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PRINT & TEACH LESSON MARCH 2010 NEVER EVER Language Function: listening comprehension; understanding lyrics Grammar Focus: present perfect with time words; present perfect vs past simple This lesson requires a recording of All Saints’ song: Never Ever advanced upper-intermedia te intermediate pre-intermediate focus on grammar: present perfect with time words I have never been an intellectual but I have this look When we talk about events with words that mean ‘at some/any time up to now’, we normally use the present perfect Have you ever been in love? I’m almost sure I’ve met him before Have you seen any good films recently? I’ve already read this book My son has never been to England I haven’t finished my homework yet We not normally use the present perfect with expressions which refer to a finished time, such as: last month, two weeks ago, yesterday, etc I have never been an intellectual but I have this look Were you in love when you married him? I’m almost sure I met him two weeks ago Did you see any good film last night? I read this book a couple of years ago My son went to England when he was 16 I didn’t go to school last week NEVER EVER Activity Choose the correct tense (Has / Did) the postman come yet? She (has left / left) at six this morning We (havenʼt seen / didnʼt see) Johnʼs daughter recently I donʼt think we (have met / met) before I (have received / received) an email from him yesterday The shops (have already closed / already closed) for the day When (have you got / did you get) married? We (have stayed / stayed) in a star hotel during our holidays I (have never worked / never worked) for this company 10 I (have made / made) a lot of mistakes in my life focus on listening Activity Listen to the beginning of the song What questions the singer would like to ask her exboyfriend? ‣ How so? ‣ What wrong ? ‣ How long on? ‣ Was attention ? ‣ Did affection ? ‣ Did right ? ‣ Did fight ? All Saints enjoyed tremendous success in Britain, the States and Australia during the late 1990s Their biggest hit was Never Ever Shazney Lewis, one of four girls forming the band, wrote the song after splitting up with her boyfriend The song won 1998 Brit Awards for Best Single and Best Video NEVER EVER Activity Listen to the whole song and underline the correct word in every pair All Saints Album: All Saints Lyrics and Music: Robert Jazayeri, Shazney Lewis, Sean Mather NEVER EVER lyrics A few questions that I need to know how you could ever hurt me so I need to know what I've done wrong and how long it's been going on Was it that I never paid enough attention? Or did I not give enough affection? Not only will your answers keep me sane but I'll know never to make the same mistake again You can tell me to my face or even on the phone You can write it in a letter, either way, I have to know Did I never treat you right? Did I always start the fight? Either way, I'm going out of my mind all the answers to my questions I have to find My head's 1) [steaming / spinning] Boy, I'm in a 2) [daze / days] I feel 3) [isolated / I’m so late] Don't wanna communicate I'll take a 4) , I will scour [show / shower] I will 5) [run / rub] To find peace of mind The happy mind I once 6) , yeah [owned / owed] 7) vocabulary runs right through me [lesson / vexing] The alphabet runs 8) from A to Z [light / right] Conversations, hesitations in my mind You got my conscience asking questions that I 9) find [can / can’t] I'm not crazy I'm sure I ain't done nothing wrong, no I'm just waiting 'Cause I heard this feeling won't last that 10) [long / wrong] Never ever have I ever felt 11) [so low / solo] When you gonna take me out of this 12) hole? [rat / black] Never ever have I ever felt so sad The way I'm feeling yeah, you got me feeling really bad Never ever have I had to find I've had to 13) away to find my own peace of mind [dig / be] I've never ever had my conscience to fight The way I'm feeling, yeah, I just don't feel right I'll keep 14) [surgeon / searching] 15) within my soul [Deep / Live] For all the answers Don't wanna hurt no more I need peace, got to feel at ease Need to be Free from pain - going insane My heart aches, yeah Sometimes vocabulary runs I'm not crazy, I'm sure Never ever have I ever felt Never ever have I had to find x4 You can tell me to my face, You can tell me on the phone, Uh, You can write it in a letter, babe 'Cause I really need to know NEVER EVER focus on vocabulary Activity Find these words and expressions in the lyrics of the song not mentally ill to turn around and around quickly unable to think normally to remove dirt from something by rubbing it hard with something rough causing someone to feel angry, annoyed or upset the part of you that judges how moral your own actions are and makes you feel guilty about bad things that you have done relaxed Game You need: Objects which can be used as tokens How to prepare: Sit in a circle (groups should consist of at least players) Hand out the same number of tokens (e.g 10) to each person playing the game How to play: Each person, when it is his/her turn, says something he/she has never done, but which he/she thinks or knows other players have For instance, the first person says, “I’ve never eaten octopus” All players who have eaten octopus must put one token in the centre on the circle They now have nine tokens left The next player says his/her sentence, “I’ve never driven a Porsche” Whoever admits they have driven a Porsche must put their token in the middle After a few rounds, players have fewer and fewer tokens Once someone turns in their last token, they are out of the game Who wins: The player who is the last person still in the game