1. Before you listen to the song make predictions:
* Clue 1: It takes place at a hotel in an island.
* Clue2: The original was a musical
a) What musical is the song from?
b) Who is the singer?
c) What is the title of the song?
2. The lines in the chorus are not in order, listen to the song and reorder them:
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Dancing queen, young and sweetYou can dance only seventeen
dig in the dancing queen, feel the beat
from the tambourine, you can jive
watch that scene, having the time of your live
see that girl, you are the dancing Queen
3. Listen to the song and spot 7 mistakes. Then correct them.
Leave them burned and then you’re gone.
Saturday night and the lights are low.
You come in to look for a Queen.
Night is sweet and the music’s high
You’re in the moon for a dance
You can dance, you can sing
Anybody couldn’t be that guy
4. Translate the chorus:
“You are the dancing queen, young and sweet, only seventeen
Dancing queen, feel the beat from the tambourine
You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life
See that girl, watch that scene, dig in the dancing queen.”
5. Find the 7 correct words in exercise 3 in this word search:
| j | i | v | e | l | a | s | i | r | c |
| a | g | n | e | s | x | i | v | g | o |
| j | g | n | u | o | y | r | b | a | u |
| n | m | g | h | a | l | i | a | l | l |
| l | y | n | d | e | l | m | o | o | d |
| g | n | i | n | r | u | b | s | d | p |
| w | r | k | t | c | i | r | ñ | g | j |
| f | l | a | t | q | s | a | t | s | z |
6. Match each word with its definition:
Words Definitions
Queen A percussion instrument
Dance Jazz or swing music
Tambourine A way to call a boy or a man
Mood Move rhythmically usually to music
Guy A state of mind or emotion
Jive The wife or widow of a king