English Activity: Listening and Understanding

English activity, aimed at students in the eighth year of elementary school, with questions about the song “Always” by interpreter Gavin James. This activity is intended to train listening and understanding of the English language. This beautiful song is worth listening to!

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SCHOOL: DATE:

PROF: CLASS:

NAME:

Always - Gavin James

1. Complete the sentences by listening to the lyrics of the song. Follow the example:

What am I supposed like drowning

Is it too late to leave me alone

too soon to sleeping

Do you feel damaged just like I do?

Your face, it makes my body ache

It won’t pick the pieces up?

And this feels to do without you?

Trouble let them go?

restless dreaming

you’re in always

always my head

2.List the following verses in order.

__________ You're in my head

__________I’d rather choke on my bad decisions

__________Than just carry them to my grave

__________ I just got scared away, away

__________ Cracks won't fix and the scars won't fade away

__________ Always, always, always

__________Guess I should get used to this

__________ Trouble sleeping 

__________I remember we were strangers

__________ You're in my head 

__________Between then and now

__________And why does this feel like drowning?

__________ The left side of my bed, an empty space

__________Restless dreaming

__________ So tell me what's the difference

always, always

3. Choose the word that completes each sentence below:

The. I just _______scared away, away – ( ) got ( )dot

B. I’d rather choke on my _____decisions – ( ) dad ( ) bad

ç. Than just _______them to my grave – ( ) carry ( ) Mary

d. You’re ______ my head – ( )in ( )think

you're in my head

and. I just _______ scared away, away – ( ) got ( )dot

f. I know there’s nothing left to ______ to – ( ) cling ( )thing

g. But I’m ______l calling out your name – ( ) still ( ) skill

you're in my head

Per Rosiane Fernandes – Graduated in Arts and Pedagogy and postgraduate in Special Education

At answers are in the link above the header.