Miss Alejandra Parra Astorga

English teacher
7ºBásico

Listening N° 1: I just called to say I love you

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Objetivo de Aprendizaje 1

Demostrar comprensión de ideas generales e información explícita en textos orales adaptados y auténticos
simples, literarios y no literarios, en diversos formatos audiovisuales, acerca de temas variados y que
contienen las funciones del año.

I. ANSWER the following questions in pairs.

a) Think about love. What words do you think will appear in the text you are going to listen to?

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II. WRITE the letter (a-f) next to the corresponding definition. Work in pairs.

1.___________ a marriage ceremony.

a) candy
2.___________ a season of the year.
b) heart
3.___________ an organ on your chest
c) wedding
4.___________ a Christian holiday that celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ
d) summer
5.___________ a sweet food.
f) christmas

III. LISTEN and ANSWER

a) What is the main topic of the listening text?

1. Love. 2. Sadness. 3. Happiness.

b) Who is the speaker of the listening text?

1.A sad man. 2. An in-love man. 3. A frustrated man.

c) What type of text did you listen?

1. A poem. 2. A song. 3. A tale.

d) Which elements characterized this type of text? Name them.

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 Miss Alejandra Parra Astorga
English teacher
7ºBásico

July New year´s

IV. write in the correct column.
day
Days of the Holiday Month season august june Autumn
week

hallowe summer
en
april Saturday

spring christmas

V. LISTEN to the first part of the listening and fill in the gaps with the words you
hear.
Three- called- rain-Celebrate-love- june- candy-sing-wedding-day- heart

No New Year's Day to 1. ____________

No chocolate covered 2. ____________ hearts to give away
No first of spring, no song to 3. ________
In fact, here's just another ordinary4. __________

No April 5. _______, no flowers bloom

No 6. _____________ Saturday within the month of 7. _________
But what it is, is something true
Made up of these 8. ________ words that I must say to you

I just called to say I 9. _______ you

I just 10. ______ to say how much I care
I just called to say I love you
And I mean it from the bottom of my 11. _______

VI LISTEN to the chorus and NUMBER the lines in the correct order.

a) _______ no warm July

b) _______ No harvest moon to light

c) _______ No autumn breeze

d) _______ No summer's high

e) _______ Not even time for birds

f) _______ one tender August night

g) _______ to fly to southern skies

 Miss Alejandra Parra Astorga
English teacher
7ºBásico

h) _______ no falling leaves

VII. LISTEN to the third part of the listening and CIRCLE the word you hear from the three
given

No Libra fun-sun-run, no Halloween

No giving-living-missing thanks to all the Christmas joy you bring
But what it is, though hold- old-cold, so new
To fill your heart-smart-art like no three words could ever do

I just called to say I love you

I just called to say how much I care, I do
I just called to say I love you
And I mean it from the bottom of my heart

VIII lyric match, try to remember the lyrics and match the beginning and the end

No new year´s day I love you

So song rain
No april to celebrate
No warm July
No falling leaves
I just called to say to sing

IX. write 10 new words and their meaning.

Now! Let´s sing the song.