My Way by Frank Sinatra
Follow the clues and guess the missing
Song facts
"My Way" is a song which
became popular thanks to
Frank Sinatra. Its lyrics were
written by Paul Anka "My Way"
is often quoted as the most covered song in
history.
Vocabulary
Curtain – a piece of material that is put on the stage
To face – to meet, to accept
To state my case – to express a point a view
Certain – sure
Highway – motorway
I saw it through without exemption – I always
realized and knew its real meaning and mission
Charted course – projected trajectory
Byway – short way
To chew - to move your teeth to make smaller parts
of food
Doubt – not sure thing
To spit out – to remove from the mouth
To stand tall – to have dignity
To have my fill- to be full of (feelings)
My share of losing – my parts of losing
To subside – to disappear
Amusing - funny
Naught=nothing
To kneel – to stay on your knees
To take the blows – to be strong
(blows=disappointments)
E. Choose the word you hear
To think I did all that/hat
And may I say, not in a shy way/take
Oh no, no, not me
I did it my way
For what is man, what has he got?
If not himself, then he has not/naught
To say the things he truly thinks/feels
And not the words of one who kneels
The record shows I took the blows/nose
And did it my way
And did it my way
A.
words
And now, the (opposite of beginning) .................... is (antonym
of far) .................
And so I face the final curtain.
My (opposite of enemy) ..................., I’ll (synonym of tell)
............... it clear, I'll state my case, of which I'm certain.
B. Write the participle or past of the verb in
parenthesis that you hear
I've ______ (live) a life that's full
I've _______ (traveled) each and every highway
And more, much more than this
I did it my way
Regrets, I've ______ (have) a few
But then again, too few to mention
I did what I _______ (have) to do
And ________ (see) it through without exemption.
C. Order of these lines
Each careful step along the byway
I did it my way
I planned each charted course
But more, much more than this
D. Conjugate the following verbs
* Yes, there (verb to be – past) ................ times, I (verb to be
– present ) ................sure you (know – past) ......................
* When I (bite – past) ................. off, more than I (be able to
– past) ..................................... chew
* But through it all, when there (verb to be – past) .................
doubt,
* I (eat – past) ............... it up and (spit – past) ................ it out.
* I (face – past) ................. it all and I (stand – Past) .................
tall,
* And (do – Past) ................... it my way.
* I (love -present Perfect) ......................, I (laugh – Present
Perfect) ................... and (cry- Present Perfect) .....................
* I (have – Present Perfect) .................... my fill, my share of
losing.
*Speaking
And now, as tears (subside – Simple Present) .......................
I (find – Simple Present ) .................... all so amusing.
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Have you heard any other cover from this song? Whose?
Is it a positive or negative message in the song?