(Students Activity Sheet )

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THE SINGING
CHALLENGE

LETS PLAY WITH ENGLISH
SOUNDS !
You will be practicing the PHONEMIC CHART through songs.
O Before you listen, take a look at some lyrics and find the
rhymes.
BED - RAN - TONIGHT - CARE - TWILIGHT - MORNING KING
- TRY - CALL - NEED
SEEM - FIGHT SHOWING MY FALL HEAD FAN NIGHT
ANYWHERE - RING
Before you listen, match the lyrics with their phonetic
transcription.
O Use what you have learnt and your logic and try to identify
some 2012 hits .
a- /k l/ /m/ /meb/ b- / s / /z/ /lv / c- /skaf l /
d-/gd/ /t m /
e- /f l / / s / /klz / f- /p nses/ / v/ /tn/ g- /dnt/ /
wek/ /m/ /p/
h- /p pl( ) / / h lp/ / / /p pl( ) / i- / ste /
O Here are the names written in phonetics of some famous
singers.
Can you guess their names?
1-crazy
light
jeans
wake
bright
face
yeah
close
burn
breathe
heart
maybe
a- /fes/
b- /br t/
c- /b n/
d- /br /
e- /lat/
f- /klz/
g- /wek/
h- /kez/
i- /meb/
j- / dnz/
k- / je /
l- /hat/
/ stnd / / bre/ / knt / /hld / /fes/
/end/ /h/
/s / /mmnt / /em / /ht/
/dremt/ /sk /
/t ge / / stln/ / krmblz/ /fl / /
sk fl/
/ gein / /tl/ / /

a- /kldple/ b- /del/ c- /b d / d- /
wl / /a/ /m/
e- /rhn/ f-/ka lv n / /h e (r) s /
g- /k s / /bra n /

O THE PHONEMIC CHALLENGE ! Listen to the songs and
complete the listening tasks.
CCHALLENGE N1 :
Circle the words you actually hear!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4cNdbhFhHk
BIRDY
"People help the People"
God knows what is hiding in those [ sick / weak ] and drunken[ hearts / hats ]
Guess he [ kissed / kiss] the girls and made them [ try / cry ]
Those Hard-faced [ queens / dreams ] of misadventure
[ Bob / God ]knows what is [ diving /hiding] in those weak and sunken[ lives /
eyes ]
Fiery [ thrones / blonds ] of muted [ angels/evils ]
Giving [ long/love ] but getting [ something /nothing ] [ dark / back]
People [ blend /help ] the people
And if you're homesick, [ give/gave ] me your [ hand / band] and I'll [ mould /
hold] it
People help the people
And nothing will [ drag / crack] you [ brown /down]
Oh and if I had a [ break /brain], Oh and if I had a [ brain/ friend]
I'd be [ old / cold] as a stone and rich as the [ fool /school]
That [ burned / turned] all those [ fool / good] hearts away
C CHALLENGE N2 : 2012 RIHANNA: STAY
Listen to the beginning of STAY by Rihanna . Can you identify the vowel and diphthong sounds
most used in the song.

/ stnd / / bre/ / knt / /hld / /fes/
/end/ /h /
/s / /mmnt / /em / /h t/
/dremt/ /sk /
/t ge / / stln/ / krmblz/ /fl / /
skfl/
/ gein / /tl/ / /
CCHALLENGE N3 :
Here s the first part of the song in phonetic transcript . Can you read the lyrics behind the
symbols?.
2013 CALVIN HARRIS : FEEL SO CLOSE
/ / /f l/ /s/ /kl z/ / t / /j / /rt/ /n / ,
/ ts/ / / /f (r)s / /f l d/,
/ / /we (r)/ /m / /h t/ / p n/ /m / /sl v/ /l k/ / / /b g/ /d l/
/j (r) / /l v/ /p (r)z/ /d n/ / n/ /m / , /s ra ndz/ /m / /laik/
/ w t (r) f l/ , / nd/ /e (r)z / /n / /st p / / s/ /r t/ /n / ,
/ / /f l/ /s/ /kl z/ / t / /j / /rt/ /n / .
C CHALLENGE N4 :
Listen to the song and fill in the script with the words written in phonetics.
2012 JAMES BOND HIT : SKYFALL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HKoqNJtMTQ
SKYFALL ADELE

This is the ..
your. and to ten
Feel the . move and then
my burst
For .. is the end
I've drowned and this ..
So overdue, I owe ..
Swept away, I'm .
Let the. fall , when it crumbles
We will .. tall
.. it all together
Let the sky , when it
We will stand ..
it all
At .
/ stnd / / bre/ / knt / /hld / /fes/
/end/ /h /
/s / /mmnt / /em / /h t/
/dremt/ /sk /
/t ge / / stln/ / krmblz/ /f l / /
skfl/
/ gein / /tl/ / /
CHALLENGE N5 : DIAMONDS by RIHANNA
Write down the lyrics from the box under the symbols corresponding to the pronunciation of the
vowel sounds. Listen to the song to help you identify the different sounds .
DIAMONDS by RIHANNA

// /e/ // // // //
/:/ // /a:/ // // //
Shine bright like a diamond
Shine bright like a diamond
Find light in the beautiful sea
I choose to be happy
You and I, you and I
Were like diamonds in the sky
Youre a shooting star I see
A vision of ecstasy
When you hold me, Im alive
Were like diamonds in the sky
I knew that wed become one right away
Oh, right away
At first sight I left the energy of sun rays
I saw the life inside your eyes So shine bright, tonight you and I
Were beautiful like diamonds in the sky
Eye to eye, so alive , were beautiful like diamonds in the sky
shine beautiful sea bright- happy
like- you- see star light a I in
become tonight first -sight
diamond knew hold the- sky
shooting- right sun - one- saw rays
alive me choose -eye- away life
youre - find vision - your
All along it was a fever
A cold sweat hot-headed believer
I threw my hands in the air I said show me something
He said, if you dare come a little closer
Round and around and around and around we go
Ohhh now tell me now tell me now tell me now you know
Not really sure how to feel about it
Something in the way you move
Makes me feel like I can't live without you
It takes me all the way
I want you to stay
I feel so close to you right now
It's a force field
I wear my heart upon my sleeve, like a big deal
Your love pours down on me, surrounds me like a waterfall
And there's no stopping us right now
I feel so close to you right now
(dance beat plays)
I feel so close to you right now
It's a force field
I wear my heart upon my sleeve, like a big deal
Your love pours down on me, surrounds me like a waterfall
And there's no stopping us right now
I feel so close to you right now
(dance beat plays)
And there's no stopping us right now
And there's no stopping us right now
And there's no stopping us right now
I feel so close to you right now...