The document provides instructions for an English lesson about the singer Sting and his song "Desert Rose." It includes activities for students to learn vocabulary from the song, discuss associations with deserts, and change a narrative about dreaming in the desert into the lyrics of the song by using the present tense. Students are asked to fill in blanks with the appropriate present tense form while keeping some lines the same. The lesson aims to develop students' English skills through music.

1. ГУМАНІТАРНА ОСВІТА
Г.І. Позднякова
THE PRESENT AND
PAST TENSES

2. Topic: “Music”.
Aim: To learn new words and expressions and to teach pupils to use them in
written and oral speech;
to be able to share ideas with the group;
revising and improving knowledge of the Present and Past Tenses.
To develop speech habits, imagination, memory and attention.
To raise an interest to the English language with the help of music.
Equipment: Computer, disk with the song, cards with the tasks and the text.
Thank you for the music
The songs I'm singing,
Thanks for all the joy
They are bringing,
Who can live without it
Me or thee?
Thank you for the music
For giving it to me!
I.
1. Today at the lesson you’ll get acquainted with one of the famous British
Composers, a musician and an actor Sting and his song Desert Rose.
You should be able to talk about Fire person, Rain person and yourself.
You’ll have a good chance to revise the Present and Past tenses.
2. Warm - up
I think all of you like music.
-What kinds of Music do you Know?
(Classic, Jazz, Rock, Pop, Heavy Metal, Rap).
-What famous British singers do you like?
-What are his (her) songs about?
-Do you want to be a singer?
-Who wants be a singer in your form?

3. II.
1. You have cards with the text about Sting. (Sting – “жало”). His real name is
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, British rock musician and actor. Read the text.
Try to understand it. Get information and write and tell what was connected with
these dates according to the following table.
Gordon Sumner was born on 2 October 1951, Newcastle,
England. He started his music career as a bass player and lead singer
in "the Police". Sting's solo career began in 1982. His popularity and
fame grew rapidly and steadily. Since 1994 Sting has been considered
to be one of the finest quality songwriters to appear out of the second
UK "new wave" boom (post-1977).
Sting spent a traumatic time during the summer of 1995 when
he had to testify in court after accusing his accountant of stealing vast sums of his
income. The outcome was in the singer's favour and the accountant was jailed for
six years. The title track of his new album, Brand New Day, proved he was still
capable of achieving hit singles. This album has enjoyed a long residency on the
charts.
2.
Time Event
1 October 2,1951
2 1982
3 Post - 1977
4 1995 (summer)
5 1999
Pre – listening activity.

4. 3. Vocabulary: Match the words from the song (on the left) to the word
combinations that have the similar meaning (on the right):
1. to tire A. Paradise
2. to be tied B. to get tired
3. to torture C. to come to one's mind repeatedly
4. to haunt D. to look steadily
5. to gaze E. to make somebody suffer
6. intoxication F. to be connected with something or
somebody
7. flames G. the glowing part of the fire
8. veil H. a state of being drunk or poisoned
9. rare I. the reasonable arrangement of elements
10. logic J. a cloth worn by oriental women to hide
their faces
11.
11 Eden K. not common, unusual
4. Think of the Desert what associationsdo you have with this word ?
5. Imagine that you have been walking in a desert for a very long , period
6. Share your ideas with the group.
7. Look through the rules given below in order to remember the present and
past tenses.
Present past
Present Simple Past Simple
Statement Statement
I/you/we/they play… I/you/he/she/it/we/they played…
He/she/it plays...
Negative Negative
l/you/we/they do not (don't) play… l/you/he/she/it/we/they
He/she/it does not (doesn’t) play… did not (didn’t) play…
Question
Do l/you/we/they play...? Question
Does he/she/it play...? Did I/you/he/she/it/we/they play …?

5. Present Continuous Past Continuous
Statement Statement
I am ('m) playing... I /he/she/it was playing …
He/she/it is (‘s) playing… You/we/they were playing …
you/we/they are ('re) playing
Negative
I am not ('m not) playing... Negative
He/she/it is not (isn't /’s not) playing ... l/he/she/it was not (wasn't) playing ...
You/we/they are not (aren't / 're not) You/we/they were not (weren't)
playing… playing …
Question
Am I playing…?
Is he/she/it playing...?
Are You/we/they playing…? Question
Was l/he/she/it playing?
Were you/we/they playing?
Present Perfect Simple Past Perfect Simple
have/has + past participle had + past participle
Statement
l/you/we/they have ('ve) learnt... Statement
Negative l/you/he/she/it/we/they had ('d) written ...
I/you/we/they have not (haven't)
learnt … Negative
I /you/he/she/it/we/they had not (hadn't)
Question
written ...
Have l/you/we/they learnt …?
Question
Had l/you/he/she/it/we/they written ...?
Present Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous
have/has +been + -ing
Had+ been + -ing
Statement
I/you/we/they have (‘ve) been studying
Statement
He/she/it has('s) been studying I/you /he/she/it/we/they had ('d) been
writing...
Negative
l/you/we/they have not (haven't) Negative
l/you/he/she/it/we/they had not (hadn't)
been studying been writing ...

6. He/she/it has not (hasn't) been studying
Question Question
Has he/she/it been studying …? Had l/you/he/she/it/we/they been writing...?
Song: 7. You will read a narrative of what one man dreamt of when he was
walking through a desert. Change it from the Past narrative into the Present
and you'll get the song of Sting. (Note that the Narrative is written on behalf of the 3 rd person
singular, while the real song is on the behalf of the 1 st person singular. Pay attention to the pronoun and
adverb concord). In SOME lines you will make NO changes at all.
He dreamt of rain, I dream of rain
He dreamt of gardens _________________________________
in the desert sand. _________________________________
He woke in pain, _________________________________
He dreamt of love _________________________________
as time ran through his hand. ___________________________
He dreamt of fire _______________________________
Those dreams were tied____________________________
to a horse that would never tire.__________________________
And in the flames _________________________________
her shadows played _________________________________
in the shape of a man's desire.______________________________________
V e r s e 3 : That desert rose, __________________________________
each of her veil ________________________________
was a secret promise.__________________________________
That desert flower, _______________________________
no sweet perfume had ever______________________________
tortured him more than that.
V e r s e 4: And as she turned __________________________________
that way she moved _________________________________
in the logic of all his dreams.____________________________
That fire burnt,_______________________________________
he realised that nothing was_____________________________
as it seemed._________________________________________
Verse 1.
V e r s e 5: He dreamt of rain,________________________________
he lifted his gaze_____________________________________
to empty skies above.__________________________________
He closed his eyes,____________________________________
that rare perfume_____________________________________
was the sweet intoxication of her love ____________________
Verse 1, 3.
V e r s e 6: Sweet desert rose,________________________________
that memory of Eden __________________________________
haunted them all._____________________________________

7. That desert flower,____________________________________
that rare perfume _____________________________________
was the sweet intoxication of the fall _____________________
Listen to the song and check yourself.
8. Follow-up:
Task 1: Choose the best variant for the topic of the song:
a) environment protection
b) gardening
c) travelling
d) love
e) nature
f) fire and rain
Task 2: What might the song be written for? What feelings does it express?
Task 3: The song is very symbolic. What could the images of the song mean?
♦ Desert — ?
♦ Rose - ?
♦ Rain - ?
♦ Fire — ?
( Desert = life. Rose = love. Fire and rain = bright and deep emotions).
Task 4: Explain the title of the song.
(desert may symbolize a person’s life, rose – love of his life).
9. SPEAKING:
1. In this song the singer dreams both of RAIN and FIRE. What do these
elements have in common? What differs them?
Fire Rain
common
different

8. These words will help you.
Fire: hot, passion, warmth, cosiness.
Rain: clean, wet, cold, tranquility.
Common: natural force, disaster, brings destruction, brings life, rebirth.
2. If we could divide all people into two types (a Fire type and a Rain type)
according to their temperament or character, what qualities would describe
each type?
FIRE PERSON: RAIN PERSON:
(Fire Person: bright, active, optimistic, eccentric, energetic, enthusiastic, warm,
destructive, changeable)
(Rain Person: calm, thoughtful, creative, cold, consistent, pessimistic, passive,
melancholic, capricious)
3. What type of character (Fire or Rain) would you choose for yourself? (Do
you have more of fire or rain?) Explain your choice.
III.
10. Homework.
Learn the song.
11. Marks and Summarizing.
What did you do at the lesson?

9. Now you know that people can be divided into two types (a Fire type and a
Rain type) according to their temperament or character.
Do you like the song?
Sting – Desert Rose
I dream of rain
I dream of gardens in the desert sand
I wake in pain
I dream of love as time runs through my hand
I dream of fire
These dreams are tied to a horse that will never tire
And in the flames
Her shadows play in the shape of a man's desire
This desert rose
Each of her veils, a secret promise
This desert flower
No sweet perfume ever tortured me more than this
And as she turns
This way she moves in the logic of all my dreams
This fire burns
I realise that nothing's as it seems
I dream of rain
I dream of gardens in the desert sand
I wake in pain
I dream of love as time runs through my hand
I dream of rain
I lift my gaze to empty skies above
I close my eyes, this rare perfume
Is the sweet intoxication of her love
I dream of rain
I dream of gardens in the desert sand
I wake in pain
I dream of love as time runs through my hand
Sweet desert rose
Each of her veils, a secret promise
This desert flower
No sweet perfume ever tortured me more than this

10. Sweet desert rose
This memory of Eden haunts us all
This desert flower, this rare perfume
Is the sweet intoxication of the love

11. Sweet desert rose
This memory of Eden haunts us all
This desert flower, this rare perfume
Is the sweet intoxication of the love

12. Sweet desert rose
This memory of Eden haunts us all
This desert flower, this rare perfume
Is the sweet intoxication of the love