Sunday, 30 March 2008

SO CALLED FRIEND /s/ /z/

This time the song So called friend, composed by the Scottish band Texas, is going to help us identify the phonemes /s/ and /z/ through a gap-fill activity you can do as you listen to the song.
  • Read the instructions in the gap-fill activity below, then listen to the song and write your answers in the gaps provided. Use the bar on the right of the box to move the text up or down.


  • Send a comment if you haven't been able to get all the words.
  • The song is about a friend, is the friend a good one? Think about the 5 most important qualities a friend should have in your opinion, use the following structure:
           ie, a friend is someone who listens to you
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3 comments:

  1. Juan Carlos P.1 April 2008 at 19:32

    Just 73%, I was not able to get three words.

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  2. Ana López Pozo2 April 2008 at 11:48

    73% is not bad, well, it depends on your initial level. Are the missing words listened, as and depressed?
    Here's the complete lyrics:
    So called friend
    Yeh I'm gonna make you wonder if you're my friend
    Yeh I'm gonna make you wonder if you're my friend
    Yeh that's the way I choose them, all my friends
    Do you think you're close with all your promises
    Do you think I act strange when you talk to me
    It's cause I don't see you
    Yeh I'm gonna make you wonder if you're my friend
    Yeh I may as well tell you, you'll never be my friend
    Aah that's the way I choose them, all my friends
    The telephone always rings when you've got success
    You only want us when we're at our best
    But we don't hear you
    Yeh I'm gonna make you wonder if you're my friend
    It isn't our fault that your life's depressed
    We've listened and we've learned
    That all of the words that you say
    Yeh all of the words that you say
    Mean nothing
    Yeh I'm gonna make you wonder if you're my friend

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  3. Juan Carlos P.3 April 2008 at 07:16

    The missing words looked quite simple (at least after reading them):

    strange
    best
    depressed

    Thanks!

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