Learning English through songs can be both easy and fun! Katy Perry released her first song called "I kissed a girl" back in 2009 and it quickly became a massive hit. The song is great to practise the past simple of both regular and irregular verbs and focus on the -ed ending pronunciation.
A) Reading comprehension questions.
1. Where was Katy Perry born?
a) New York b) California c) Texas
2. What is Katy’s real surname?
a) Perry b) Elizabeth c) Hudson
3. What song made her famous?
a) Roar b) I Kissed a
Girl c) Firework
4. True or False: Katy Perry sings slow, sad songs.
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5. What TV show is she a judge on?
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B) Match the words to their meanings.
a)
taste 1) a boy you are dating
b)
deny 2) the way someone acts
c)
behavior 3) not afraid
d)
brave 4) to say something is not
true
e)
boyfriend 5) a flavor you feel in your
mouth
C) Write the opposite of the word in
brackets.
D) Choose the correct word.
E) Write the past simple of the
verbs in CAPITAL letters.
This BE ____________ (always) ___________ the way I PLAN
_____________
Not my discretion / intention / attention
I GET _________ so (coward) ___________, drink in hand
LOSE _________ my discretion / intention
/ attention
It's not what, I'm used to
Just wanna try you on
I'm (indifferent) ___________ for you
CATCH __________ my discretion /
intention / attention
F) CHORUS. Choose the correct word
in each column and fill in the gaps.
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strawberry cherry |
right wrong |
wrong right |
girl boy |
girlfriend boyfriend |
tonight last night |
I kissed a __________ and I liked it
The taste of her __________ chap stick
I kissed a girl just to try it
I hope my __________ don't mind it
It felt so __________
It felt so __________
Don't mean I'm in love __________
I kissed a girl and I liked it
I liked it
G) Fill in the gaps with the word
you hear.
No, I don't even know your __________
It doesn't __________
You're my experimental __________
Just human __________
It's not what, good girls __________
Not how they should __________
My head gets so __________
Hard to __________
(REPEAT CHORUS)
H) Choose the correct word.
Us/As girls we are so magical/magician
Soft skin/skill, red lips, so kissable
Hard to resist/relieve so touchable
Too God/good to deny it
Ain't no big deal/drill, it's innocent
(REPEAT CHORUS)
I) Identify informal or slang
language. How would you say these things in proper English?
1) I hope my boyfriend don’t mind it. à
2) Just wanna try you on. à
3) Ain’t no big deal. à
I) Copy all the verbs in the past simple tense and classify them.
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Regular verbs |
Irregular verbs |
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/t/ |
/d/ |
/id/ |
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