Colours Donovan Notes

Activity type: Listening for specific words.

Vocabulary: Colours.

Grammar: Present Simple.

Level: Elementary.

Time: 20 minutes.

1) Ask students to write down as many colours as they can. Give them just 30 seconds!
2) Play the song. Students note which colours they hear.
3) Correct.
4) Play the song again. Ask students to listen carefully how many times do they hear the word the?
Key: 44.
5) Give students a copy of the worksheet. In pairs they do the vocabulary activity.
6) Correct.
7) Sing the song together.
8) Follow up: Children can draw a picture to represent the song. Older students can write another
verse using their favourite colour.

This worksheet is to be used for educational purposes only

Activity Tune into English 2008 www.tuneintoenglish.com

Worksheet written by Prof. Tina Lorenzani, Arconate (MI)

Colours Donovan

Match the words to their Italian translation.

corn
feeling
freedom
loved
mellow
rarely
rise
sky
sparkling
thinking

alzare
amato
cielo
grano
libert
pensare
raramente
rilassato
scintillante
sensazione

Sing the song together.

Yellow is the colour of my true love's hair
In the morning when we rise,
In the morning when we rise,
That's the time, (thats the time)
That's the time, (thats the time)
I love the best.

Mellow is the feeling that I get

when I see her, mm hmm,
when I see her, uh yeah.
That's the time, (thats the time)
That's the time, (thats the time)
I love the best.

Green is the colour of the sparkling corn

In the morning when we rise,
In the morning when we rise.
That's the time, (thats the time)
That's the time, (thats the time)
I love the best

Freedom is a word I rarely use

Without thinking, oh yeah
Without thinking, mm hmm,
Of the time, (of the time)
Of the time, (of the time)
When I've been loved.

Blue is the colour of the sky

In the morning when we rise,
In the morning when we rise.
That's the time, (thats the time)
That's the time, (thats the time)
I love the best.

Yellow is the colour of my true love's hair

In the morning when we rise,
In the morning when we rise,
That's the time, (thats the time)
That's the time, (thats the time)
I love the best.

This worksheet is to be used for educational purposes only

Activity Tune into English 2008 www.tuneintoenglish.com

Worksheet written by Prof. Tina Lorenzani, Arconate (MI)