Learning with songs, by A-ha, Take on me

Source:http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=4430







All credits of this exercise for teacher Irina, she is an English teacher from Latvia. 


TalkingTakingTracing away 
I don't know what I'm to say
I'll say it awayagainanyway
today's a differentanothera nice day to find you
Shying away
I'll be coming for yourthea love O.K.


Take on me
Take me on
I'll be gone
in a day or tootwonight


So needless to tellsaysee I'm odds and ends
But that's me, stumbling againonce moreaway
Slowly learningunderstandingrealizing that life is O.K.
Say after me
It's no better to be safe than sorryworrythreatened.


Take on me
Take me on
I'll be gone
in a day or tootwonight.


The things that you seethinksay
Is it livelovetrue or just to play
My worries away
You're all the thingsthoughtswishes I've got to remember
You shying away
I'll be becominglookingcoming for you anyway


Take on me
Take me on
I'll be gone
in a day or tootwonight

A-Ha, Hunting High and Low

  A pay a single homage to the great Indonesian teacher Agnes very useful English exercises.

Source: http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=5331

Author: Pawag Agnes

 

Complete information about the song:

 

Choose the correct words

 

'Hunting High and Low' was realized / released  in the summer of 1986 and became the third most successful / successfull single from 'Hunting High and Low' on the rock chats / charts and one of the band's most recognizable and popular songs. The song didn't chart on the Billboard Hot 100, but charted in Britain where its pick / peak was #5 and in Ireland where it peaked at #4.

The album version was produced / manufactured by Tony Mansfield and is played with / by synthesizers, the single remix produced by Alan Tarney features an orchestra.

Coldplay has been known to acted /perform this song in concert, with a special nod to the band of their initial inspiration.

'Hunting High and Low' is one of a-ha's most famous songs and is part of their live /life set. The song appears on the live album 'How Can I Sleep with Your Voice in My Head'.

 

 

Listen to the song and do the tasks:

 

Choose the correct words

 

Here / There I am
And within the reach / rich of my hands
She sounds than sleep / asleep and she's sweeter now
Than the wildest dream could have / been seen her
And I Watch her slipping / sleeping away
Though / Through I know I'll be hunting high and low

 

Write in missing words

High
There's   end to the   I'll go to
Hunting high and  High
There's    end to    I'll go

Choose the correct words

 

To find hishimher again
intouponabove this my dreams are depending
thoughtthroughtough the dark
I sense the pounding ofonor her heart
Next totoothrough mine
She's aanthe sweetest love I could find
So I guess I'll bibeebe hunting high and low

Write in missing words

 

High
There's  end to the  I'll go to
High and 

High
Do you  what it  to love you...

Unscramble the words

I'm  IUGHTN high and low
And now she's  EIGNLTL me she's got to
go away
I'll always be   IUGHTN high and low
Hungry for you
Watch me  AEIGTNR myself to pieces
  IUGHTN high and low

High
There's no end to the lengths I'll go to
Oh, for you I'll be  IUGHTN  high and
low

 

Antonyms

 

HIGH		BITTEREST
WIDTH		LIGHT
BEGINNING		BEYOND (REACH)
THERE		HATE
AWAKE		REALITY

 

Wite in missing words

 

 within the  of my hands
 asleep
  high and low
 the dark
I sense the  of her heart
Next to mine
tearing myself to 

hungry  you

 

Wordsearch

 

Find these words: again, asleep, depending, guess, high, means, myself, upon, tearing, watch.

 

Crosswords

 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

The clues of the crossword: 1. Synonym of ' distance' (6 letters). 2. Phrasal verb meaning 'to get away, leave'(4 ,4). 3. With little or no light(4). 4. To feel or experience something without being able to explain exactly how(5). 5. To hit or beat repeatedly with a lot of force(5). 6. Something that you can hear or that can be heard(5). 7. (Of sleep) it means to sleep deep loud sleep(5). 8. Past participle of 'see'(4).

 

The crossword answer is the title of the first singl released by A-HA. 

 

Write in missing words and translate them

(students own answers)

 

 1.Here I am within the reach of my hands
2. She's sound asleep
3. I'll be hunting high and low
4. There's no end to the lengths I'll go to
5. To find her again upon this my dreams are depending
6. I sense the pounding of her heart
7. Watch me tearing myself to pieces