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Geronimo - Sheppard - Notes: This Worksheet Is To Be Used For Educational Purposes Only
Geronimo - Sheppard - Notes: This Worksheet Is To Be Used For Educational Purposes Only
Geronimo - Sheppard - Notes: This Worksheet Is To Be Used For Educational Purposes Only
• Activity types: Phonetics, listening for specific words, gap fill, internet search
• Level: Pre-intermediate/Intermediate
• Notes: This song is the second single released by the Australian band Sheppard in
February 2014. It reached number one on the Australian singles chart. The title of the song
refers to the famous Apache military leader Geronimo, and the custom of yelling his name
before doing a courageous act.
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Pre-listening activities
Give each student a folded copy of the worksheet and ask them to do Activity 1. They list the
words according to their final vowel sounds.
Key:
Listening activities
1. Ask students to listen for the words in Activity 1, numbering them in the order they hear
them.
3. Ask them to unfold the page and complete the lyrics (Activity 2) with the words from
Activity 1, according their answers to the previous activity and context.
4. Play the song again. Students check their answers in pairs or in small groups.
5. Correct in open class, play the song again and sing together!
Follow up
Can students find more words in the song with the same final vowel sound?
Ex. /i:/:
/i:/: feel, steal, see,
see, me
Language Focus
For Intermediate students the song can be used to revise tenses. In the song there are
examples of Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple, Past Continuous and Present
Perfect.
Internet Research
Ask students to do some research – who was Geronimo and why do people say his name?
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So say Geronimo
Say Geronimo (x 6)
Can you feel my love?
Bombs away, bombs away, bombs away
Can you feel my love?
Bombs away, bombs away, bombs away
When I lost it
Yeah you held my hand
But I tossed it
Didn't understand
You were waiting
As I dove into the waterfall
So say Geronimo
Say Geronimo (x 6)
Can you feel my love?
Bombs away, bombs away, bombs away
Can you feel my love?
Bombs away, bombs away, bombs away
Say Geronimo
Well we rushed it
Moving way too fast
Then we crushed it
But it's in the past
We can make this leap
Through the curtains of the waterfall
So say Geronimo
Say Geronimo (x 6)
Can you feel my love?
Bombs away, bombs away, bombs away
Can you feel my love?
Bombs away, bombs away, bombs away
So say Geronimo
Say Geronimo (x 6)
Can you feel my love? (Say Geronimo)
Bombs away, bombs away, bombs away (Say Geronimo)
Can you feel my love? (Say Geronimo)
(Make this leap)
Can you feel my love?