Have you ever seen the rain?
Actualizado: 27 oct
Topics: General English - rain - nostalgia - memories
Level: B1 and above
Skills: Speaking and Listening
Link to song video: Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain (Official)
Link to song lyrics: https://www.letras.com/creedence-clearwater-revival/70219/
Link to lyrics analysis: https://explainedinenglish.com/podcast/therain.html
Aims:
To talk about the weather and how it affects our feelings
To use the senses to imagine hypothetical situations
To make predictions about a song
To discuss how rain is usually depicted in songs
To listen for gist and for detail
To develop listening decoding skills
To work on weak forms and elision
To compare and contrast different songs
To work on emergent language
Use of language & lexis:
To use different tenses to talk about past and present experiences about rain
To learn / review vocabulary related to the weather
To learn / review idioms related to the weather (the calm before the storm, when it rains, it pours, to save for a rainy day)
To review the use of the Present Perfect to ask questions with Have you ever...?
Photo by ì • 규송 Nui MALAMA: https://www.pexels.com/photo/black-and-white-photograph-of-a-person-with-umbrella-walking-on-a-rainy-street-11019448/
Rain - Ss worksheet
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Rain - ts notes
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