Midnight Rain

Rain d) ........................................................................................
He wanted it comfortable; I wanted that pain
e) ........................................................................................
He wanted a bride; I was making my own
name Chasing that fame, he stayed the same
All of me changed like midnight

My town was a wasteland

Full of cages, full of
fences
Pageant queens and big
pretenders But for some, it was
paradise
My boy was a montage
A slow-motion, love
potion
Jumping off things in the ocean
I broke his heart 'cause he was nice
He was sunshine, I was midnight
rain

It came like a postcard

Picture perfect, shiny family
Holiday, peppermint candy
But for him, it's every day
So I peered through a
window A deep portal, time
travel All the love we unravel
And the life I gave away
'Cause he was sunshine, I was midnight rain

I guess sometimes we all get

Just what we wanted, just what we wanted
And he never thinks of me
Except when I'm on TV
I guess sometimes we all get
Some kind of haunted, some kind of
haunted And I never think of him
Except on midnights like this

1. Scanning
Listen to the song and find six instances of contrast:

a) ........................................................................................
b) ........................................................................................
c) ........................................................................................
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How are these words pronounced?

a) comfortable
b) pageant
c) montage
d) unravel
e) haunted

1. In the following quote, the verb peer is used: 3. Vocabulary

“So I peered through a window.”
a) What other ways of looking are you familiar with?
b) Match the verbs with their definitions.

peer stare ogle gape peek glance spot

a. look quickly and secretively.

b. look fixedly at something for a long time.
c. have a quick look at something.
d. look with difficulty or concentration at someone
or something.
e. look or stare suggesting amorous or sexual interest.
f. recognize someone or something among other people
or things; detect.
g. look at something with one's mouth open.

c) Complete these sentences with the appropriate verbs:

a. He...................at his watch when nobody was looking.

b. I.................through the rear-view mirror to make sure
that I had left him at the right address.
c. Just a few seconds before handing in the essay, I
............... a typo.
d. The girl felt uncomfortable when the
construction worker her.
e. Astonished, we all.................at the capybaras in our
yard.
f. When her mom left, Lucy................inside the bag to see
if there was a present for her.
g. I know I have a pimple in the middle of my forehead,
but please stop..........at it!

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d) Write the words defined in the sets of squares on the left of the definitions. Then copy the leters in yellow in
each set inside the squares above their corresponding numbers. What phrase is formed?

Hidden phrase:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

1. a hybrid herb of the mint family.

2. twelve o'clock at night.

3. lived in or visited by ghosts.

4. separate or disentangle threads.

5. a woman on her wedding day.

6. a colourful public procession, show, or ceremony.

7. following with intent to capture something or someone.

8. a combination of several photographs joined together for artistic effect.

9. look with difficulty or concentration at someone or something.

10. a box with bars or wires as its sides, for keeping pets or for housing animals.

11. a film played more slowly than it was made or recorded.

12. impostor

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