14271 coldplay green eyes song

COLDPLAY - GREEN EYES
Singer: Coldplay
Year: 2002
Best

Album: A Rush of Blood to the Head (It won the 2003 Grammy for the
Best Alternative Music Album. It has sold 15 million copies worldwide. )

A) Read the lyrics of the song. Look at the sentences that are written in bold. Try to

combine them by using relative pronouns who/ which to get the original lyrics
of it. (You can work in pairs.)
GREEN EYES
Honey you are a rock
I stand upon you
____________________________
____________________________
And I come here to talk
I hope you understand
That green eyes
Yeah the spotlight, shines upon you
And how could anybody deny you
I came here with a load
And it feels so much lighter
Now I met you
And honey you should know
That I could never go on without
you
Green eyes
Honey you are the sea
I float upon you

___________________________
__________________________
And I came here to talk
I think you should know
That green eyes
You're the one. I wanted to find
you.
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____________________________

And anyone must be out of their
mind.
He/She tried to deny you.
____________________________
____________________________
Because I came here with a load
And it feels so much lighter
Since I met you
And honey you should know
That I could never go on without
you
Green eyes
Green eyes
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Honey you are the rock
I stand upon you.
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____________________________

B) Now listen to the song. Correct your sentences when it is necessary.

C)

D) Look at the words that are highlighted. Listen to the song again. Put these words

in the correct column on the table.
E)
F)
G)
H)
I)
J)

rock

talk

hope

spotlight

know

go

on

float

K)

/ɒ/ (e.g.
got )

O)
P)
Q)
R)
S)
T)
U)
V)
W)
X)
AA)

L)

Y)

anybody

load

wanted

so

M)

/ɔ:/ (e.g.
ball)

N)

Z)

/ǝʊ/ (e.g.
home)


AB)

BF)

AC)

BG)

AD)

BH)

AE)

BI)

AF)

BJ)

AG)

BK)

AH)

BL)

AI)

BM)

AJ)

BN)

AK)

BO)

AL)

BP)

AM)

•

Do you like the song? Which line doBQ)
you like most? Why?

AN)

•

Omit some of the words from the song; replace them with one of

BR)

AO)

BS)better? Yours or Coldplay’s?:)
these words below. Which lyrics are

AP)

(You don’t have to use all of these BT)
words)

AQ)
AR)
AS)

BU) a go, escape, rival,
strenuous, slip, trip over, sore, have
migrate, plain, conquer, defeat, shooting star, recognize, survive,

disappointed,

BV)

BW)

AT)

BX)

AU)

BY)

AV)

BZ) ANSWERS

AW)

CA)

AX)
AY)
AZ)
BA)
BB)
BC)
BD)
BE)

CB)

/ɒ/
(e.g.
got )

CC)
CD) /ɔ:/

(e.g.
ball)

CE)
CF)

/ǝʊ/
(e.g.
home
)


CG)
CH) ROCK
CI) SPOT

CS)
CT) TALK

LIGH

T
CJ) ANYB
ODY
CK) ON
CL) WAN
TED
CM)

CU)
CV) HOPE
CW)

OAD
CX) KNOW
CY) GO
CZ) FLOAT
DA) SO

CN)
CO)
CP)
CQ)
CR)
DB)
DC) COLDPLAY- GREEN EYES
DD) Honey you are a rock
Upon which I stand
And I come here to talk
I hope you understand
That green eyes

Yeah the spotlight, shines upon you
And how could anybody deny you
I came here with a load
And it feels so much lighter
Now I met you
And honey you should know
That I could never go on without you
Green eyes
Honey you are the sea
Upon which I float
And I came here to talk
I think you should know
That green eyes
You're the one that I wanted to find
And anyone who tried to deny you
Must be out of their mind

Because I came here with a load
DE) And it feels so much lighter
Since I met you
And honey you should know
That I could never go on without you
Green eyes
Green eyes
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Honey you are the rock
Upon which I stand