WONDERFUL TONIGHT, by Eric Clapton - a song activity

Videos for the song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yekz__cCci0 (Eric Clapton)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2IcH0IcCQM (Westlife)

Task 1: Read the lyrics of the song. In most lines there is one word missing. Listen once and mark where the missing words go.

It's late in the evening; she's wondering what to wear.

She puts on her make-up and brushes her long hair.
And then she asks me, "Do I look all right?"
And I say, "You look wonderful tonight."

We go to a party and everyone turns to
This beautiful lady that's walking with me.
And she asks me, "Do you feel all right?"
And I say, " I feel wonderful tonight."

I feel wonderful because I see the love in your eyes.
And the wonder of it all is that you don't realize how much I love you.

It's time to go home and I've got an aching head,
So I give her the keys and she helps me to bed.
And then I tell her, as I turn the light, I say,
"Darling, you were wonderful tonight.
Oh my darling, you were wonderful tonight."

Task 2: Report what Eric Clapton said in the song.
a) Patty asked Clapton: “Do I look all right?”
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b) Clapton replied to Patty: “You look wonderful tonight.”
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c) Patty asked Clapton: “Do you feel all right?”
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d) Clapton replied: “I feel wonderful tonight”.
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e) Clapton told Patty: “I feel wonderful because I see the love in your eyes”.
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Task 3: Change the sentences below to direct speech:
a) Clapton told Patty she didn’t realize how much he loves her.
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b) Clapton said it was time to go home because he had an aching head.
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c) Clapton told Patty she had been wonderful that night. __________________________________________________________________

Wonderful tonight was written by the blues guitarist Eric Calpton about his wife, the model Patty Boyd in 1977.

Source:
OXENDEN, C. LAETHAN-KOENIG, C. English File – upper intermediate (teacher’s book) adapted by Marcelo Maciel de Almeida