Adele - Turning Tables

1.

Listen to the song and fill in the gaps with the words you hear:

enough to start a war All that I is on the floor for

God only knows what we're All that I say, you always say

keep up with your turning tables your thumb I can't breathe

2.

The sentences in this verse have been split in half. Listen to the song and match the first and second half of each sentence:

1. So, I won't let you 2. No, I won't rescue 3. I can't give you 4. It's time to say To turning tables

a) the heart you think you gave me b) goodbye to turning tables c) you to just desert me d) close enough to hurt me

3.

Listen and choose the correct word from the drop down menu:

Under haunted skies I ???? you Where love is ???? your ghost is ????

I braved a ???? storms to ???? you As hard as you try, no, I will never be knocked ????

4.

Listen and fill in the gaps with the words you hear:

your turning tables I can't breathe

So, I won't let you

to hurt me,

No, I won't rescue you to just desert me the heart you think you gave me to turning tables Turning tables

5.

Listen and put the sentences in the correct order:

I'll be my own saviour When the thunder calls for me Standing on my own two feet Next time I'll be braver I'll be my own saviour Next time I'll be braver

6.

What do you think it means to turn the tables on someone? Choose from the definitions below:

a) to deliberately avoid reacting in an angry or violent way when someone has hurt or upset you b) to start expressing a different attitude and reacting in a different way, after something has happened c) to change a situation completely, so that someone loses an advantage and you gain one

7.

Do you think this is what Adele means when she uses the expression turning tables?

8.

Close enough to start a war

i)

Enough comes after adjectives and adverbs but before nouns. It

shows that there is as much of something as is wanted or needed and usually has a positive meaning.

adjective/adverb enough

+ enough + noun

+ to - infinitive

e.g. Hes clever enough to solve the problem. (= He is so clever that he can solve the problem). Weve got enough money to go on holiday this year. (= Weve got so much money that we can go on holiday this year).

(not)

+ adjective/adverb

+ enough

+ to - infinitive

e.g. We are old enough to vote. (Positive meaning) We are not old enough to vote. (Negative meaning).

ii)

What word do we use when we want to say that there is more than enough of something than is needed or wanted?

Too comes before adjectives and adverbs. It shows that

something is more than enough, necessary or wanted and usually has a negative meaning.

too

+ adjective/adverb

+ to - infinitive

e.g. Tim is too old to join the basketball team. (= Tim is so old that he cant join the basketball team). They are running too fast for me to catch up with them. (= They are running so fast that I cant catch up with them).

9.

Complete the sentences with too or enough and the adjective in brackets:

a) Would you like to come to the party? Oh no. Im to go to a party. (tired)

b) Can you reach the top shelf? No, Im not to reach it. (tall)

c) Does Tom go to school? No. He isnt to go to school. (old)

d) Did she like the dress you bought? Yes, but it was . (big)

e) Will you go to London by bus? No, the bus is . Ill take the train. (slow)

Can you re-write the sentences using the adjective that means the opposite of the one in brackets?