Grammar and music

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

Today's lesson:

- We refresh our memory of the different grammatical tenses.

- We write our own songtext

Name 3 grammatical tenses (tijden).
For example, this sentence is an imperative (gebiedende wijs).

Recognise the tense:

He likes dogs.

1. present continuous
2. present perfect
3. present simple
4. past simple

Recognise the tense:

He liked dogs.

1. past perfect
2. past simple
3. Past continuous
4. present simple

Recognise the tense:

He is talking to his friend.

1. present simple
2. past continuous
3. present continuous
4. past perfect

Recognise the tenses:

He will talk to his friend tomorrow.

1. present simple
2. past simple
3. present perfect
4. Future

Recognise the tenses:

He has lost his way.

1. past simple
2. past perfect
3. present perfect
4. past continuous

Recognise the tense:

He was walking down the street.

1. present continuous
2. past continuous
3. past simple
4. past perfect

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When your legs don't work like they used to before.

1. past simple
2. present perfect
3. present simple
4. present continuous

And I can't sweep you off of your feet.

1. present simple
2. present continuous
3. present perfect
4. past simple

Will your mouth still remeber the taste of my love.

1. Present simple
2. Present continuous
3. Future
4. Past perfect

Recognise the tense
And I'm thinking 'bout how people fall in love in mysterious ways.

1. present simple
2. past simple
3. present continuous
4. past continuous

Recognise the tense
Oh me, I fall in love with you every single day

1. present simple
2. past simple
3. present perfect
4. present continuous

Did this exercise help you refresh your memory of the tenses?

1. Yes
2. No
3. A little bit

Individual assignment:

Name the tense of each line, just as we just did.

There is no need to copy the sentences.

Hand in your answers by taking a picture and uploading it in ItsLearning before the end of today.

Cover me in sunshine  Pink

1  I've been dreaming of friendly faces   Present perfect continuous

2 I've got so much time to kill

3 Just imagine people laughing

4 I know some day we will

5 And even if it's far away

6 Get me through another day 

7Cover me in sunshine

8 Shower me with good times

9 Tell me that the world's been spinning since the beginning

10 And everything will be alright

Group assignment: Write your own song text.

In groups of 3 or 4 (you may choose your own team).

Step 1:  listen to Pink's 'Cover me in sunshine'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGZhMIXH62M

Step 2: write your own lyrics to the melody.

Step 3:

Record your own song with your team (with your phone).

If you want to be creative you can even make a music video.

Step 4: hand it in through ItsLearning. Deadline is June 2nd.