WARM-UP VIDEO FOR PRESENT SIMPLE

Instructions.  Listen to a great cover of a Whitney Houston song and type phrases with verbs in Present Simple.

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Exercise. Complete each gap with suitable words and expressions you hear from the video.

Take a breath. Relax. GUITAR PLAYS SOFTLY # Oh, (1) ………….. dance with somebody # With (2) ………….. me...I didn't expect that. Ooh. # Clock strikes upon the hour # And the (3) ………….. to fade # Still enough time to figure out # How to chase my blues away # I've done all right up till now # It's the light of day... [Oh, they are flying up. This is going to be close.] # That (4) ………….. me how # But when the (5) ………….. # My loneliness (6) ………….. # Oh, I wanna dance with somebody # Oh, yeah

Key: Look at the key and say aloud the script from the video to improve your English.

Take a breath. Relax. GUITAR PLAYS SOFTLY # Oh, (1) (I want to) dance with somebody # With (2) (somebody who loves) me...I didn't expect that. Ooh. # Clock strikes upon the hour # And the (3) (sun begins) to fade # Still enough time to figure out # How to chase my blues away # I've done all right up till now # It's the light of day... [Oh, they are flying up. This is going to be close.] # That (4) (shows) me how # But when the (5) (night falls) # My loneliness (6) (calls) # Oh, I wanna dance with somebody # Oh, yeah

Sources: 

Channel: BBC. Jodie WOWS 100 judges (not Paulus ????) with Whitney Houston classic - All Together Now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp0jhu-rUgY

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