SECOND YEAR- LEMON TREE SONG
Warm up: Do you know the song Lemon Tree and the band Fools Garden?
Presentation: read some information about the band and complete the chart
Fools Garden is a German band formed in 1991The founders of the group and the only
permanent members are vocalist Peter Freudenthaler and guitarist Volker Hinkel. In 1993,
bassist Thomas Mangold, keyboardist Roland Röhl and drummer Ralf Wochele were invited to
join Fools Garden for recording of the first studio album Once in a Blue Moon.
The band became famous worldwide in 1995 with the release of their second studio
album Dish of the Day and, in particular, the song "Lemon Tree”. Mangold, Röhl, and Wochele left Fools Garden in
2003, but a year later new musicians joined the band.
Since its formation in 1991, the band has released 9 studio albums, received 12 music awards, and played over a
thousand live performances.
Formed in (year) First studio album
Formed in (place) Second studio album
Permanent members Famous song
Quantity of members in Some members
1993 separated in (year)
Quantity of albums Quantity of awards
Listening: Listen to the song and do different activities
Lemon Tree by Fools Garden RAINY- Lemon Tree by Fools Garden
FEEL-
CHANGE-
I'm _____________ here in a boring room I'm sitting here in a boring room
WASTING-
It's just another________ Sunday afternoon SITTING- It's just another rainy Sunday afternoon
I'm _____________ my time I got nothing to do DRIVING- I'm wasting my time I got nothing to do
WAITING-
I'm hanging around I'm __________ for you HAPPENS-
I'm hanging around I'm waiting for you
But nothing ever ______________ But nothing ever happens
And I wonder And I wonder
I'm _________ around in my car I'm driving around in my car
I'm driving too _________, I'm driving too far I'm driving too fast, I'm driving too far
I'd like to__________ my point of view I'd like to change my point of view
I __________ so lonely, I'm waiting for you I feel so lonely, I'm waiting for you
But nothing ever happens But nothing ever happens
And I wonder And I wonder
Chorus I wonder how, I wonder why
Yesterday you told me 'bout the
I wonder how/who, I wonder why/which
Blue, blue sky
Yesterday you phoned/told me 'bout the
And all that I can see
Blue, blue sky/ski Is just a yellow lemon tree
And all that I can be/see I'm turning my head up and down
Is just a yellow lemon tree I'm turning, turning, turning, turning
I'm turning my hair/head up and down Turning around
I'm turning, turning, turning, turning And all that I can see
Turning around Is just another lemon tree
And all that I can see
Sing dah
Is just another lemon tree
Dah-dah-dah-dam, dee-dab-dah
Sing dah Dah-dah-dah-dam, dee-dab-dah
Dah-dah-dah-dam, dee-dab-dah Dab-deedly dah
Dah-dah-dah-dam, dee-dab-dah
I'm sitting here, I miss the power
Dab-deedly dah
I'd like to go out, taking a shower
____ I'd like to go out, taking a shower But there's a heavy cloud inside my head
I feel so tired, put myself into bed
____ I feel so tired, put myself into bed
Well, nothing ever happens
____But there's a heavy cloud inside my head
And I wonder
____ And I wonder
____Well, nothing ever happens Isolation is not good for me
____ I'm sitting here, I miss the power Isolation, I don't want to
Sit on a lemon tree
I'm steppin' around in a desert of joy
Isolation is not another toy
Maybe anyhow I'll get another toy
Isolation, in a desert of joy And everything will happen
Sit on a lemon tree And you wonder
I'm steppin' around I don't want to Maybe I wonder how, I wonder why
anyhow I'll get will happen Yesterday you told me 'bout the
And everything good for me Blue, blue sky
And you wonder And all that I can see
Chorus Is just another yellow lemon tree
I'm turning my head up and down
I'm turning, turning, turning, turning
Turning around
And all that I can see
Is just a yellow lemon tree
And I wonder, wonder
I wonder how, I wonder why
Yesterday you told me 'bout the
Blue, blue sky
And all that I can see
And all that I can see
And all that I can see
Is just a yellow lemon tree
Systematization: students try to identify the tenses appear in the song-revise the difference between present simple
and continuous.
PRESENT CONTINUOUS (at the moment) Present simple (routine)
Affirmative (+) Affirmative
*I + am + verb con “ing” *I/ You/We/They + verb in the infinitive
“I am playing the guitar” “I play the guitar everyday”
*She/He/ It + is+ verb con “ing”
“He is playing the guitar” *She/He/ It + verb con “s”
*You/We/ They + are+ verb con “ing” “She plays the guitar everyday”
“We are playing the guitar
Negative
Negative (-) *I/ You/We/They + don’t + verb in the inf.
I’m not+ verb con “ing” “I don’t play the guitar everyday”
“I’m not playing the guitar”
She/He/It + isn`t + verb con “ing” *She/He/It + doesn’t+ verb in the inf.
“She isn´t playing the guitar” “She doesn’t play the guitar everyday”
You/We/They + aren’t + verb con “ing”
“We aren’t playing the guitar” Interrogative
*Do+ I/you/we/they +verb in the inf?
Interrogative (?) “Do you play the guitar everyday?”
Am+ I+ verb con “ing”? Answers: Yes, I/you/we/they do
“Am I playing the guitar?” No, I/you/we/they don’t
Resp: Yes, I am//No, I’m not
Is + she/he/it + verb con “ing”? *Does+ she/he /it +verb in the inf?
“Is she playing the guitar?” “Does she play the guitar everyday?”
Resp: Yes, persona is// No, persona isn´t Answers: Yes, she/he/it does
Are + you/we/they + verb con “ing”? No, she/he/it doesn’t
“Are you playing the guitar?”
Resp: Yes, persona are//No, persona aren`t *Wh- questions
When(cuándo)
WH- questions How (Cómo) + do/does +persona+verbo en infinitivo?
Where “Where do you play the guitar?”
When +are/is/am +pers+ verb con “ing”? Answer: affirmative sentence
What “I play the guitar in my bedroom”
Etcétera
“Where are you playing the guitar?”
Resp: siempre una oración afirmativa Rules
I’m playing the guitar in my bedroom * Add “ES” to verbs ending in “O”, “S”, “CH”, “SH” and “X”
Examples: go-goes // Kiss-kisses// watch- watches// wash-
Reglas para agregarle “ing” a los verbos washes//relax-relaxes
*Cuando el verbo es terminado en “e” , ésta se saca y se
agrega “ing”. Ejemplo: Drive-Driving *To verbs ending in CONSONANT+Y, clean the “Y” and add
“IES”.e.g.: Study-studies
*Cuando el verbo termina en
consonante+vocal+consonante, se escribe dos veces la *Irregular verb--- Have- Has
última consonante. Ejemplo: Stop-Stopping
EXPRESSIONS
EXPRESSIONS *Every day (todos los días)
*Now: ahora *On+ day (On Sunday)
*At the moment: en este momento *At +time (at 8:00)
*Today: hoy *in the morning ( ala mañana) , in the afternoon ( a la
*This week: esta semana- this month: este mes- This year: tarde), in the evening (a la tardecita)
este año- This+season (this summer) *at night ( a la noche)
*At present: en el presente *at the weekend (en el fin de semana)
*Let’s….(vamos a ….) *always (siempre)- never (nunca), often (frecuentemente),
*Listen! (escuchá) usually (usualmente), sometimes (a veces), rarely
*Look! (Mirá) (raramente), hardly ever (casi nunca), frecuently
*Hurry up! (Apurate) (frecuentemente).
*Once (una vez)
a day (al día)
*Twice (dos veces)
a week ( a la semana)
*Three times (tres veces)
a month (al mes)
*Four times (4 veces) a year (al año)
*Several times (Muchas veces)
Practice: complete the sentences using the verbs in the correct tense.
Complete the sentences with the present simple or present continuous form
of the verbs in brackets.
She____________(run) because she's late for her lesson.
1. Our teacher always___________(give) us lots of homework.
2. We____________(not want) to go to the concert.
3. What time_________________(you/meet) Pete tomorrow?
4. I________________(not/work) today. I'm on holiday.
5. People________________(speak) English in Jamaica.
6. Archie____________________(not /use) his computer at the moment.
7. ____________________(Tony/live) near the park?
CHOOSE THE MOST SUITABLE ONE
1) I rarely see/ am seeing him in class
2) Do/Are they go/going to school in the summer?
3) The students are taking/take notes at the moment.
4) At this moment, he is preparing/prepares for the test.
5) They are studying/study together once a week
6) He doesn’t go/isn’t going to school six days a week
7) Is/Does she make/making a cake now?
8) Today he isn’t observing/observes a science class
9) Does/Is Mary go/going to school by bus?
10) Do/Are you study/studying at this moment?
