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The Boston Tea Party by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Part B




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THE BOSTON TEA PARTY

by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band (1976)
 
 
PART B 
 
Now let's keep working with The Boston Tea Party lyrics:
 
 
Part 1:
 
Choose the right option:
 
  • Who were the 'Redcoats'?

      

 

  • Who were the 'children from the colonies'?

      

 
  • Who was the King?

     

 

  • Who was the 'president' mentioned in the song?  Remember there was no president in America yet, this man became the president later, but he was influential during The Boston Tea Party.  He wore false teeth (wooden teeth)!

     

 
Now let's revise the Simple Past Tense:
 
 
Part 2:
 
Choose the right option for each gap:
 

In the year 1773, there  a lot of tension between the American colonies and Britain because the

people of the colonies  to fight British control. The British  a tea act, which to force the
 
people of the colonies to buy their tea. The British   the tea at a very cheap price. This way, they
 
 the tea. The British   ships with tea to America.  As three ships filled with tea
 
Boston Harbour, a group of men  as Indians   on board the ships. They all
 
342 boxes of tea into the water. People  very happy. This famous event  known as the
 
Boston Tea Party.

This  one of the significant events that  up to the Revolutionary War.

 
Part 3:
 
Are the following verbs regular or irregular?  Tick the right choice!
 
  • think            regular        irregular

 

  • decide          regular        irregular

 

  • live               regular        irregular

 

  • find              regular        irregular

 

  • begin           regular        irregular

 

  • start            regular        irregular
 
Part 4:
 
Complete the following sentences with a verb in the simple past, regular or irregular.  They are all different verbs:
 
  1. The Pilgrims  to America in the Mayflower.
  2. Thanksgiving  a national holiday in the USA in 1863.
  3. In 1770 America  still a British colony.
  4. American people  to pay taxes to Britain.
  5. They  to pay a tax for the tea because they  that drink.
  6. The colonists  very angry, so they  to throw the tea into the sea.
  7. People  this The Boston Tea Party.
 
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