I dreamed a dream - Past Simple Song activity

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I dreamed a dream - Les misérables listening activity

The students may watch the trailer of the film to learn about the plot of the movie and context of the song. The video contains very few spoken sentences, so it is only meant to work as an introductory, quick activity. After watching the students may reply to the following questions:

Do you know this movie? Have you watched it?

What do you think is the main plot of the movie?

From what you can see in the video, what do you think happens to Fantine (Anne Hathaway's character)?

From what you can see in the video, what do you think happens to Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman's character)?

Les Misérables - International Trailer (Einbetten)

The verbs in brackets are in the present tense. Can you turn them into past tense? Listen to the song and check your answers.

There _____ (is) a time when men _____ (are) kind

When their voices ____ (are) soft

And their words inviting

There _____ (is) a time when love _____ (is) blind

And the world _____ (is) a song

And the song _____ (is) exciting

There ____ (is) a time

Then it all _____ (go) wrong

I _______ (dream) a dream in time gone by

When hope _____ (is) high and life worth living

I _________(dream) that love would never die

I _________(dream) that God would be forgiving

Then I ______ (am) young and unafraid

And dreams ______ (are) made and used and wasted

There ______ (is) no ransom to be paid

No song unsung, no wine untasted

But the tigers come at night

With their voices soft as thunder

As they tear your hope apart

As they turn your dream to shame

He _______ (sleep) a summer by my side

He _______ (fill) my days with endless wonder

He _______ (take) my childhood in his stride

But he was gone when autumn _______ (come)

And still I dream he'll come to me

That we will live the years together

But there are dreams that cannot be

And there are storms we cannot weather

I ______ (have) a dream my life would be

So different from this hell I'm living

So different now from what it _______ (seem)

Now life has killed the dream

I ________ (dream)

Are there other verbs in the past tense in this song? if so, list them and write their infinitives and present tense. Are they regular or irregular?

Is this a happy song? why/why not?

Find words in the text that match the following descriptions:

1) Can not see (Paragraph 1)

2) Nice, friendly (paragraph 1)

3) sufficiently good or interesting (paragraph 2)

4) A sum of money demanded in exchange of something (paragraph 2)

5) Use carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose (paragraph 2)

6) A loud noise heard after a lightning flash in heavy rain (paragraph 3)

7) To break in pieces (paragraph 3)

8) A feeling of humiliation (paragraph 3)

9) A feeling of amazement and admiration, caused by something beautiful (paragraph 3)

10) Walk with long, decisive steps in a specified direction. In this context it means "when the person left" (paragraph 3)

If there are any other words you don't understand, look them up.

What are the dreams in your life? Is there something you want to accomplish in your life?

What did you dream of when you were young? Has it come true?

Les Misérables (2012) 720p mkv I Dreamed a Dream Fantine†§(with subtitles) (Einbetten)