you are I believe that the heart does go on (Why does the heart go on?) Once more you open the door And you' re here in my heart And my heart will go on and on
You' re here, there's nothing I fear , And I know that my heart will go on We'll stay forever this way You are safe in my heart And my heart will go on and on
This worksheet is to be used for educational purposes only Activity © Tune into English 2012 – www.tuneintoenglish.com Worksheet written by Prof. Laura Casolero, Grumo Nevano (NA)