6B  Song  Wonderful Tonight

 a 3 8    Listen and circle the right words in each pair.

  b Listen again and check. Write the correct words in the song.

Wonderful Tonight

It’s late in the 1 1  afternoon / evening

She’s wondering what clothes to 2 2  buy / wear
She puts on her make up and brushes her long 3
hair 3  blond / dark
And then she asks me, “Do I look 4 ?” 4  all right / OK
I say “Yes, you 5
wonderful tonight.” 5  look / are

We go to a 6 6  club / party
And everyone turns to see
This beautiful 7 that’s walking around with me 7  lady / woman
And then she asks me, “Do you feel all right?”
And I say “Yes, I 8 wonderful tonight. 8  feel /am

I feel wonderful because I see

The 9 light in your eyes 9  bright / love

And the wonder of it all

Is that you just don’t realize how much I 10 you.” 10  like / love
It’s time to go home now and I’ve got an aching head,
So I give her the 11 , she helps me to bed. 11  car keys / house keys

And then I tell her, as I turn out the light,

I say, 12“ , you were wonderful tonight. 12  My darling / My love
Oh my darling, you were wonderful tonight.”

  c Go through the song with your teacher. Learn the highlighted words.

Song facts
Eric Clapton, a singer and guitarist, wrote
Wonderful Tonight in 1976. The song is about his
girlfriend at that time, the model Pattie Boyd. In
1988, he sang the song at a 70th birthday tribute
for South African president, Nelson Mandela.
Glossary
all right = good, good enough
wonderful = very good, fantastic
you don’t realize = you don’t know
I’ve got an aching head = my head hurts
“my darling” = something you can call a person you love

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