Wild World

1.      Listen to Cat Stevens’ song and complete the lyrics with the missing words. Click on the image of the world to listen to the song.

Wild World

¹.........................that I've lost everything to you
You ² .........................you wanna start something new
And it's breakin' my ³.........................you're leavin'
Baby, I'm grievin'
But if you wanna leave, ⁴......................... good care
I hope you have a lot of ⁵......................... things to wear
But then a lot of nice things turn bad out ⁶.........................

[Chorus:]
Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world
It's hard to get by just upon a ⁷.........................
Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world
I'll always remember you like a ⁸........................., girl

You ⁹......................... I've seen a lot of what the world can do
And it's breakin' my heart in ¹⁰.........................

Because I ¹¹........................ wanna see you a sad girl
Don't be a bad girl
But if you wanna leave, ¹²......................... good care
I hope you make a lot of ¹³.........................friends out there
But just remember there's a lot of bad and beware

[Chorus]

Baby, I love you
But if you wanna leave, ¹⁴......................... good care
I hope you make a lot of ¹⁵.........................friends out there
But just remember there's a lot of bad and beware

[Chorus]

2.  Find opposites in the lyrics

1.       Find  ......................

2.      Old  ......................

3.      Repair .......................

4.      Arrive ......................

5.      Easy  ......................

6.      Forget  ......................

7.      Happy  .........................

8.      Hate  ........................

3.  Indicate whether these sentences are TRUE or FALSE. Justify your answers with evidence from the lyrics.

1.     The singer left the girl.

2.    The girl is looking for another boyfriend.

3.    The singer has lived some experiences before.

4.    The singer doesn’t care about the girl.

5.    The singer advises her to be careful.

KEY:

1.     Missing words:

1.       Now

2.       Say

3.       Heart

4.       Take

5.       Nice

6.       There

7.       Smile

8.       Child

9.       Know

10.    Two

11.    Never

12.    Take

13.    Nice

14.    Take

2.     Opposites

1.       Lost

2.       New

3.       Break

4.       Leave

5.       Hard

6.       Remember

7.       Sad

8.       Love

3.     True  / False

1.       False. I’ve lost everything.

2.       True. You wanna start something new.

3.       True. I’ve seen a lot of what world can do.

4.       False. I never wanna see you sad girl.

5.       True. There’s a lot of bad and beware.