‘Africa’ by Toto
1. Put the words in the correct
order
flight – ancient – salvation – drums –
moonlit - whispers
I hear the ____________ echoing
tonight
But she hears only ____________ of
some quiet conversation
She's coming in, twelve-thirty flight
The ____________ wings reflect the
stars that guide me towards
____________
I stopped an old man along the way
Hoping to find some old forgotten words
or ____________ melodies
He turned to me as if to say, "Hurry
boy, it's waiting there for you"
2. Choose the correct word
It's gonna take a lot to drag/rag me
away from you
There's nothing that a hundred/under
men or more could ever do
I bless/guess the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things
we never/ever had
3. Order the sentences
____I know that I must do what's right
____I seek to cure what's deep inside,
____As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like
Olympus above the Serengeti
____As they grow restless, longing for
some solitary company
____frightened of this thing that I've
become
____The wild dogs cry out in the night
4. Fill in the gaps
It's gonna take a lot to drag me
____________from you.
There's ___________ that a hundred
men or more __________ ever do.
I bless the rains ______________ in
Africa.
Gonna______________ some time to
do the things we never had
Hurry boy, she's waiting there for you
It's gonna take a lot to drag me away
from you
There's nothing that a hundred men or
more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa (x5)
(Ah, gonna take the time)
Gonna take some time to do the things
we never had
5. Choose the correct
preposition
with – to – with – about – of
This song tells the story ______a man
who comes ______ Africa and must
make a decision ______ the girl who
comes to see him. He is enamored
______ the continent, but must leave if
he is going to be with her.
about – at – on – of – about – in – of
– in
The keyboard player, David Paich,
wrote the song, and explained ______
the notes ______ Toto's Best Ballads
compilation:
"______ the beginning of the '80s, I
watched a late-night documentary
______ TV __________ all the terrible
death and suffering ______ the people
_____ Africa. It scared me and the
pictures couldn’t get out of my head. I
tried to imagine how I would feel
______ that if I was there." Paich had
never been to Africa when he wrote the
song.