English Exercises: Great (not so well know) songs for teaching english (FREEZE MY SENSES by Lionel Neykov)

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SONG: FREEZE MY SENSES

ARTIST: Lionel Neykov

Level: Elementary-Intermediate

Age: 11+

Skills: Listening, Reading, Speaking.

Vocabulary focus: mouth, eyes, hands, head, lips, neck, skin and heart.

Structures: Idioms.

Introduction: Lionel's Story (aid for teachers)

Lionel Neykov was an amateur musician from Manhattan who was just about to be out of his house because he hadn’t enough money to pay it. He had been promoting his songs on youtube and myspace but had no CD.

One day the telephone rang and his life changed. One of his songs (Freeze my senses) had been chosen to be played in the Spanish Christmas Lottery advertisement (this is a huge event here in Spain and there is a lot of expectations about it).

Suddenly, he got 20,000 $ for his single and all his problems disappeared. He has recorded his first album and has become an international famous person.

All of this thanks to youtube and his creativity.

1. Check the right word.

2. Listen to the song and complete the lyrics:

FREEZE MY SENSES

Your have more power than vampires
You bit my and then left me
On the floor shivering and aching for more

Your smile is more dangerous than reptiles
You shot your poison in my

And now I can’t get you out of my mind

(CHOROUS)

Help me babe, I got a hole in my
My is spinning I feel so high
Release me darling from this pain in my side
And please, freeze my senses with your kiss

Your more addictive than sugar sticks
Take me dizzy and so light I could fly
I think my brain has melted down

Help me babe, I got a hole in my
My is spinning I feel so high
Release me darling from this pain in my side
And please, freeze my senses with your kiss

So there, now that you know
That I care for you, yeah
Be fair because I'm a fool in despair
And you got your round my

Help me babe, I got a hole in my

My is spinning I feel so high
Release me darling from this pain in my side
And please, freeze my senses with your kiss

Help me babe, I got a hole in my

My is spinning I feel so high
Release me darling from this pain in my side
And please, freeze my senses with your

3. Choose the right word (if you need help, you can use a dictionary or search the web).

Don't sell the till you have caught the bear.

A closed catches no flies.

An for an , a tooth for a tooth.

The little boy knows many stories by .

To hit the nail on the .

To be a pain in the .

The new singing Xbox game is called .

I cant’ help you. My are tied.

4. Comment with your partner what do the above sentences mean.

I hope you like it,

Gonzalo