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

3 comments:

Juan Carlos P. said...

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

Ana López Pozo said...

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

Juan Carlos P. said...

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

strange
best
depressed

Thanks!