I Believe I Can Fly – R. Kelly

Listening

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTahrYXCChI

Activity 1: Vocabulary. Use your dictionary to match the words to their meaning.

Word Meaning1 Awful A Think something is true2 Soar B Very bad3 Believe C Something amazing4 Silence D Open something to see it all5 Miracle E Fly high6 Spread F Music with words7 Achieve G 100% quietness8 Song H Have success9 Wings I Never ending, forever10 Everlasting J

Activity 2: Listening: Listen to the song and fill in the gaps.

I used to think that ____ could not go onAnd _______ was nothing but an awful _________But ______ I know the meaning of true __________I’m leaning on the everlasting arms

_____ I can see itThen I can _______ itIf I just believe itThere’s ___________ to it

I _____________ I can flyI believe I can touch the _______I think about it every night and _______Spread my ________ and fly away

I believe I _______ soarI see me ____________ through that open doorI believe I can flyI believe I can flyI believe I can fly

See, I was ______ the verge of breaking out_____________ silence can seem ______ loudThere are miracles in life I must _____________But ___________I know it starts inside of ________

_____ I can see itThen I can _______ itIf I just believe itThere’s ___________ to it

I __________ I can flyI believe I can touch the _______I think about it every night and _______Spread my ________ and fly away

I believe I _______ soarI see me _____________ through that open doorI believe I can flyI believe I can flyI believe I can fly

Activity 3: Vocabulary: Look at the words below. Write the opposite word for each one.

True………………………… Day………………………. Open………………………

Loud………………………. Death…………………… Start……………………….