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SWEET DREAMS MY L.A. EX

sung by Beyonce

THE CONTENTS OF THIS PAGE

• Instructions for Tutors & Students (Scroll to next box)

• Exercise 1:  Listening & Sequencing Practice (Jigsaw Exercise)

• Exercise 2:  Gapped exercise to practice NOUNS

• The Answer Key

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

(Pedagogic ideas & worksheets by Bibi Baxter)

PEDAGOGIC INSTRUCTIONS FOR TUTORS

PRACTICE:  Listening

ACTIVITY:  Sequencing

LEVEL:  Pre-intermediate to upper-Intermediate

INSTRUCTIONS: 

-Cut the following lyrics into strips

-If possible allow one set of lyrics per pair of students

-Instruct your students to listen to the music and put the strips in order.  (Students can make the task easier by grouping all the phrases which are identical)

-Play the song according to the level of your students.  (ie: for struggling students, play the song line by line, make it a little more difficult by playing the song continuously and stopping only when requested, make it a much more difficult by playing it continuously.)  

For upper-intermediate students, play the song first, then instruct them to try and arrange the lyric strips from memory before listening to the song.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR STUDENTS

LEVEL:  Pre-intermediate to Intermediate 

PRACTICE:  Sequencing

LEVEL:  Pre-intermediate to upper-intermediate

INSTRUCTIONS: 

-Cut the following lyrics into strips

-Work on your own, or with a friend

-Make the task EASIER for yourself by grouping all the phrases which are identical.

-Listen to the music and put the strips in order

-Play the song according to your level, (ie: play the song line by line, or make it a little more difficult by playing the song continuously and stopping only when you necessary, or make it a much more difficult by playing it continuously.)  

Upper-intermediate students should play the song first, then try and arrange the lyric strips from memory before listening to the song.

EXERCISE 1 - SEQUENCING PRACTICE

SWEET DREAMS MY L.A. EX

Beyonce

Written by: Christian Karlsson / Pontus Winnberg / Cathy Dennis
Published by: Murlyn Songs AB-Universal Music Publ. Ltd. / Universal Music Publ.-Murlyn Songs AB / EMI Music Publishers.

cut- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Accuse me of things I’ve never done

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Accuse me of things I’ve never done

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Baby no one cares but you

cut- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Baby that tongue’s not welcome around here

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Cheating another love song

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Cheating another love song

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Coz there’s nothing left to prove now

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Does it make you feel a man?

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Find somebody else to talk about

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Find somebody else to talk about

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Find somebody else to talk about

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Hey hang your red gloves up

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Hey hang your red gloves up

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Hey is it all it seems

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I spell it loud and clear

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I’d whisper before I shout

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I’d whisper before I shout

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I’d whisper before I shout

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I’d worry of the effects

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I’d worry of the effects

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I’d worry of the effects

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If I were in your shoes

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If I were in your shoes

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If I were in your shoes

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If I were in your shoes

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If I were in your shoes

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If I were in your shoes

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Is it all you dreamed and more?

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Listen to you carrying on

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Listen to you carrying on

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Pointing the finger just because you can

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Sweet dreams my LA ex

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Sweet dreams my LA ex

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Sweet dreams my LA ex

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Middle 8

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There you go playing that record again

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There you go playing that record again

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There you go playing that record again

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Till the light comes back to you now

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What planet are you from

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What planet are you from

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You letting off full steam

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You’ve had your say now it’s my turn

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You’ve had your say now it’s my turn

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You’ve had your say now it’s my turn

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EXERCISE 2 

• Practice:     Nouns

• Level:         Pre-intermediate

• Activity:      Gapped Worksheet

• Language:   Grammar & Vocabulary

• Instructions: Listen to the song and fill the gaps with the missing nouns

THE MISSING NOUNS

baby / dreams / effects / eight / ex / finger / gloves / light / man / planet / record / say / shoes / song / steam / things / tongue / turn

SWEET DREAMS MY L.A. EX

Beyonce

Written by: Christian Karlsson / Pontus Winnberg / Cathy Dennis
Published by: Murlyn Songs AB-Universal Music Publ. Ltd. / Universal Music Publ.-Murlyn Songs AB / EMI Music Publishers.

Verse 1
Hey hang your red ...................... up
Coz there’s nothing left to prove now
Hey hang your red ...................... up
...................... no one cares but you
What ...................... are you from?
(You) Accuse me of ...................... I’ve never done
Listen to you carrying on
Cheating another love ......................

Chorus
If I were in your ......................
I’d whisper before I shout
There you go playing that ...................... again
Find somebody else to talk about
If I were in your ......................
I’d worry of the ......................
You’ve had your ...................... now it’s my ......................
Sweet ...................... my LA ......................

Verse 2
You letting off full ......................
Till the ...................... comes back to you now
Hey is it all it seems
Is it all you dreamed and more?
What ...................... are you from
(You) Accuse me of ...................... I’ve never done
Listen to you carrying on
Cheating another love ......................

Repeat Chorus

Middle ......................
Does it make you feel a ......................?
Pointing the ...................... just because you can
I spell it loud and clear
...................... that ......................’s not welcome around here

Repeat Chorus

The Full Lyrics Answer Key

SWEET DREAMS MY L.A. EX

Beyonce

Written by: Christian Karlsson / Pontus Winnberg / Cathy Dennis
Published by: Murlyn Songs AB-Universal Music Publ. Ltd. / Universal Music Publ.-Murlyn Songs AB / EMI Music Publishers.

Verse 1
Hey hang your red gloves up
Coz there’s nothing left to prove now
Hey hang your red gloves up
Baby no one cares but you
What planet are you from
Accuse me of things I’ve never done
Listen to you carrying on
Cheating another love song

Chorus
If I were in your shoes
I’d whisper before I shout
There you go playing that record again
Find somebody else to talk about
If I were in your shoes
I’d worry of the effects
You’ve had your say now it’s my turn
Sweet dreams my LA ex

Verse 2
You letting off full steam
Till the light comes back to you now
Hey is it all it seems
Is it all you dreamed and more?
What planet are you from
Accuse me of things I’ve never done
Listen to you carrying on
Cheating another love song

Repeat Chorus

Middle 8
Does it make you feel a man?
Pointing the finger just because you can
I spell it loud and clear
Baby that tongue’s not welcome around here

Repeat Chorus