Listen to the song and complete the exercises
1- ORDER THE PARAGRAPHS OF THE SONG.
2– FILL IN THE GAPS WITH THE MISSING WORDS
3- UNDERLINE ALL THE VERBS IN PRESENT CONTINUOUS
3- ANSWER THE QUESTIONS:
A) Do you think it is a happy song ? Which are the feelings conveyed ?
B) What does the lemon tree symbolize?
1- I wonder how, I wonder ( ) (1)
Yesterday you told me ‘bout the blue blue sky
And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon tree
I’m turning my head up and ( ) (2)
I’m turning, turning, turning, turning, turning around
And all that I can see is just a
yellow (another) lemon tree.
La, la da dee da, etc.
2- I’m sitting here, I miss the power
I’d like to go out taking a shower
But there’s a heavy cloud inside my ( ) (3)
I feel so tired, put myself into bed
Where nothing ever happens — and I wonder
Isolation is not ( ) (4) for me
Isolation — I don’t want to sit on a lemon tree
I’m stepping around in a dessert of joy
Baby anyhow I’ll get another toy
And everything will happen — and you’ll wonder
3- I wonder how I wonder why
Yesterday you told me ‘bout the blue, blue sky
And all that I can see
And all that I can see (dit dit dit)
And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon tree
4-I’m sitting here in a ( ) (5) room
It’s just another rainy Sunday afternoon
I’m wasting my ( ), (6)I got nothing to do
I’m hanging around, I’m waiting for you
But nothing ever happens — and I wonder
I’m driving around in my ( ) (7)
I’m driving too fast, I’m driving too far
I’d like to change my point of view
I feel so lonely, I’m waiting for you
But nothing ever happens, and I wonder