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Sinead O´Connor ´ Nothing Compares to you´




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Sinead O'Connor 'Nothing compares to you'
 
 
What do you know about Sinead O'Connor?
 

Which of those women is Sinead O'Connor?

 A)   B)   C)  

Where is she from?
 A) Scotland  B) Ireland  C)Wales  

When was the song recorded?

 A) 1990  B) 1991  C) 1992
What is the title of her debut album?
 A) the lion and the cobra  B) the bear and the wolf  C) the eagle and the hawk

Which of those songs is not Sindead O'Connor?

 A) nothing compares  to you  B) don't cry for me Argentina  C) can't buy me love
  

Listen to the song and do the tasks

Write in missing words :

It's been  hours and  days
Since you took your  away
I go out every  and sleep all day
Since you took your  away

Since u been  I can do whatever I want
I can  whomever I choose

I can eat my dinner in a fancy
But nothing, I said nothing can take away  blues
'Cause nothing , nothing to you
Choose correct words :
 
It's  so lonely without you here
Like a bird  a song
Nothing can stop these lonely tears  falling
Tell me baby where  I go wrong
I could put my arms  every boy I see
But they'd only remind me  you


I went to the doctor  what he told me, what he told me
He said girl you better have , no matter what you do
But he's a , 'cause nothing compares, nothing compares to you

Unscramble the words :

All the flowers that you AEDPLNT mother, in the back yard
All died when you went AAYW
I know that IINLGV with you baby was sometimes hard
But I'm IIWLGLN to give it another try
'Cause nothing AEOCPSRM , nothing AEOCPSRM to you
Nothing AEOCPSRM , nothing AEOCPSRM to you
Nothing AEOCPSRM , nothing AEOCPSRM to you
 
Wordsearch
 
Find past forms of these verbs : be, die, do, go, plant, put, say, take, tell (you can find them in the lyrics):
 

 

Crossword
 
Write in missing words:
 
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answer

The clues of the crossword:

1.But he's a ....
2.Nothing .... to you
3.I can eat my dinner in a ... restaurant
4.Nothing can stop these lonely .... from falling
5.All the .... that you planted
6.But they'd only .... me of you
7.Tell me baby where did I go ....
8.Since you been gone I can do .... I want
9.I went to the doctor n' ... what he told me
10..... you took your love away
 
Synonyms
 

 recall

 

 false

 

 prone

 

 garden

 

 
Antonyms
 

 easy

 

 day

 

 hatred

 

 everything

 

 
Write in missing prepositions
 
1. lonely  you
2. remind me  you
3. take  your love
4. compare  you
5. living  you
6. go  the doctor
 
Make nouns from these verbs/adjectives
 
1. choose
2. compare
3. guess
4. lonely
5. funny
 
Pronunciation
 
another, back, compare, every, fancy, nothing, since, without
 

 /e/

 /ae/

 /^/

 /I/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Translate
 
1.Since you been gone I can do whatever I want
2.It's been so lonely without you here
3.Nothing compares to you
4.Nothing can stop these lonely tears from falling
5.Tell me baby where did I go wrong
6. I'm willing to give it another try