Roy Orbison “Oh Pretty Woman”

1. Which words have the same sound? Write them in the correct column. stay me (x 3) street wait by way cry you tonight meet see (x 2) right truth late be

i: ai u: ei

2. Fill in the gaps with pairs of rhyming words from exercise 1. Then, listen to the song and check your answers. Pretty woman, walking down the ______(1) Pretty woman, the kind I like to ______(2) Pretty woman I don’t believe you, you’re not the ______(3) No one could look as good as ______(4) Mercy

Pretty woman, won’t you pardon ______(5) Pretty woman, I couldn’t help but ______(6) Pretty woman That you look lovely as can ______(7) Are you lonely just like ______(8)? Pretty woman, stop a while Pretty woman, talk a while Pretty woman, give your smile to me

Pretty woman, yeah yeah yeah Pretty woman, look my ______(9) Pretty woman, say you’ll ______(10) with me ‘Cause I need you, I’ll treat you ______(11) come with me baby, be mine ______(12) Pretty woman, don’t walk on ______(13) Pretty woman, don’t make me ______(14) Pretty woman, don’t walk away, hey … okay If that’s the way it must be, okay I guess I’ll go on home, it’s ______(15) There’ll be tomorrow night, but ______(16) What do I ______(17)? Is she walking back to ______(18)? Yeah, she’s walking back to me Oh, oh, Pretty woman.

3. Match the words/expressions with their corresponding meaning. 1. kind a. please forgive me 2. mercy b. because 3. won’t you pardon me c. very beautiful 4. I couldn’t help but see d. I suppose/ I think 5. lovely as can be e. don’t make me suffer 6. lonely f. a short period of time 7. a while g. it was impossible not to see 8. ‘cause h. a type or sort of person or thing 9. I guess i. alone

4. The verb “walk” is used several times in the song with different particles. Complete the verb with the appropriate particle/s. a) Walk ______- walk towards a lower point b) Walk ______- walk past without stopping c) Walk ______- leave d) Walk ______- return

Adapted from New English File. Elementary.

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Roy Orbison “Oh Pretty Woman”

1. Which words have the same sound? Write them in the correct column. stay me (x 3) street wait by way cry you tonight meet see (x 2) right truth late be

i: ai u: ei street right truth way meet tonight you stay me by late see cry wait be

2. Fill in the gaps with pairs of rhyming words from exercise 1. Then, listen to the song and check your answers.

Pretty woman, walking down the street (1) Pretty woman, the kind I like to meet (2) Pretty woman I don’t believe you, you’re not the truth (3) No one could look as good as you (4) Mercy

Pretty woman, won’t you pardon me (5) Pretty woman, I couldn’t help but see (6) Pretty woman That you look lovely as can be (7) Are you lonely just like me (8)?

Pretty woman, stop a while Pretty woman, talk a while Pretty woman, give your smile to me

Pretty woman, yeah yeah yeah Pretty woman, look my way (9) Pretty woman, say you’ll stay (10) with me ‘Cause I need you, I’ll treat you right (11) come with me baby, be mine tonight (12) Pretty woman, don’t walk on by (13) Pretty woman, don’t make me cry (14) Pretty woman, don’t walk away, hey … okay If that’s the way it must be, okay I guess I’ll go on home, it’s late (15) There’ll be tomorrow night, but wait (16) What do I see (17)? Is she walking back to me (18)? Yeah, she’s walking back to me Oh, oh, Pretty woman.

3. Match the words/expressions with their corresponding meaning. 1. kind h a. please forgive me 2. mercy e b. because 3. won’t you pardon me a c. very beautiful 4. I couldn’t help but see g d. I suppose/ I think 5. lovely as can be c e. don’t make me suffer 6. lonely i f. a short period of time 7. a while f g. it was impossible not to see 8. ‘cause b h. a type or sort of person or thing 9. I guess d i. alone

4. The verb “walk” is used several times in the song with different particles. Complete the verb with the appropriate particle/s. a) Walk down - walk towards a lower point b) Walk on by - walk past without stopping c) Walk away - leave d) Walk back - return