indefinite-pronouns

Indefinitepronouns
Nowheretogo(MelissaEtheridge)&Everybodyneedssomebodytolove(TheBluesBrothers)
1. Pre‐listeningactivity
Whatwordsdoyouknowthatrhymewith:‘shack’,‘see’,‘scream’,‘slow’,‘squeeze‘?
2. Listentothesongsonce.Don’tlookatthelyrics.Canyouhearthewordsfromexercise1andsomeofthe
wordsthatrhymewiththem?
3. LookatthetitleEverybodyneedssomebodytolove.Then,answerthesequestions:
a.Doyouhaveboyfriendoragirlfriend?Ahusband?Awife?
b.Doyouagreewiththetitleofthesong?
c.Arepeopleyoulovealwaysnicetoyou?Howdoyoufeelwhentheyaren’t?
d.Doyouevermissourfriends,familyorpartner?
4. Listentothesongsagain,thistimewiththelyrics.Whatdoyouthinkthesongsmean?Choosethebest
answer:
A.Lovemakesyoudocrazythings.
B.Youfeelgoodwhenyouarealone.
C.Missingyourlovedoneisbad.
5. Completethetablewithwordsfromthesongs:
PeopleThings Places
 Everyone   Everywhere
  Somewhere
 Anyone
 Anybody
 Anything  Anywhere
6. Completethesesongtitlesusing:
Somebody,someone(x2),nobody,something(x2),someday,somewhere
A.“_____________knowsthetroubleI’veseen”(Negrospiritual)
B.“________________overtherainbow”(TheWizardofOz)
C.“Youdo___________tome.”(ColePorter)
D.“_______________towatchoverme.“(Gershwin)
E.“Ifinallyfound________________.“(BarbaraStreisand)
F.“________________happenedonthewaytoheaven.”(PhilCollins)
G.“___________‘scrying.”(ChrisIsaac)
H.“__________________myprincewillcome.”(MoreyandChurchill)
7. Readthistextandcompleteitwith‘nothing’,‘somebody’,‘noone’,‘nowhere’
“Imustadmitthatformetheweekendsaremoretiringthantheweek.DuringtheweekIhave
_____________tohelpme,butattheweekendwe’reonourown.Myhusband’salwaysexhaustedfromhis
jobandwantstorelax,but_____________canrelaxwithtwosmallkidsaround.Ourflatisn’tverybigso
there’s_______________youcangotohavesomepeaceandquiet.BeforewehadchildrenIusedtowork
tooandweekendswereperfect.Wehad_____________todoexceptenjoyourselves.NowI’mreallyhappy
whenit’sMondaymorning.”