ElCondor Pasa. Match the pictures with their names 1- Snail 2- Nail 3- Swan 4- Hammer 5- sparrow A B C D E.

ElCondor Pasa

Match the pictures with their names

1- Snail

2- Nail

3- Swan

4- Hammer

5- sparrow

A

B

C

D

E

Now check your answers

Snail sparrow

Nail Hammer

Swan

1- Snail

2- Nail

3- Swan

4- Hammer

5- sparrow

Match the words with their definitions:

A- a big white sea-bird.

B- a small slow-moving animal.

C- a small bird that sings

beautifully.

D- a small thin piece of metal with

a sharp point and a flat head.

E- a tool with a head used for

breaking things, driving nails etc…

1- Snail

2- Nail

3- Swan

4- Hammer

5- sparrow

A- a big white sea-bird.

B- a small slow-moving animal.

C- a small bird that sings

beautifully.

D- a small thin piece of metal with

a sharp point and a flat head.

E- a tool with a head used for

breaking things, driving nails etc…

Now check your answers

Now, listen and put the different parts of the song in

the right order:

El condor PassaAway, I’d rather sail away

Like a swan that’s here and gone.

I’d rather be a sparrow than a snail.

Yes, I would, if I could I surely would.

I’d rather feel the earth beneath my feet.

Yes, I would if I only could, I surely would.

I’d rather be a hammer than a nail.

Yes, I would, if I only could, I surely would.

I’d rather be a forest than a street.

Yes, I would if I could, I surely would.

A man gets tied up to the ground.

He gives the world its saddest sound, its saddest sound.

A

B

C

D

E

F

El condor PassaAway, I’d rather sail away

Like a swan that’s here and gone.

I’d rather be a sparrow than a snail.

Yes, I would, if I could I surely would.

I’d rather feel the earth beneath my feet.

Yes, I would if I only could, I surely would.

I’d rather be a hammer than a nail.

Yes, I would, if I only could, I surely would.

I’d rather be a forest than a street.

Yes, I would if I could, I surely would.

A man gets tied up to the ground.

He gives the world its saddest sound, its saddest sound.

A

B

C

D

E

F

Now, listen and check your answers:

El condor Passa

I’d rather be a sparrow than a snail.

Yes, I would, if I could I surely would.

I’d rather be a hammer than a nail.

Yes, I would, if I only could, I surely would.

Away, I’d rather sail away

Like a swan that’s here and gone.

A man gets tied up to the ground.

He gives the world its saddest sound,

its saddest sound.

glue

I’d rather be a forest than a street.

Yes, I would if I could, I surely would.

forest street

I’d rather feel the earth beneath my feet.Yes, I would if I only could, I surely would. By: Paul Simon and Art

Garefuncle.

Now look at the song and say what is the expression

mostly repeated?

I’d rather be …It is of course:

What does it express?Preference :it means : I prefer

Now, look at these images from the song

I’d rather be a Than a

Why does he prefer to be a sparrow and not a snail?

sparrow snail

Now, look at these images from the song

I’d rather be a Than a

Why does he prefer to be a hammer and not a nail?

hammer nail

Now, look at these images from the song

I’d rather be a Than a

Why does he prefer to be a forest and not a street?

streetforest

I’d rather feel the earth beneath my feet.

Why does he want the earth to

be under his feet?

What is the picture about?

Match the picture with the right sentence in the song.

Ah! Ah!

glue

Now, write four sentences expressing your prefernces

as we have in the song:

I’d rather ……………. Than………………