Tracks 1ères – `Papa, don`t preach` – Worksheet

Tracks 1ères – ‘Papa, don’t preach’ – Worksheet
Find synonyms (=) and antonyms (=/=) in the text
Trouvez les synomymes (=) ou antonymes (=/=) dans le texte
angry / mad/ unhappy , cross =
father/ daddy =
you must / you had better / you have to =
old =/=
weak =/=
you show / to explain = to
a terrible situation =
I am certain =
to dispense with =
to inform about a possible danger or problem = to
I can’t rest at night =
I have a problem =
I have made a decision =
to treat as a child / to speak in a moralizing way =
to bring up children =
accept / say yes / approve ! =
I should V =
tell me what to do =
they always tell me =
to abandon =
to enjoy life fully =
Verbe régulier ou irrégulier? Vérifier le sens dans un dictionnaire
going
was
know
I’m
taught
need
say
do
mean
preach
lose
made
keep
gonna
raise
telling
give up
see
treat
bless
stop

Type of document :
Author / writer :
Number of stanzas :
Subject : teenage pregnancy / independence day / the generation gap
Who do the following words refer to ? (A qui ces mots renvoient-ils ?)
The girl / the boyfriend / the unborn child ?
l.2 little girl  ___________________
l.4 a baby  ___________________
l.9 the one  ___________________
l.11 we’re  ___________________
l.14 my baby  ___________________
l.16 he says  ___________________
l.17 a little family  ___________________
l.28 he’s been treating me  ___________________
l.29 us  ___________________
Find similarities / parallels and differences between the girl in the song ‘Papa,
don’t preach’ and the girl in the extract ‘is it so terrible ?’
Like …
Unlike …
Contrary to …
… whereas …
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Your opinion :
In my opinion, the girl is right / In my opinion, the girl is wrong
She should __________________________________________________________
She shouldn’t ________________________________________________________
She had better _______________________________________________________
If I were her, I would … / If I were her I wouldn’t …
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I advise her to … / I advise her not to …
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