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AND I LOVE HER

sung by The Beatles

More free teaching ideas from Bibi Baxter

MAKING EXERCISES EASIER OR MORE DIFFICULT

• Add Information to make it easier

• Remove information to make it more difficult

• For this song, upper intermediate students should listen and write the words with no help or discussion.  They should then check what they have written with classmates.

THE CONTENTS OF THIS PAGE

• Ex.1A  Instructions for gapped text listening for beginners & pre-intermediate (please scroll to next box)

• Ex.1B   Composition or Discussion (any level)

• Ex.2A   Gapped Text Listening for intermediate

• Ex.2B    Composition or Discussion (intermediate +)

• Suggestions for further practice

• Copyright Details

RELATED PAGES

• Beatles' albums index

• More pedagogic ideas for lyrics, poetry, etc. (listed by language points)

• More pedagogic ideas for lyrics (listed by song & singer)

• Information is given below on how to make this song suitable for students of varying levels;  however, please click here for additional advice

• Create your own worksheets
  • And I Love Her to describe a current boyfriend/girlfriend or an old flame.
  • Do You Want To Know A Secret to practise reported speech, confiding & betraying
  • Imagine by John Lennon (+ further practice ideas)
  • I Saw Her Standing There to practise:  questions, vocabulary, creative writing
  • Paperback Writer to practise:  Letter-writing, dictation & Formal v Informal English
  • She's Leaving Home to practise:  Intonation
  • Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band to practise: Intonation
  • Things we said today to practise:  listening for words, true/false, reported speech
  • With A Little Help From My Friends to practise:  Intonation, Spelling, Sequencing & Grammar Practice

LISTENING EXERCISES

• Title:       AND I LOVE HER
• Exercise  1A
• Level:      Beginners & Pre-Intermediate
• Skills:      Listening, reading, writing
• Activity:   Gapped Text
• Language Practice:  Simple Present Tense

INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING & PRESENTING THE WORKSHEET: 

1. Create an Answer Key for yourself from a copy of the complete lyrics, then mark the words to be practised.  
2. Pre-teach the language points and any new vocabulary.
3. Type out/Dictate the words of the song onto an A4 sheet, leaving gaps where the verbs should be.
4. The missing verbs (in infinitive form) are:  KNOW  BE  HAVE  GIVE  BRING  SHINE  DO  LOVE  (Some verbs are used more than once.) 
5. The missing verbs can be written on the board, or on the worksheets before photocopying.
6. Instruct students to write the missing verbs, as they listen to the song. 

• Title:       AND I LOVE HER
• Exercise  2A
• Level:      Intermediate +
• Skills:      Listening, reading, writing
• Activity:   Gapped Text
• Language Practice:  Simple Past + other past constructions

INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING & PRESENTING THE WORKSHEET:

1. The purpose of this exercise is for students to convert the simple present into the simple past as they listen, so the singer is talking about a past girlfriend.

2. Therefore, follow the instructions for Exercise 1A unless the exercise needs to be made more difficult.  At this point, you could also include constructions & tenses which are not simple past.

TO MAKE THE EXERCISE MORE DIFFICULT, CHOOSE FROM THE FOLLOWING:

1. Give students the infinitives and ask students to complete the gaps in advance.

2. Give students no vocabulary and ask them to listen to the song and write down the words, without comparing with anyone.  Comparison should be done, once the song has finished.  After changes have been made, play the song again to check.

COMPOSITION OR DISCUSSION

• Title:       AND I LOVE HER
• Exercise  1B
• Level:      Beginners & Pre-Intermediate
• Skills:      Speaking and/or writing
• Activity:   Gapped Text
• Language Practice:  Simple Present Tense
• Function:  Discussing a current relationship and boyfriend/girlfriend

PEDAGOGIC NOTES FOR EXERCISES 1B & 2B

• PAIR-WORK:  Students describe an old flame and the type of relationship they had, what went wrong, etc.  Encourage students to make notes.  

• MONITORING:  Check the notes for accuracy during pair-work 

• COMPOSITION:  This can follow the pair-work or be set for homework

• Title:       AND I LOVE HER
• Exercise  2B
• Level:      Beginners & Pre-Intermediate
• Skills:      Speaking and/or writing
• Activity:   Gapped Text
• Language Practice:  Simple Present Tense
• Function:  Discussing an old flame and the past relationship

SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER PRACTICE

• GRAMMAR:  The word: Love is used as a verb and as a noun in the song.  This could be an introduction to simple word-families as follows: 

         ADJECTIVE            NOUN          VERB

                 lovely                   love               love

• MUSIC:  There is a distinct sound of Spanish Guitar.  This could provoke a discussion about Spanish music and other folk music, or folk dancing.

COPYRIGHT DETAILS

AND I LOVE HER * Words & Music by John Lennon & Paul McCartney * Copyright © 1964 Northern Songs

 *All Rights Reserved * International Copyright Secured 

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Music Sales Ltd., Clearance (Third Party) Officer, 8/9, Frith Street, London W1V-5TZ

Innovative ESL/EFL Lesson Ideas by Bibi Baxter