Let me down

slowly

Alec Benjamin

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 First Conditional – rules

 First Conditional –
exercises
 “Thinking out loud” by Ed
Sheeran
 “Lovely” by Billie Eilish
&Khalid
 “Let me down slowly” by
Alec Benjamin

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  We use first conditional sentences to
talk about a possible/ probable future
situation and its consequence.

Main
If - clause
clause
-Will/won’t + infinitive
If + Present Simple -Imperative
(don’t/doesn’t) -Modal verb (can,
must, may)

If the weather is fine, we’ll go on a hike.

If you don’t understand, look at the example.
If we go to London, you can see Big Ben.

 Instead of IF we can use WHEN, AS SOON AS, UNTIL,

BEFORE, AFTER.
e.g. I won’t go to bed until you come home.
 Instead of IF…..NOT we can use UNLESS + Present
Simple(+)
e.g. She won’t get into university unless she gets
good grades.
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Put the verbs in brackets into the correct
form in First conditional.

1. I hope some day I _______________(make) it out

of here even if it _______________(take) all night
or a hundred years.
2. When your legs _____________(not work) like
they used to before and I can't sweep you off of your
feet.
_______ your mouth still ____________
(remember) the taste of my love?
_______ your eyes still ___________(smile) from
your cheeks?
3. I ________ _____(be) loving you until you
_______(be) 70.
4. When my hair’s all but gone and my memory
__________(fade) and the crowds___________
______________(not remember) my name
When my hands___________(not play) the strings
the same way, mm
I know you ________ still ________(love) me the
same.
5. If you _______(want) to go then I ____ ____(be) so
lonely.
6. If you're leavin', baby, _____(let) me down slowly.

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 Complete conditional sentences with
true information about yourself.
1. I’ll clean my room when…_________________
______________________________________
2. If I have enough money…_________________
______________________________________
3. When I’m old…_________________________
______________________________________
4. If the weather improves…__________________
______________________________________
5. If I want to speak English well…_____________
______________________________________
6. My friend will buy a new car when…__________
________________________________________
7. We will go abroad next year if…_____________
________________________________________
8. If you visit my country…___________________
________________________________________
9.When I go to bed tonight….________________
________________________________________
10. When I have lots of work to do…__________
________________________________________
11. I can save time in the morning if…__________
________________________________________
12. When it’s really hot…____________________
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 Vocabulary
Words from the song
1. Used to do – звик робити
2. To remember – пам’ятати
3. Taste - смак
4. Cheek - щока 9. To fade - зникати
5. Till = until – до, допоки 10. Crowds - натовпи
6. Mysterious – загадковий, 11. String - струна
таємничий 12. Soul - душа
7. Honey - любий 13. Evergreen -
8. Find - знаходити вічнозелений
14. Touch - дотик
15. To continue -
продовжувати
16. Mistake - помилка
Phrasal verbs from the song
 To think about – думати про
 To place on – класти на

Idioms and phrases from the song

 To sweep smb. off their feet – закохати в себе
 To fall in love with smb. – закохатися в когось
 To think out loud – думати вголос
 To grow old - старішати
 In my mind – в моїй голові, в моїх думках
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 Label the pictures

1. Taste
2. Soul ____________ ____________ ____________
3. Touch
4. To find
5. Mysterious
6. Mistake
7. Cheek
8. Evergreen ____________ _____________ ____________
9. Crowds
10. To fall in
love with
11. To think
about _____________ ____________ _____________
12. To grow
old

____________ _____________ _____________

Good job!
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 Match the words and phrases with their
meaning
a. To make someone become suddenly and  To continue
completely in love with you.
b. To say something as soon as it comes in  To think out
your mind. loud
c. Done or experienced in the past, but no  To place on
longer done or experienced.
d. To become old.  To
e. To put something on something. remember
f. To be able to bring back a piece of  Honey
information into your mind, or to keep a
piece of information in your memory.  To grow old
g. In my thoughts, in my head.  To fade
h. Up to the time that, until.  Till
i. A thin wire that is stretched across a musical
instrument and is used to produce a range of  String
notes depending on its thickness, length, and  Used to do
tightness.  In my mind
j. To (cause to) lose colour, brightness, or
strength.  To sweep
k. To keep happening, existing, or doing smb off their
something. feet
l. A name that you call someone you love or
like very much.

Fill in the gaps in the sentences using phrasal verbs,

idioms and phrases
1. And I can’t sweep you ____of your feet.
2. For me, I fall ___ love _____ you every single day.
3. And I’m thinking ______.
4. Place your head _____ my beating heart, I’m thinking out ____.
5. Cause honey, your soul can never grow ______.
6. And baby, your smile’s forever _____ ______mind.
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 Fill in the gaps in the sentences using these words
legs taste sweep feet smile cheeks before remember

When your ________ don't work like they used to ________

And I can't ________ you off of your __________
Will your mouth still ___________ the _________ of my
love?
Will your eyes still ________ from your _________?

Number the sentences in the correct order

Oh me—I fall in love with you every single day
And, baby, my heart could still fall as hard at 23
And I'm thinking 'bout how people fall in love in
mysterious ways
And I just wanna tell you I am
Maybe just the touch of a hand
And, darling, I will be loving you 'til we're 70

Circle the correct word

So, honey/money, now
Take me into your loving/diving arms
Kiss me under the light/sight of a thousand stars
Place/face your head on my beating /heating heart
I'm thinking out loud
Maybe/ Baby we found love right where we are

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 Join the first halves with their corresponding
second halves
 When my hair's all but gone a) don't remember my name
 And the crowds b) and my memory fades
 When my hands don't play c) still love me the same
 I know you will d) the strings the same way, mm

Fill in the gaps in the sentences using these words

Evergreen memory mysterious honey
people never mistakes forever hoping
part
'Cause, ______, your soul could ______ grow old, it's _________
And, baby, your smile's ________ in my mind and ________
I'm thinking 'bout how ________ fall in love in _______ ways
Maybe it’s all ________ of a plan
Well, I'll just keep on making the same ________
________ that you'll understand

Write the sentences into the right order

1. Place your head on my beating heart
2. Oh, darling, place your head on my beating heart
3. So, baby, now
4. Oh, baby, we found love right w here we are
That, baby, now take me into your loving arms
Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars
____________________________I’m thinking out loud
Maybe we found love right where we are (oh, oh) La, la, la, la, la, la, la…
___________________________take me into your loving arms
Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars
___________________________I'm thinking out loud
But maybe we found love right where we are
___________________________
And we found love right where we are

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 Do you like the song? Why? Why not?
 Have you ever heard this song before? Where and
when was it?
 What is your favourite moment of the song?
 What do you think this song is about?
 Love/ Hate/ Marriage/ Infidelity/ Friendship?
 What is the message of the song?
 How is the singer feeling?
 Why is he feeling like this?
 How do you understand the phrase “ to sweep
somebody off their feet”?
 Have you ever had this situation in your life when
you wanted to sweep somebody off his/her feet?
 Are you in love?
 What is the difference between the phrases “ to
sweep somebody off their feet” and “ to fall in love
with somebody”?

How are you feeling right now?

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 Vocabulary
Words from the song
1. To find - знаходити 8. Alive - живий
2. Way out - вихід 9. Lovely – чудово,
3. Gotta = have got to - чарівно
мусити 10. Heart - серце
4. To hope – надіятися, 11. Stone - камінь
сподіватися 12. To tear - розривати
5. Even - навіть 13. To skin – знімати
6. To hide - сховатися шкіру
7. Wanna = want to - хотіти 14. Bone - кістка

Phrasal verbs from the song

 To go away – йти геть
 To walk out - виходити
 To look for - шукати

Idioms and phrases from the song

 To make it out of here – вибратися, втекти з якогось
місця
 To fight fear – побороти страх
 All alone – на одинці, сам з собою
 Welcome home – ласкаво просимо додому
 On my mind – в моїх думках, в моїй голові
 Head space – психічний стан
an expression of w
made at a person'
 Find the words

Find
hope
even
hide
lovely
stone
tear
way
gotta
wanna
alive
heart
skin
bone

Match the phrasal verbs, idioms and phrases with their

meanings
a. To make it out of  To try to find something or someone.
here  To escape, to survive the bad situation.
b. To look for  Being apart from others.
c. To go away  Mental state.
d. Welcome home  To leave a place or person.
e. Head space  An expression of welcome made at a
f. To fight fear person's homecoming.
g. All alone  In my thoughts.
h. On my mind  To cope with the fear.
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 Fill in the gaps in the sentences using phrasal
verbs, idioms and phrases from the song.

1. Walking _____ of time. Looking ____ a better place.

2. But you never go _______.
3. Outside I can’t fight my _________.
4. Sometimes on my ________, always in my head
________.
5. I hope some day I’ll make it ______ of _______.
6. Isn’t it lovely, all __________.
7. Tear me to pieces, skin to bone, Hello,
Welcome _______.

Complete the words with the correct letters. Write

down the words and translate them.
1. Al_ve_ 1. _____________ 1. _____________
2. L_v_l_ 2. _____________ 2. _____________
3. H__rt 3. _____________ 3. _____________
4. St_n_ 4. _____________ 4. _____________
5. T__r 5. _____________ 5. _____________
6. Sk_n 6. _____________ 6. _____________
7. B_n_ 7. _____________ 7. _____________
8. F_nd 8. _____________ 8. _____________
9. W_y __t 9. _____________ 9. _____________
10. H_p_ 10. _____________ 10. _____________
11. _v_n 11. _____________ 11. _____________
12. H_d_ 12. _____________ 12. _____________
13. W_nn_ 13. _____________ 13. _____________rs

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 Fill in the gaps in the sentences using these words
way away guess found

Thought I found a _________

Thought I ________ a way out (found)
But you never go ______ (never go away)
So I ____________ I gotta stay now

Number the sentences in the correct order

( )Even if it takes all night or a hundred years
( )Need a place to hide, but I can't find one near
( )Oh, I hope some day I'll make it out of here
( )Wanna feel alive, outside I can't fight my fear

Match the sentence halves by writing the letter of the

correct answer
1. ( )Isn’t it lovely, a. My mind of stone
2. ( )Heart made of glass, b. Welcome home
3. ( )Tear me to pieces, c. All alone
4. ( )Hello, d. Skin to bone

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 Circle the correct word
Walkin' out of town/time
Lookin' for a better face/place, lookin'
for a better face/place
Something's on my mind/kind
Always in my headphones/headspace

Fill in the missing words

But I know someday I'll _______ it out of

here
Even if it takes all ________or a hundred
_______
Need a ____________to hide, but I can't
_______ one near
Wanna feel _________, outside I can't
________ my fear

Join the first halves with their corresponding

second halves
1. ( )Isn’t it lovely, a) You are going to come to us.
2. ( )Heart made of glass, b) My mind of stone
3. ( )Tear me to pieces, c) Welcome home
4. ( )Hello, d) Hello, welcome home.
5. ( )Woah, yeah, yeah, ah e) All alone
6. ( )Woah, woah f) Skin to bone

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 Do you like the song? Why? Why not?
 Have you ever heard this song before?
Where and when was it?
 What is your favourite moment of the song?
 What do you think this song is about?
 Love/ Hate/ Marriage/ Infidelity/
Friendship?
 What is the message of the song?
 How is the singer feeling?
 Why is he/she feeling like this?
 How do you understand the phrase “ make it
out of here”?
 Have you ever had this situation in your life
when you had to “make it out of here”?
 Are you in love?

How are you feeling right now?

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 Vocabulary
Words from the song
1. Kingdom - королівство
2. Sink - умивальник
3. Steps - кроки 7. Grace - грація
4. To leave – залишати, 8. Crack – тріщина,
покидати щілина
5. To waste – витрачати 9. Embrace - обійми
намарно 10. Sympathy - співчуття
6. Dignity - мужність 11. Lonely - самотній
12. To drag – тягти,
волочити
13. Tile – плитка
(керамічна)

Phrasal verbs from the song

 To fade away - зникати
 To cut down – зрубувати, вирубувати
 To throw out - викидати
 To walk down – йти вздовж
 To look for - шукати
 To fall down - падати

Idioms and phrases from the song

 To keep awake – не давати спати
 To let smb down – розчарувати когось, підвести когось
 In a while – недавно, невдовзі
 To slip through the cracks – проскочити, пролізти
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 Part 1
Before listening
Complete the words with the correct letters. Write
down the words and translate them.
1. K_n_d_m 1. _____________ 1. _____________
2. S_nk 2. _____________ 2. _____________
3. S_mp_thy 3. _____________ 3. _____________
4. Cr_ _k 4. _____________ 4. _____________
5. T_l_ 5. _____________ 5. _____________
6. Dr_g 6. _____________ 6. _____________
7. L_n_ly 7. _____________ 7. _____________
8. D_gnit_ 8. _____________ 8. _____________
9. Gr_c_ 9. _____________ 9. _____________
10. L_ _ve 10. _____________ 10. _____________
11. E_br_ce 11. _____________ 11. _____________
12. W_st_ 12. _____________ 12. _____________
13. St_ps 13. _____________ 13. _____________

Fill in the gaps in the sentences using phrasal verbs.

Write down the missing preposition.
1. I can feel you fade _______.
2. As I’m walking _______ the corridor.
3. Don’t cut me _____, throw me _____, leave me here to waste.
4. I cant stop myself from falling _____.
5. I’m looking _____ an open door.

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 Fill in the gaps in the sentences using idioms
and phrases from the song.
 Your steps keep me ________.
 Could you find a way to let me ________ slowly?
 And I know we haven’t talked in a _________.
 Now I’m slipping _______ the cracks of your cold
embrace.
Match the words and phrases with their
definitions
 to not be noticed or dealt with by a a) Kingdom
system b) Waste
 unhappy because you are not with c) Drag
other people d) Fade away
 a country ruled by a king or queen e) Look for
 to fall to the ground f) Slip through
 to slowly disappear, lose importance, the cracks
or become weaker g) Lonely
 to hope to get something that you h) Fall down
want or need i) Sympathy
 to use too much of something or use j) Embrace
something badly when there is a k) Keep away
limited amount of it
 the act of holding someone tightly
with both arms to express love,
liking, or sympathy, or when
greeting or leaving someone
 to move something by pulling it along
a surface, usually the ground:
 feelings of pity and sorrow for
someone else's misfortune.
 stay away (or make someone stay
away)
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 Part 2

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Fill in the gaps in the sentences using these words
keep away cold sink kingdom

This night is _______ in the ___________

I can feel you fade _______
From the kitchen to the bathroom ____ and
Your steps _______ me awake

Circle the correct words

Don't cut me down/out, throw me out,
leave me here to waste/wait
I once was a man/men with dignity and grace
Now I'm slippin‘/sleeping through the cracks/crackers
of your cold embrace
So please, please/kiss
Order the lines according to the song
 If you're leavin', baby, let me down slowly
 Could you find a way to let me down slowly?
 Let me down, down, let me down, down, let me down
 If you're leavin', baby, let me down slowly
 If you wanna go then I'll be so lonely
 A little sympathy, I hope you can show me
 If you wanna go then I'll be so lonely
 If you're leavin', baby, let me down slowly
 Let me down, down, let me down, down, let me down
 If you wanna go then I'll be so lonely
Link the first part of the sentence with the second part
 Cold skin, drag my feet a. An open door
 As I’m walking down b. On the tile
 And I know we c. Haven’t talked in a while
 So I’m looking for d. The corridor

Circle the correct words

Don't cut me down, throw me out/up,
leave me here/there to waste
I once/one was a man with dignity and grace/face
Now I'm slippin‘ through/true
the cracks of your cold embrace
So please/kiss, please
Fill in the missing words
Could you _____a way to let me _____ slowly?
A _____ sympathy, I hope you can _____ me
If you wanna go then I'll be so ______
If you're leavin', baby, let me down ______
Let me down, _____, let me down, down, let me _____
Let me _____, down, let me down, _____, let me down
If you wanna _____ then I'll be so lonely
If you're _____', baby, let me down slowly
And I can't stop myself from fallin' (down) down (4 times)
Order the lines according to the song
 If you're leavin', baby, let me down slowly
 Could you find a way to let me down slowly?
 Let me down, down, let me down, down, let me down
 If you're leavin', baby, let me down slowly
 If you wanna go then I'll be so lonely
 A little sympathy, I hope you can show me
 If you wanna go then I'll be so lonely
 If you're leavin', baby, let me down slowly
 Let me down, down, let me down, down, let me down
 If you wanna go then I'll be so lonely
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 QUESTIONS FOR
DISCUSSION
 Do you like the song? Why? Why not?
 Have you ever heard this song before? Where and
when was it?
 What is your favourite moment of the song?
 What do you think this song is about?
Love/ Hate/ Marriage/ Infidelity/ Friendship/Break-up?
 What is the message of the song?
 How is the singer feeling?
 Why is he feeling like this?
 How do you understand the phrase “ let me down
slowly”?
 Have you ever had this situation in your life when
somebody let you down? Who was it? How were you
feeling at that moment?
 Have you ever broken up with somebody? How did
you feel?
 Are you in love?

How are you feeling right now?

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