If We Ever Meet Again – Notes
Activity type : Tense review, verb formation, gap fill, writing.
Grammar: Past Simple, Present Simple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect, Future Simple, First Conditional
Time: 30 mins.
Level: Intermediate
Note: Taken from Timbaland’s third album “Shock Value II”, the inspiration for the song came from the Black Eyed Peas’ “I Gotta Feeling” (there is also a worksheet for this song on www.tuneintoenglish.com ). Timbaland explained “when I heard the song I said ‘I want a record just like that on my album’. It’s happy, it gives a good feeling.” Although the song is about two people being attracted to each other in a bar but being too shy to do anything about it, the video focuses on the love story between a jewel thief and an art thief.
1) Give each student a copy of the worksheet and ask them to fold it so as they cannot see the lyrics. Ask them to complete the first exercise. Depending on their level, allow them to work without help for a few minutes then elicit (or tell them if necessary) the tense of each sentence.
Key: 1-3 - Present Simple; 4-6 Present Continuous; 7 Past Simple; 8 Present Perfect; 9,10 First Conditional
2) Play the song. Students listen for each sentence, and tick it as it appears, while checking their answers. Point out that some sentences appear more than once.
3) Tell students to unfold the page, and to insert each sentence in the correct place, based on context and their answers to the previous activity.
4) Play the song. Students check their answers.
5) Point out that the singer drops some words in some of the lines – this is grammatically incorrect, but make the song flow better. Can students spot these words? Key: line 3: What are you drinking? line 4: what are you thinking Chorus: I won’t let you get away Second verse: I hope you don’t see me blush
6) Point out the following words in the song, and elicit their meanings:
ain’t, wanna, gotta
Key: am not, want to, got to (must)
7) Sing together. If you would like to divide the boys and girls, the male singer’s parts are in italics in the Complete version of the song on page 3 of this worksheet.
Follow up:
Watch the video. Students write a news report based on the events portrayed.
This worksheet is to be used for educational purposes only Activity © Tune into English 2010 – www.tuneintoenglish.com Worksheet written by Prof. Laura Casolero, Grumo Nevano (NA)
If We Ever Meet Again – Timbaland with Katy Perry
1. Complete these sentences with the correct verb form.
1- ______you ______(come) here much? 2- What’s somebody like you ______(do) in a place like this? 3- I hope you ______(not see) me blush 4- I know what you ______(think) 5- I ______(flirt) with my eyes. 6- What’s your name, what ______you ______(drink)? 7- ______you ______(come) alone or ______you ______(bring) all your friends? 8- I ______(see) your face before. 9- I ______(not let) you get away if we ever ______(meet) again 10- I ______never ______(be) the same if we ever ______(meet) again.
______FOLD______
2. Complete the song with the ten sentences from the previous activity.
______Say, ______Say, ______Think ______Baby what’s your sign tell me yours, I’ll tell you mine Say, ______
Chorus: ______This free fall's got me so Kiss me all night, don’t ever let me go ______
If we ever meet again
______I swear ______but I can’t help but want you more, more Baby tell me what’s your story, I ain't shy don’t you worry ______, wanna leave with you tonight ______Some more, ’cause baby I
Repeat Chorus
If we ever meet again I’ll have so much more to say if we ever meet again If we ever meet again ______If we ever ever meet I’ll have so much more to say if we ever meet again If we ever ever meet again I won’t let you go away
Repeat Chorus twice
This worksheet is to be used for educational purposes only Activity © Tune into English 2010 – www.tuneintoenglish.com Worksheet written by Prof. Laura Casolero, Grumo Nevano (NA)
If We Ever Meet Again – Complete
What’s somebody like you doing in a place like this? Say, did you come alone or did you bring all your friends? Say, what’s your name, what you drinking Think I know what you thinking Baby what’s your sign tell me yours, I’ll tell you mine Say, what’s somebody like you doing in a place like this?
Chorus: I’ll never be the same if we ever meet again Won't let you get away if we ever meet again This free fall's got me so Kiss me all night, don’t ever let me go (also male voice) I'll never be the same if we ever meet again
If we ever meet again
Do you come here much? I swear I've seen your face before Hope you don’t see me blush but I can’t help but want you more, more Baby tell me what’s your story, I ain't shy don’t you worry I'm flirting with my eyes, wanna leave with you tonight Do you come here much? I've gotta see your face some more Some more, ’cause baby I
Repeat Chorus
If we ever meet again I’ll have so much more to say if we ever meet again If we ever meet again I won’t let you go away if we ever meet again If we ever ever meet I’ll have so much more to say if we ever meet again If we ever ever meet again I won’t let you go away
Repeat Chorus twice
This worksheet is to be used for educational purposes only Activity © Tune into English 2010 – www.tuneintoenglish.com Worksheet written by Prof. Laura Casolero, Grumo Nevano (NA)