Adele Laurie Blue Adkins is a British singer and songwriter.

She was born on 5 May 1988 in Tottenham, London, the

daughter of an English mother, Penny Adkins and a Welsh father, Mark Evans. Evans left when Adele was two,
leaving her 20-year-old mother to raise her single-handedly. She began singing at age four and asserts that she
became obsessed with voices. Her debut album, 19, was released in 2008 to commercial and critical success. Her
second studio album, 21, was released in early 2011. The album was well received critically and surpassed the
success of her debut, earning the singer numerous awards in 2012.
2015 - On 22 October, Adele confirmed that 25 (her next album)
would be released on 20 November, while the lead single from the
album, "Hello" would be released on 23 October.
Adapted from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adele - Accessed on 25th October 2015.

Hello -Adele
1 Listen to the song and number the verses in the correct order.
( ) They say that time's supposed to heal ya
( ) But I ain't done much healing
( ) You'd like to meet, to go over everything
( ) Hello, it's me
( ) I was wondering if after all these years
(
(
(
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) I've forgotten how it felt before the world fell at our feet
) I'm in California dreaming about who we used to be
) Hello, can you hear me?
) When we were younger and free

There's such a difference between us

And a million miles
Chorus Hello from the other side
I must've called a thousand times to tell you
I'm sorry, for everything that I've done
But when I call you never seem to be home
Hello from the outside
At least I can say that I've tried to tell you
I'm sorry, for breaking your heart
But it don't matter, it clearly doesn't tear you apart anymore
2 Unscramble the letters of the words in brackets.
____________ (lloeh) , how are you?
It's so typical of me to talk about _____________ (flymes)
I'm sorry, I_________ (eoph) that you're well
Did you ever _________(eamk) it out of that town
Where _______________ (gnoiht) ever happened?
It's no ___________ (rtcsee)
__________ (ttha) the both of us are running out of time
Repeat Chorus
Ooooohh, anymore (3x)
Anymore
Repeat Chorus

3 This song presents some examples of

informal conversation. Write 3 of them on
the lines below. How would they be in
formal conversation?
a) _______________________________
_______________________________
b) _______________________________
_______________________________
c) _______________________________
_______________________________

4 Match the phrasal verbs to their

meanings.
a) Go over
b) Dream about
c) Run out of
( ) to think about something that you
want very much;
( ) If a supply of something runs out,
all of it has been used or it is completely
finished;
( ) to examine or look at something in
a careful or detailed way;
5 Discuss the following questions with a
partner.
a) How is the singer feeling?
b) Why is she feeling this way?
Watch the video and check your answers.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_
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