Modern foreign language activity, developed for students in the eighth year of elementary school, with questions about “There to be” with music analysis: Havana- Camila Cabello and There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back – Shawn Mendes.
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
THERE'S A TRAIN AT 10.40.
THERE'S A MAN ON THE ROOF.
THERE ARE SEVEN DAYS IN A WEEK.
Singular
There is… there´s – There is- there is
Plural form
There are… There are
1.Complete with there´s or there are.
a.___________ the big tree in the garden.
b.___________a good film on TV tonight.
c.___________some big trees in the garden.
d.___________a lot of accidents on this road.
e.___________ 11 players in a football team.
f.____________coffe on the floor.
g.___________a cat on the roof.
h.___________computers in that room.
i.____________ money in my bag.
j.____________seven billion people living on this planet.
k.____________the train until 10.20.
l._____________nice planets in the solar system.
m.___________thirty days in september.
Analyze the occurrence of "there to be" in the lyrics of the songs below:
“Havana – Camila Cabello”
Havana, ooh na-na (ay)
Half of my heart is in Havana, ooh-na-na (ay, ay)
He took me back to East Atlanta, na-na-na
Oh, but my heart is in Havana (ay)
There’s something about his manners (uh huh)
Havana, ooh na-na (uh)
He didn’t walk up with that “how you doin’?” (uh)
(When he came in the room)
He said there’s a lot of girls I can do with (uh)
(But I can’t without you)
I knew him forever in a minute (hey)
(That summer night in June)
And papa says he got malo in him (uh)
He got me feelin’ like [… ]
There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back – Shawn Mendes
I wanna follow where she goes
I think about her and she knows it
I wanna let her take control
‘Cause every time she gets close, yeah [… ]
Manipulate my decisions
Baby, there’s nothing holdin’ me back
There’s nothing holdin’ me back
There’s nothing holdin’ me back [… ]
2. We can say that the verse: “There’s something about his manners…” :
a.is in the singular b.is in the plural
3.The title of Shawn Mendes' song is:
a. in negative form b. in affirmative form
4. The literal translation of the verse: “There’s something about his manners…” would be:
a.“There's something about your manners…”
b."There's something about their customs..."
5.The translated title of the Shawn Mendes song would be:
A.
Per Rosiane Fernandes Silva– Graduated in Arts and Pedagogy and postgraduated in Special Education
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