1 Work in pairs. Talk about these questions.What animal are you like? What colour are you like? What season are you like?

2 Listen to the song and write the correct form of the verb be.

3 Listen again and check your answers to Exercise 2.

I’m Like a Bird

You1 beautiful, that 2 for sure,You’ll never ever fade,You’re lovely but it 3 not for sure,That I won’t ever change,And though my love 4 rare,Though my love is true,

(Chorus)I 5 like a bird, I’ll only fl y away,I don’t know where my soul 6 , I don’t know where my home is, (and baby all I need for you to know 7 ),

Your faith in me brings me to tears,Even after all these years,And it pains me so much to tell,

That you don’t know me that well,And though my love 8 rare,Though my love 9 true,(Chorus)

It 10 not that I want to say goodbye,It’s just that every time you try to tell me that you love me,Each and every single day I know,I’m going to have to eventually give you away,And though my love 11 rare,And though my love 12 true,Hey I’m just scared,That we may fall through,

(Chorus)

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SONGNelly Furtado is a Canadian singer, but her family are Portuguese. She plays four musical instruments and sings in three languages – English, Portuguese and Spanish. I’m Like a Bird is from her fi rst album Whoa Nelly! and was a big success in 2000.

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