We are the champions - Present Perfect

1 – Listen to the song and complete the song with the verbs below in the Present Perfect

I __________________ my dues
Time after time
I __________________ my sentence
But committed no crime
And bad mistakes
I __________________ a few
I __________________ my share of sand
Kicked in my face
But I ________________ through

We are the champions - my friends
And we'll keep on fighting
Till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
Cause we are champions of the world

I____________________ my bows
And my curtain calls
You ____________________ me fame and fortune
And everything that goes with it
I thank you all
But it____________________ no bed of roses
No pleasure cruise
I consider it a challenge before
The whole human race
And I ain't gonna lose

We are the champions - my friends
And we'll keep on fighting
Till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
Cause we are champions of the world

We are the champions - my friends
And we'll keep on fighting
Till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
Cause we are champions of the world

2 – Confusing verbs
“To Share” is a verb that is confusing for Portuguese speakers, it´s easily confused with the verb “To Divide”.
Can you tell the difference between them? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3 – Collocations
What does “Keep on” mean?
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Can you give more collocations with the verb “to keep”? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4 – Informal language
What´s the formal writing form of “Cos´ “? __________________________________________
What´s the formal writing form of “ain´t”? __________________________________________

5 – Time Expressions
The sentence “… and I´d ever lose.” brings the time expression “ever” and it´s very much used in the Present Perfect. Can you tell the other by the mnemonic JEANY SF?
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Link with their use.
( ) experience ( ) activities recently finished
( ) actions finished before expected
( ) actions finished after expected or not finished
( ) actions which never happened
( ) quantity of time ( ) from past to present action


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Answer key
LYRICS
I´ve paid
I´ve done
I´ve made
I´ve had
I´ve taken
You´ve brought
It´s been

2-
To Share is two or more people use an object together or separated, but no ownership
To Divide is when an object is fisically split among people or between two people.

3-
Keep on = Continue
Keep up; Keep yourself together;

4-
Cos´= Because
Ain´t = Any negative

5-
Just - Ever - Already - Never - Yet - Since - For
( E ) experience ( J ) activities recently finished
( A ) actions finished before expected
( Y ) actions finished after expected or not finished
( N ) actions which never happened
( F ) quantity of time ( S ) from past to present action