LEMON TREE

by FOOLS GARDEN
Present Continuous
Level: intermediate
Teachers notes
1. Introduce the song. Students have to decide if it is a sad or a happy one. Is
a narrator happy or sad? Listen to the song and write out some activities what hes
doing now. Play the song.
2. iscuss the students answers. !ive out the wor"sheets. #s" for any
voca$ulary di%culties. &hy is the room $oring? Its another rainy Sunday afternoon.
Hes waiting for his girfriend. She isnt !o"ing. Hes got nothing to do. So' what is
he doing? (pen the $rac"ets. )ind that there some ver$s in di*erent tenses.
+. ,ow' play the song again and let the students chec" their answers. Pay
attention to the spelling -sitting# ste$$ing.. #s" your group to e/plain these forms.
Lyrics and answers
I0m sitting here in the $oring room
It0s 1ust another rainy Sunday
afternoon
I0m wasting my time
I got nothing to do
I0m hanging around
I0m waiting for you
2ut nothing ever happens and I
wonder
I0m driving around in my car
I0m driving too fast
I0m driving too far
I0d li"e to change my point of view
I feel so lonely
I0m waiting for you
2ut nothing ever happens and I
wonder
I wonder how
I wonder why
3esterday you told me 0$out the $lue
$lue s"y
#nd all that I can see is 1ust a yellow
lemon4tree
I0m turning my head up and down
I0m turning turning turning turning
turning around
#nd all that I can see is 1ust another
lemon4tree
I0m sitting here
I miss the power
I0d li"e to go out ta"ing a shower
2ut there0s a heavy cloud inside my
head
I feel so tired
Put myself into $ed
&ell' nothing ever happens and I
wonder
Isolation is not good for me
Isolation I don0t want to sit on
the
lemon4tree
I0m steppin0 around in the desert of 1oy
2a$y anyhow I0ll get another toy
#nd everything will happen and you
wonder
I wonder how
I wonder why
3esterday you told me 0$out the $lue
$lue s"y
#nd all that I can see is 1ust another
lemon4tree
I0m turning my head up and down
I0m turning turning turning turning
turning around
#nd all that I can see is 1ust a yellow
lemon4tree
#nd I wonder' wonder
I wonder how
I wonder why
3esterday you told me 0$out the $lue
$lue s"y
#nd all that I can see' and all that I
can see' and all that I can see
Is 1ust a yellow lemon4tree
LEMON TREE
by FOOLS GARDEN
Open the brackets. Write the verbs in correct form.
The listen and check.
I0m 55555555555555 -sit. here in
the $oring room
It0s 1ust another rainy Sunday
afternoon
I0m 55555555555555 -waist. my
time
I got nothing to do
I0m 555555555555555 -hang
around.
I0m 55555555555555 -wait. for
you
2ut nothing ever 5555555555
-happen. and I wonder
I0m 5555555555555 -drive.
around in my car
I0m 5555555555555 -drive. too
fast
I0m 5555555555555 -drive. too
far
I0d li"e to change my point of
view
I feel so lonely
I0m 55555555555555 -wait. for
you
2ut nothing ever 555555555555
-happen. and I wonder
I wonder how
I wonder why
3esterday you 55555555555
-tell. me 0$out the $lue $lue
s"y
#nd all that I can see is 1ust a
yellow lemon4tree
I0m 5555555555555 -turn. my
head up and down
I0m turning turning turning
turning turning around
#nd all that I can see is 1ust
another lemon4tree
I0m 555555555555 -sit. here
I miss the power
I0d li"e to go out ta"ing a
shower
2ut there0s a heavy cloud
inside my head
I feel so tired
Put myself into $ed
&ell' nothing ever 555555555555
-happen. and I wonder
Isolation is not good for me
Isolation I don0t want to sit on
the lemon4tree
I0m 555555555555 -step. around
in the desert of 1oy
2a$y anyhow I0ll get another
toy
#nd everything
5555555555555555 -happen. and
you wonder
I wonder how
I wonder why
3esterday you 5555555 -tell. me
0$out the $lue $lue s"y
#nd all that I can see' and all
that I can see' and all that I
can see
Is 1ust a yellow lemon4tree