The music corner – properties in the United Kingdom and the United States, he currently calls Tuscany his home. READ THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ARTIST AND THEN MARK THE SENTECES TRUE OR FLASE 1. Sting’s father was a blue collar worker. 2. He’s got the university degree. Gordon Matthew Sumner, CBE (born October 2, 1951), best known by his stage 3. He’s a teacher by profession. name Sting, is an English musician and formerly bassist and lead singer of The 4. His siblings is mixed. Police. 5. Before the musical career he did a lot of hard work. * * * * 6. The nickname was given to him based on what he looked like during Biography one of the gigs he gave. Sumner was born in Newcastle, England to Audrey and Ernest Sumner, a 7. He’s got five children in total. milkman, and raised a Roman Catholic. From an early age, he knew that he 8. None of his children is interested in music. wanted to be a musician. He attended the University of Warwick in Coventry, but did not graduate. From 1971 to 1974, he attended Northern Counties Teacher PRE-LISTENING Training College. He is the oldest of 4 children and has a brother, Philip, and two Collocations – Match the verbs with suitable nouns sisters, Angela and Anita. Philip owns a pub in Newcastle, Angela works for British Airways, and Anita is an artist. take a move Before playing music professionally, Sumner worked as a ditch digger and a primary school teacher. His first music gigs were wherever he could get a job. break a step He played with local jazz bands such as the Phoenix Jazzmen and Last Exit. It is say a game most likely that he gained his nickname while with the Jazzmen. He once performed wearing a black and yellow striped jersey that fellow band member stay a vow Gordon Solomon had noted made him look like a bumblebee, thus he became Sting. He uses Sting almost exclusively, except on official documents. fake a claim Personal life Sting married actress Frances Tomelty on May 1, 1976. The couple had two make a bond children, Joseph (born 1976), and Catherine (born 1982), before they divorced in take a breath 1984. Soon after, Sting began living with actress (and later film producer) but the two did not marry until 1992. Sting and Trudie have four children play the night (Bridget Michael ["Mickey"], James, Eliot Pauline ["Coco"], and Giacomo Luke). Sting's lookalike son Joe is following in dad's musical footsteps and is a break a word member of the band Fiction Plane. Though Sting reportedly owns several stake a smile

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Every ...... you take compare the constructions Every ...... you make take a breath => every breath you take Every ...... you break, every ...... you take notice: defining relative clauses - every breath that/which you take (the I'll be watching you relative pronoun can be omitted; there is no comma before the pronoun) Every ...... day Every ...... you say Every ...... you play, every ...... you stay 1. I gave you a book. It had many pictures. I'll be watching you → The book 2. I am reading a book at the moment. It is very interesting. Oh, can't you see → The book You ...... to me 3. You live in a town. The town is very old. How my poor heart aches → The town With every ...... you take 4. The sweets are delicious. I bought them yesterday. → The sweets Every ...... you make Every ...... you break 5. The football match was very exciting. My friend played in it. Every ...... you fake, every ...... you stake → The football match I'll be watching you 6. The letter hasn't arrived yet. I posted it three days ago. → The letter Since you've ...... I've been ...... without a trace 7. He lives in a house. The house is not very big. I dream at night I can only see your face → The house I look around but it's you I can't ...... 8. They are playing a song on the radio. Do you like it? I feel so cold and I ...... for your embrace → Do you like I ...... crying: baby, baby, please 9. Jane wore a beautiful shirt yesterday. Did you see it? → Did you see 10. Sue is going out with a boy. I don't like him. → I don't like

Songfacts: This was the biggest hit of 1983. It was US #1 for 8 weeks. This is one of the most misinterpreted songs ever. It is about an obsessive stalker, but it sounds like a love song. Some people even used it as their wedding song. Sting wrote this after separating from his first wife, Frances Tomelty. The middle of the song was finished last. They didn't know what to do with it until Sting sat at a piano and started hitting the same key over and over. That became the basis for the missing section. This won Grammys in 1984 for Song Of The Year and Best Pop Performance By Duo Or Group With Vocal. P. Diddy (known as Puff Daddy at the time), sampled this on "I'll Be Missing You," his 1997 tribute to rapper Notorious B.I.G. Sting didn't know about the sample until after the song was released. He ended up making lots of money from it, claiming he put some of his kids through college with the proceeds. Sting performed "I'll Be Missing You" with P. Diddy at the MTV Video Music Awards, and the two remain friends. Sting re-wrote the lyrics when he performed this in 2005 at Live 8, a set of concerts organized by Bob Geldof to increase activism and demand more aid for Africa. Sting included the line, "We'll be watching you" to mean the world would be keeping an eye on the politicians making critical decisions on the fate of Africa.

The music corner Lyrics for: Every Breath You Take Every breath you take And every move you make Every bond you break, every step you take I'll be watching you

Every single day And every word you say Every game you play, every night you stay I'll be watching you

Oh, can't you see You belong to me? How my poor heart aches With every step you take Every move you make Every vow you break Every smile you fake, every claim you stake I'll be watching you

Since you've gone I've been lost without a trace I dream at night, I can only see your face I look around, but it's you I can't replace I feel so cold, and I long for your embrace I keep crying baby, baby please,

Oh, can't you see You belong to me? How my poor heart aches With every step you take Every move you make Every vow you break Every smile you fake, every claim you stake I'll be watching you Every move you make, every step you take I'll be watching you I'll be watching you