Learn English with music

1. Nina Simone
• OCCUPATION
Author, Pianist, Civil Rights Activist, Musician,
Singer
• BIRTH DATE
• February 21, 1933
• DEATH DATE
• April 21, 2003
• EDUCATION
• The Juilliard School
• PLACE OF BIRTH
• Tryon, North Carolina
• PLACE OF DEATH
• Carry-le-Rouet, France
• FULL NAME
• Eunice Kathleen Waymon

2. Ask and answer
• 1) Who is Nina Simone?
• 2) Besides being a singer, what else did
she do?
• 2)What is Nina’s full name?
• 2) Where did she study?
• 3) When was she born?
• 4) Where was she born?
• 5) When and where did she die?

3. Match the word with its
phonetic transcription.
1) home ( )
2) shoes ( )
3) money ( )
4) class ( )
5) faith ( )
a) /ˈmʌn.i/
b) /hoʊm/
c) /ʃuːs/
d) /klæs/
e) /feɪθ/

4. Now, say the words outloud:
home
shoes
money
class
skirts
sweaters
perfume
love
faith

5. A) Listen to the first part of the music
Ain't Got No / I Got Life.
Use the words studied before to fill in
the gaps:
• Ain't got no _____, ain't got no _______
• Ain't got no _____ain't got no _______
• Ain't got no _____ ain't got no _______
• Ain't got no _______, ain't got no ______
• Ain't got no ______.
According to Cambridge
dictionary ain’t is a short form
of am not, is not, are not, has
not, or have not:
- He ain't going.
- Can I have a cigarette? I ain't
got none left.

6. B) Complete with
members of the
family
• Ain't got no culture
• Ain't got no _________, ain't got no
________
• Ain't got no _______, ain't got no
________
• Ain't got no _______, ain't got no
________
• Ain't got no love, ain't got no mind

7. C) PUT THE LINES IN ORDER
Ain't got no
friends, ain't
got no nothing
Ain't got no
country, ain't
got no
schooling
Ain't got no
water, ain't got
no air
Ain't got no
smokes, ain't
got no chicken
Ain't got no
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8. Ain't got no water
Ain't got no love
Ain't got no air
Ain't got no God
Ain't got no wine
Ain't got no money
Ain't got no faith
Ain't got no God
Ain't got no love

9. Then what have I got
Why am I alive anyway?
Yeah, hell
What have I got
Nobody can take away

10. B) Complete with
parts of the body
I got my _____, got my _____
Got my _______, got my _____
Got my ______, got my _____
Got my _____
I got my
I got myself
I got my _____, got my _____
Got my ______, got my ____
Got my _____, got my ______
Got my liver
Got my blood

11. I got my _____,got my _____
Got my _____, got my ______
Got my ____,got my soul
Got my _____
I got my sex
I got my ______, got my _____
Got my ________, got my __________
Got my ______t, got my ______
Got my liver
Got my blood
I've got life
I've got my freedom
Ohhh
I've got life!
I've got life
I've got lives
I've got headaches, and toothaches
And bad times too like you
I got my ___, got my ____
Got my _____, got my ____
Got my ______, got my _____
Got my ______
I got my smile

12. Ain't Got No / I Got Life
Ain't got no home, ain't got no shoes
Ain't got no money, ain't got no class
Ain't got no skirts, ain't got no sweaters
Ain't got no perfume, ain't got no love
Ain't got no faith
Ain't got no culture
Ain't got no mother, ain't got no father
Ain't got no brother, ain't got no children
Ain't got no aunts, ain't got no uncles
Ain't got no love, ain't got no mind
Nobody can take away
I got my hair, got my head
Got my brains, got my ears
Got my eyes, got my nose
Got my mouth
I got my
I got myself

13. Ain't got no country, ain't got no schooling
Ain't got no friends, ain't got no nothing
Ain't got no water, ain't got no air
Ain't got no smokes, ain't got no chicken
Ain't got no
Ain't got no water
Ain't got no love
Ain't got no air
Ain't got no God
Ain't got no wine
Ain't got no money
Ain't got no faith
Ain't got no God
Ain't got no love
Then what have I got
Why am I alive anyway?
Yeah, hell
What have I got