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Listening and Collocations: Every Breath You take by The Police




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Listening and Collocations:

"Every Breath You Take" by The Police

                                           
                                          
Watch the video and do the following exercises.

                                             Tick the words that you can hear.

 

Every breath you take make

Every move you take  make

Every bond you fake  break

Every  step stop you take

I’ll be watching  watch you

 

Every simple single day

Every word you say stay

Every game gain you play

Every night you say stay

I’ll be  been watching you

 

Unscramble the lines of the Chorus:   

 

              How my poor heart aches

                                             Oh, can’t you see

                                                  You belong to me

                                                           With every step you take

 

Choose the words that you can hear.

 

Every you make

Every vow you

Every you fake

Every claim you

I’ll be watching you

 

Unscramble the following lines.

 

Since you’ve gone            A  it’s you I can’t replace

I dream at night               B  baby, baby, please...

I look around but             C  I can only see your face

I feel so cold and              D  I’ve been lost without a trace

I keep crying                    E  I long for your embrace

 

 

Chorus

 

Write in the missing words.

 

Every   you

Every you

Every you

Every you

I’ll be watching you

 
 
The following verbs are used several times in the song. Which words do they usually go with?

 

                             fake           make                   take           say             break                                                                  

 

a breath

a move

the news

no

sy’s signature

part

an offer

a promise

hello

a smile

place

a noise

a bone

goodbye

surprise

a step

a mistake

a bond

a word

a headache

a risk

a bed

the ice

cheese

an illness

long

a mess

a vow

when

a story

a photo

a difference

sy’s heart

 

 

 

Fill in the missing words in the following sentences.

 

  1. She didn’t dare to show her school report to her parents, so she faked her mother’s .
  2. We couldn’t sleep last night because the neighbours were making such a big .
  3. He started to tell silly jokes just to break .
  4. These kids are so impolite. They don’t even say to their teachers.
  5. The Olympic Games will take in China this year.
  6. It makes no what you say: I’m not going.
  7. ‘Say said the photographer when he took our .