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Happy Xmas (War Is Over) John Lennon & Yoko Ono with the Plastic Ono Band 3.Complete the lyrics with the words from Exercise 1. (Happy Christmas Kyoko Happy Christmas Julian)

So this is Christmas And what have you ______Another year over And a new one just ______And so this is Christmas I hope you have ______The near and the dear ones The old and the ______

A very Merry Christmas And a happy New ______Let's hope it's a good one 1.Rewrite the following words in rhyming Without any ______pairs. (Some of them do not strictly rhyme, but have the same vowel sound.) And so this is Christmas (War is Over, if you want it) begun fear done fight fun strong For weak and for ______white long year young The rich and the poor ones The road is so ______begun______done ______And so happy Christmas ______For black and for ______For yellow and red ones ______Let's stop all the ______A very Merry Christmas And a happy New ______2.Write the verbs in the Past Simple to Let's hope it's a good one complete the information about the song Without any ______War Is Over (If You Want It) And so this is Christmas (War is over, if you want it) John Lennon and Yoko Ono ______(write) And what have we ______and ______(record) Happy Xmas (War Is Another year over Over) in New York in 1971. The Harlem And a new one just ______Community Choir ______(help) with And so happy Christmas backing vocals. The song ______(be) a We hope you have ______protest song about the Vietnam War, but is The near and the dear ones still relevant 35 years later. John and Yoko The old and the ______regularly ______(campaign) for peace, and in 1969 ______(rent) billboards and A very Merry Christmas posters in eleven cities around the world with And a happy New ______the message "WAR IS OVER! (If You Want Let's hope it's a good one It) Happy Christmas from John and Yoko." Without any ______The record ______(not/be) a hit in America (War is over, if you want it when it first ______(come) out, but War is over now) ______(do) very well in the UK, and ______(return) to the charts after Lennon’s 4.Check with a partner, then sing the song death in 1980. with your class.

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Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - Complete John Lennon & Yoko Ono with the Plastic Ono Band

3.(Happy Christmas Kyoko Happy Christmas Julian)

So this is Christmas And what have you done Another year over And a new one just begun And so this is Christmas Background information: I hope you have fun The near and the dear ones The old and the young "Xmas " is a common abbreviation of the word

"Christmas", although some people consider it disrespectful to Christ. You can find more detailed A very Merry Christmas information at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xmas (in And a happy New Year English) and http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xmas (in Let's hope it's a good one Italian). Without any fear

Kyoko is Yoko Ono’s daughter from her previous And so this is Christmas marriage to American jazz musician Anthony Cox. (War is Over, if you want it) Julian is John Lennon’s son from his previous marriage For weak and for strong to Cynthia Powell. The rich and the poor ones The road is so long 1. begun______done ______And so happy Christmas fear______year______For black and for white fight______white______For yellow and red ones Let's stop all the fight fun______young______strong______long______A very Merry Christmas And a happy New Year 2. Let's hope it's a good one Without any fear John Lennon and Yoko Ono __ wrote ___(write) and _ recorded_ __(record) And so this is Christmas Happy Xmas (War Is Over) in New York in (War is over, if you want it) 1971. The Harlem Community Choir And what have we done __ helped ____(help) with backing vocals. The Another year over And a new one just begun song __ _was ___(be) a protest song about the And so happy Christmas Vietnam War, but is still relevant 35 years We hope you have fun later. John and Yoko regularly The near and the dear ones _campaigned ___(campaign) for peace, and in The old and the young 1969 __ rented __(rent) billboards and posters in eleven cities around the world with the A very Merry Christmas message "WAR IS OVER! (If You Want It) And a happy New Year Happy Christmas from John and Yoko." The Let's hope it's a good one record _wasn’t __(not/be) a hit in America Without any fear when it first _ _came __(come) out, but (War is over, if you want it __ did_ _(do) very well in the UK, and War is over now) __ returned ___(return) to the charts after Lennon’s death in 1980.