REVISING WITH FUN!!

 REVISION OF PERSONALITY ADJECTIVES

Here you are a song "Hand in my pocket" by Alanis Morissette which contains personality adjectives.

Now do the following activity which Cristina Cabal, an English teacher at a Spanish  E.O.I., has made.

HANDS IN MY POCKETS by Alanis Morissette. 

  Alanis Morissette is an incredibly talented songwriter, who's able to blend hate, love, regret, and sorrow, to make it sound like poetry. She has sold more than 25 million albums worldwide and received seven Grammy Awards

Step 1.Pre-Listening. Before listening to the song try to fill in the gaps by 

1. reading the clues in brackets 
2. guessing the transcribed word . 

Step 2. Listen to the song and check your answers. 

Step 3. Listen again and answer the questions in the chorus. 

Step 4. Sing along! 

I'm broke but I'm _____ (opposite of sad) 

I'm poor but I'm _____ (opposite of unkind) 

I'm short but I'm _____ (opposite of sick), yeah 

I'm high but I'm grounded 

I'm sane but I'm overwhelmed 

I'm lost but I'm _____ (opposite of hopeless) baby 

What it all comes down to 

Is that everything's gonna be fine fine fine 

Cause I've got one hand in my pocket 

And the other one is… What is she doing with her other hand? 

___________ ____ _______ ______ 

I feel _____ (opposite of sober) but I'm sober 

I'm young and I'm _____ (opposite of overpaid) 

I'm tired but I'm working, yeah 

I care but I'm restless 

I'm here but I'm really gone 

I'm ______ (opposite of “to be right”) and I'm sorry baby 

What it all comes down to 

Is that everything's gonna be quite alright 

I've got one hand in my pocket 

And the other one is… What is she doing with her other hand? 

Flicking ____ _______ 

What it all comes down to 

Is that I haven't got it all figured out just yet 

I've got one hand in my pocket 

And the other one is… What is she doing with her other hand? 

___________ ____ _______ ______ 

I'm _____________ /frɪː/ but I'm focused 

I'm ____________ /grɪːn/ but I'm wise 

I'm hard but I'm ____________ /frendlɪ/ baby 

I'm sad but I'm ________ /la:fɪŋ/I'm _______________ /breɪv/ but I'm chicken shit 

I'm sick but I'm pretty baby 

And what it all boils down to 

Is that no one's really got it figured out just yet 

I've got one hand in my pocket 

And the other one is… What is she doing with her other hand? 

___________ ____ _______ 

What it all comes down to my friends 

Is that everything's just fine fine fine 

I've got one hand in my pocket 

And the other one is… What is she doing with her other hand? 

hailing ____ _______ ______ 

Step 4. After Listening. Can you identify the adjectives of personality in 

the song? Are they positive or negative? 

I´ve taken this activity from El Blog de Cristina. Here you are the link 

http://www.cristinacabal.com/intermediate/handsinmypocket.pdf