A. Match each of the following words
to its opposite in the list below:
dirty _________
dishonest _________
expensive _________
free _________
hard _________
hot _________
noisy _________
old _________
slow _________
true _________
busy; cheap; clean; cold; false; fast;
honest; quiet; soft; young
B. Listen to the song you find at the
following link and circle any of the above adjectives you hear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SjwO17gsqU
C. Listen to the song again and insert
the missing adjectives into the gaps in the text below:
Living on the road, my friend,
Is gonna keep you ____________ and ____________ ;
Now you wear your skin like silver / gold / iron
Your breath is as ____________ as kerosene;
You weren’t your momma’s only boy
But her favorite one it seems;
She began to cry when you said goodbye
And disappeared / sank
/ ran off into your dreams.
Pancho was a bandit, boys,
His horse was ____________ as polished steel;
He wore his gun outside his pants / trousers / jeans
For all the ____________ world to feel;
Pancho met his match
/ was killed / died tragically,
you know,
On the deserts down in Mexico
And nobody heard his final
/ dying / ultimate words
But that’s the way it goes.
And all the Federales say
They could’ve had him any day;
They only let him stay
/ stick / hang around
Out of kindness I suppose.
Lefty, he can’t sing the blues
All night long like he used to;
The dust that Pancho bit
/ ate / tasted down south
Ended up in Lefty’s mouth;
The day they laid poor Pancho low
Lefty left / departed
/ split for Ohio;
Where he got the money
/ bread / cash to go
There ain’t nobody knows
And all the Federales say
They could’ve had him any day;
They only let him go
free / escape / slip away
Out of kindness I suppose.
Well, the poets tell how Pancho fell
And Lefty’s living in a ____________ hotel;
The desert’s ____________ and Cleveland’s ____________
And so the story finishes
/ ends / concludes we’re told;
Pancho needs your prayers, it’s ____________ ,
But save a few for Lefty too;
He just / simply /
only did what he had to do
And now he’s growing ____________ .
A few gray Federales say
They could’ve had him any day
They only let him go so long
Out of kindness I suppose.
A few gray Federales say
They could’ve had him any day
They only let him go so long
Out of kindness I suppose.
D. Listen to the song one more time.
From each group of three words in heavy type, circle the one you hear.
Soluzione: https://wordpress.com/page/thelanguagebag.wordpress.com/541
