Brighton In The Rain

1. Show students the video. 2. Give them the cloze test, below. (You might want to provide students with a random-order list of the verbs in their infinitive form.) 3. Watch the video again so that students can check their answers. 4. Ask individual students to say (or write) something they have in common with the man singing Brighton In The Rain. Then to say/write a difference between them and the man. Then a “Have you ever...?“ question to ask another student. 5. Use any information given (eg. “I’ve been to Athens“) to elicit Past Tense questions and answers. be (7) drink drive eat have hear kiss know learn read sail see spend study watch Brighton In The Rain I’ve never ____ to Athens and I’ve never ____ to Rome I’ve only ____ the pyramids in picture books at home I’ve never ______ across the sea or ____ inside a plane I’ve always _____ my holidays in Brighton in the rain I’ve never _____ foreign food or _____ in a foreign bar I’ve never ______ a foreign girl or ______ a foreign car I’ve never ___ to find my way in a country I don’t know I’ve always _____ just where I am and where I’ll never go I’ve ____ travel books by writers who have ____ to Pakistan I’ve _____ people telling stories of adventures in Iran I’ve _______ TV documentaries about China and Brazil But I’ve never ____ abroad myself, it’s making me feel ill I’ve _______ several languages like Hindi and Malay I’ve ______ lots of useful sentences I’ve never ____ able to say The furthest place I’ve ever ____ was to the Isle of Man And that was full of tourists from Jamaica and Japan!