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Introducing Grammar using Songs: Past Simple
Song: David Bowie "The Man Who Sold the World"
Poem: William Hughes Mearns "Antigonish" (1899) (or "The Little Man Who Wasn´t There")
Tasks
1. Circle the correct verb in the song.
2. Find synonyms
3. Write the verbs in the 3 forms by completing the table
4. Underline the verbs in the past tense found in the poem.
5. Discuss the song and the poem: What are the differences and what are the similarities, fill in the graphic organizer.
Answer key included.
Level:intermediate Age: 14-17
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