Let's pronounce!

1.  Listen to this song by The Beatles and fill in the gaps with the verbs in the below.

NOTICED   LIT   STARTED   ASKED      HAD      LOOKED    CRAWLED 

SHOWED       WAS         TOLD (x2)         SAT     WORKED      AWOKE 

 

 Norwegian Wood  

I once (1)_________a girl
or should I say
she once had me.
She (2)__________me her room
Isn’t it good
Norwegian wood?

She (3)__________me to stay
and she (4)_______me to sit anywhere
So I (5)____________around
and I (6)________there wasn’t a chair.

I (7)________on a rug
biding my time
drinking her wine.
We (8)__________until two
and then she said
"It’s time for bed"

She (9)_________ me she (10)________in the morning
and (11)____________to laugh.
I told her I didn’t
and (12)___________off to sleep in the bath

And when I (13)__________
I (14)__________alone
this bird had flown
so I (15)___________a fire
Isn’t it good
Norwegian wood?

1. Now, classify the regular pasts according to their pronunciation: /id/, /t/ or /d/.

Esta canción de The Beatles se trata de un documento de audio perfecto para revisar el pasado simple de verbos irregulares. Se puede explotar de varias formas:

- Como una actividad de "listening comprehension" mediante un ejercicio de "fill in the gaps".
- Activida de fonética para aprender y practicar la pronunciación de los finales en "-ed" de los verbos regulares
- Actividad de "Speaking" en la que, tras haber visto el video varias veces para llevar a cabo las actividades anteriores, se pide a los alumnos que hablen de cómo la gente se divertía en el pasado y cómo lo hacen ahora