1. 1. - Complete the gaps with verbs from the box.
I REMEMBER…
I must________ _______ around 5 years old. My best
guy friend and I _______ _______ down a grassy hill
_______ for his brother to finish his baseball game. It
_______ great fun. However, my hair _______ long and
in the way. So, my friend thoughtfully _______ his
baseball hat to me and _______ me to cover my face
with my hands so we _______ roll some more. I _______
get red bumps all over any exposed skin; I guess I am
allergic to grass! Consequently, this ______ the one and
only time I _______ ever _______ down a hill. But it is one of my fondest memories.
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2. - Work in groups of three, talk with your partners about your experiences using the words from
the box and search the words that you don’t know in the dictionary.
3. - Write about the childhood in U.K during the second world war and in 1980. What are the
diferences that you can see?, Remember to use “past tenses” (simple,progresive and perfect) you
can use the words from the box.
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Have, were, rolling, waiting, been, was, told, could, was, lent, did, had, was, rolled.
When I was a child,
I didn´t have a
Playstation, and I
survived!
to fly kites, to get oneself into trouble, to tell jokes, to watch cartoons, to read the comics, to ask
permission, to grow, to fight, to share, to be naughty, to jump rope, to play with the dolls, to play hide
and go seek. Spoiled, adventurous, good person, solitary, talkative, loud, trouble-making

2. 4. - Listen the song Childhood of Michael Jackson and complete the song, write the
word or verb right in the gap.
________ you ________ my
________?
I'm ________ for the world that I come
from
________ I________ been ________
around
In the lost and ________ of my heart...
No one understands me
They view it as such strange
eccentricities...
'Cause I keep kidding around
Like a child, but ________ me...
People say I'm not okay
'Cause I love such elementary things...
It________ ________ my fate to
compensate,
for the Childhood
I________ never ________...
________ you ________ my
Childhood?
I'm searching for that wonder in my
youth
Like pirates in adventurous dreams,
Of conquest and ________ on the
throne...
Before you judge me, try hard to love
me,
Look within your ________t then ask,
Have you seen my Childhood?
People say I'm ________ that way
'Cause I love such elementary things,
It________ ________ my fate to
compensate,
for the Childhood I've never known...
________ you ________my Childhood?
I'm searching for that wonder in my
youth
Like fantastical stories to ________
The dreams I ________ dare, watch
me fly...
Before you judge me, try hard to love
me.
The ________ youth I've had
________ you ________ my
Childhood...
What is the singer trying to express in this sentence? “I'm searching for the world that I
come from”?
How does the artist ask for acceptance?
What is your opinion about the song?
Listen to “Childhood” of Michael Jackson here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rTnuNRh6_k