Task 11: Hotpotatoes

The next six activities, designed with Hotpotatoes, are thought to work on the song Paradise, Coldplay. Through these five activities, students from 3ºESO get familiarised with vocabulary and grammar tenses. Some of the activites are focused on vocabulary (part of the body and natural elements), others are focused on grammar tenses (how past simple is formed) and others are just focused on the meaning of the song and coherence of the lyrics. 

You can have access to the five activities here

Paradise cloze

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!

When she was just a she expected the world
But it flew from her reach
So she ran away in her sleep and of
Para-para-paradise, para-para-paradise, para-para-paradise
Every time she closed her
When she was just a
she expected the
But it flew away from her reach
and the bullets catch in her
Life goes on, it gets so heavy
The wheel breaks the
every a waterfall
In the night the night she'll close her eyes
In the night the night away she'd fly
(oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh) And dream para-para-paradise para-para-paradise para-para-paradise (oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh)
She'd of para-para-paradise para-para-paradise para-para-paradise (oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh)
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
And so lying underneath stormy skies
She'd say, "Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
I know the sun must set to "
(Oh oh oh oh oh) This be para-para-paradise para-para-paradise (x5)

Paradise Quiz

Quiz

Clic on Show all questions to keep the music player visible all along the exercise

 

1. 
   When she was just a girl she __________ the world
   1.   expects
   2.   expected
   3.   expectid
2. So she ___________ in her sleep and dreamed of
   1.   ran away
   2.   run away
   3.   runs away
3. Every time she ________ her eyes
   1.   closes
   2.   close
   3.   closed
4. Life ______ on, it gets so heavy
   1.   go
   2.   went
   3.   goes
5. The wheel ________ the butterfly every tear a waterfall
   1.   breaks
   2.   break
   3.   breiks
6. I _______ the sun must set to rise
   1.   knew
   2.   know
   3.   knows
7. This _____ be para-para-paradise
   1.   is
   2.   can
   3.   could

Paradise match

Matching exercise

Match the items on the right to the items on the left.

When she was just a girl	??? it gets so heavy and the bullets catch in her teeth she expected the world and dreamed of para-para-paradise para-para-paradise
Life goes on	??? it gets so heavy and the bullets catch in her teeth she expected the world and dreamed of para-para-paradise para-para-paradise
So she ran away in her sleep	??? it gets so heavy and the bullets catch in her teeth she expected the world and dreamed of para-para-paradise para-para-paradise
But it flew away from her reach	??? it gets so heavy and the bullets catch in her teeth she expected the world and dreamed of para-para-paradise para-para-paradise
This could be	??? it gets so heavy and the bullets catch in her teeth she expected the world and dreamed of para-para-paradise para-para-paradise

Paradise mix

Mixed-up sentence exercise

Put the parts in order to form a sentence. When you think your answer is correct, click on "Check" to check your answer. If you get stuck, click on "Hint" to find out the next correct part.

Paradise cross

Crossword

Complete the crossword, then click on "Check" to check your answer. If you are stuck, you can click on "Hint" to get a free letter. Click on a number in the grid to see the clue or clues for that number.

							1
					2	3
			4									5
	6							7
8
							9

Across: 2. to imagine and think about something that you would like to happen 8. a place where a stream or river falls from a high place, for example over a cliff or rock 9. with strong winds and heavy rain or snow

Down: 1. when the sun, moon, etc. rises, it appears above the horizon 3. to escape from somebody/a place 4. a flying insect with a long thin body and four large, usually brightly coloured, wings 5. to escape from somebody/something 6. a place that is extremely beautiful and that seems perfect, like heaven 7. a small metal object that is fired from a gun