My favorite song

.   A. What’s your favorite song? Who sings it? What is it about?

 Read the conversation and answer the questions:

   




Conversation:

Hita: Hi Hita, how are you?

Leonardo: I’m fine? What are you doing?

Hita: I’m listening to my favorite song? What about you?

Leonardo: Nothing. But I would like to go out with you. By the way, what is your favorite song?

Hita: It’s Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler. Have you ever listened to it?

Leonardo: No. What is it about?

Hita: It’s about a woman whose heart is broken.

Leonardo: as usual. Let me see the lyrics… Why did you underline some words?

Hita: It is part of my English grammar class homework.

Leonardo: What was it about?

Hita: Our teacher asked to listen to different songs to discover grammar patterns we have already studied. So, I’m underlining phrasal verbs.

Leonardo: O.K. I got it.  By the way, what’s your English teacher like?

Hita: He is someone who gets along really well with his students. His name is John.

Leonardo:  O.K. Let’s go.

Hita: Let me answer some e-mails first.

B. Practice the conversation above. Then, write one using its pattern to talk about your favorite song.

C.  Answer the following questions:

1.            What is the conversation about?

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2.        Have you ever listened to the song “Total Eclipse of the Heart” by Bonnie Tyler?

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3.  Have you ever felt a total eclipse of the heart? When and why?

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4. Give some suggestions to people who have one.

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D. Find out in songs the grammar patterns we have studied so far. Bring the lyrics to the classroom. Be ready to listen to them in class.

E. There are different ways to keep a conversation going. Underline Hita and Leonardo’s words and expressions to keep their conversation. 

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