Listen to this great song by The Cure once without answering the questions and after go to the next parts of the activity. Remember to give a like or suscribe if you enjoyed the activity.
Now listen again and answer the questions.
Q.1
There are two colour idioms in the first paragraph. The first one says 'I don't care if Monday's blue'. This means ...
He doesn't care if the weather is nice.
He doesn't care if Monday is a depressing day.
He's worried about Mondays.
Q.2
There are two colour idioms in the first paragraph. The second colour idiom says 'Tuesday's grey and Wednesday too'. This means ...
That Tuesdays and Wednesdays are cloudy days.
That these days are usually boring.
Q.3
The idiom 'fall apart' in ' Monday you can fall apart' means ...
You might stop working.
You can feel very sick.
You could be very worried or upset.
Q.4
The meaning of black in 'I don't care if Monday's black' means it's a ...
very unlucky day.
day at the sales.
Q.5
If somebody is 'dressed up to the eyes' they are...
dressed for a special occasion.
wearing too many garments.
wearing a fancy costume and a lot of make-up.
Ok. Now a pronunciation activity. Listen again and select the best option.
Q.6
The underlined words in this paragraph have the same vowel sound ...
true
false
Q.7
The underlined words in this paragraph have vowel sound ...
/u:/
/u/
Q.8
The last words in each sentence have the diphthong (more than one vowel sound together) ...
/ai/
/ei/
/ɪə/
Q.9
The last words in each sentence have the diphthong (more than one vowel sound together) ...
/ai/
/ei/
/ɪə/
Q.10
The last words in each sentence have the sound ...
/au/
/ei/
/u/