Pink is one of the icons of today's Pop Music. 'Who Knew' is one of her most famous songs. Have you heard it yet?
Enjoy!
BEFORE YOU START
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/features/voicing/
I. LISTEN TO THE SONG AND UNDERLINE ALL THE 'REGULAR' VERBS IN THE PAST.
You took my
hand, you showed me how
You promised me
you'd be around
Uh huh, that's
right
I took your
words and I believed
In everything
you said to me
Yeah huh, that's
right
If someone said
three years from now
You'd be long
gone
I'd stand up and
punch them out
Cause they're
all wrong
I know better
Cause you said
forever
And ever, who
knew?
Remember when we
were such fools
And so convinced
and just too cool
Oh no, no no
I wish I could
touch you again
I wish I could
still call you a friend
I'd give
anything
When someone
said count your blessings now
For they're long
gone
I guess I just
didn't know how
I was all wrong
But they knew
better
Still you said
forever and ever
Who knew?
I'll keep you
locked in my head
Until we meet
again
Until we, until
we meet again
And I won't
forget you my friend
What happened?
If someone said
three years from now
You'd be long
gone
I'd stand up and
punch them out
Cause they're
all wrong
And that last
kiss I'll cherish
Until we meet
again
And time makes
it harder
I wish I could
remember
But I keep your
memory
You visit me in
my sleep
My darling, who
knew?
My darling
My darling, who
knew?
My darling I
miss you
My darling, who
knew?
Who knew?
II. NOW PUT THE UNDERLINED VERBS INTO THE CORRECT COLUMN.
(Note: in the lyrics there are no verbs for one of the groups, which group is it)
/ t/
|
/ d /
|
/ id /
|
HELPED
|
MOVED
|
TASTED
|
III. PUT THE FOLLOWING VERBS INTO THE RIGHT COLUMN ABOVE.
loved, recorded, added, changed, escaped, closed, worked, invented, rained, collected
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KEY
I.
showed,
promised, believed, convinced, locked, and happened.
II.
/t/ - promised, convinced, locked.
/d/ - showed, believed, happened.
/id/ - there are no verbs in the lyrics for
this group.
III.
/t/ - escaped,
worked.
/d/ - loved,
changed, closed, rained.
/id/ - recorded,
added, invented, collected.
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WORKSHEET
Hi there! I'm taking Oral expression with Reinildes. I love the song and I do acknowledge the importance of teaching these different endings in terms of how they are pronounced. However, I question the usefulness of such activity. I've learned from my own experience that students only very rarely grasp these differences. Maybe we could just make them aware of this and tell them how the ending is pronounced after t or d. For the other ones, I just tell them to imagine that there is no 'e' in the word and it should come naturally. Have you tried this?
ResponderExcluirEmerson,
ResponderExcluirThis is another great activity, in my opinion. Most students have no clue about the endings of those words and this activity serves the purpose of making them aware of it. Just like the Bruno Mars activity, this one balances the phonological and cultural aspects of language, which is quite important, and makes the activity appear less "heavy" or "labor-intensive" for your students.
P.S.: I'm a student of Reinildes.
Emerson, this is a great task and I find it very useful for both teachers and students of the language. I think it sums up all possible sounds in simple past ending. Good job!
ResponderExcluirHello! I think this is a very useful activity, because I have little experience in teaching English and even so, I was able of notice that students are not used to deal with the differences in the final pronunciation of regular verbs in the past form.
ResponderExcluirHi,
ResponderExcluirAgain a great task you have here. I am taking a course called Oral Expression with Reinildes and It has been wonderful to know how to use technology to improve my knowledge.
Thank you so much for this blog.
Emerson,
ResponderExcluirI think this is also a great pronunciation task, because teenagers really like Pink's songs and they love doing music activities in the classroom. It's a fun way to learn!
Clara Fernandes G. Sena
Hi Emerson, good exercise of a common pronunciation issue. You explained very well how to pronounce it in the right way. Very useful. I am taking advanced oral expression classes with Reinildes and she recommended your blog.
ResponderExcluirGood job.
Emerson,
ResponderExcluirThis is such an inspiring activity! I'm longing to do something similar with my students. I have the impression that, despite their difficulty in grasping how these words are pronounced, this is a motivating way to raise their awareness of this fact - thus not only could it improve their speaking skills, but also enhance their listening comprehension.
Hi Emerson, Me again. In this won, you rocked! You did exactly the same good job you did before, but now there's not even that little detail I commented in the last activity. Great job!
ResponderExcluirIt's always both fun and helpful having popular songs for English teaching. Congrats on the blog!
ResponderExcluirBy the way, Sonia sent me here, through Oral Expression classes.
:)
Hi Emerson,
ResponderExcluirknowing how to say the end of these verbs is very important, but learning it is very difficult! I think, through the music we have a fun resource to learn, so it make the subject easier and more pleasant.
The explanation in the begining is essential so we have a good idea of what it is about, and the bbc tip is great. I love BBC learning english and so far I think it's the most useful and pratical tool we have in the internet concerning pronounciation.
I'm taking Sonia classes.
thanks!
Lélia Chaves
I really like this song but.I'm in doubt about the use of music for pronunciation because of the kind of accent and the fact that when you're singing the way you pronounce the words may be a little different when you're talking.
ResponderExcluir