WANNABE (Spice Girls)

1. A) Look at the definition of "spice" and wannabe.

Spice: A spice is the powder or seeds from a particular plant, which you put in food while you are cooking it in order to give it flavour.

How could you translate it into your language?

Wannabe: a person who wants to be someone or something else.

How could you translate it into your language?

B) Look at the words. Write in the chart the following expressions taking into account the grade of formality/ informality. Then, write down the translation:

I will tell           wanna have to            gotta             want to           I’ll tell

2. Listen to the song (twice) and complete the missing words.

Yo .............. you what I want, what I really really want ¹

so ............... what you want, what you really really want²

.............. you what I want, what I really really want,

so .............. what you want, what you really really want

I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna really

really really wanna zigazig ha.

If you .............. my future, .............. my past,³

If you .............. get with me better, .............. it fast,³

Now .............. wasting my precious time,²

.............. your act together we could be just fine.²

.............. you what I want, what I really really want,

So .............. what you want, what you really really want,

I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna really

really really wanna zigazig ha.

If you .............. be my lover, you .............. get with my friends,³

.............. it last forever friendship never ends,²

If you .............. be my lover, you .............. to give,³

Taking is too easy, but that’s the way it is.

What do you think about that now you know how I feel,

.............. you can handle my love are you for real,²

I .............. hasty, I............. you a try,¹ / ¹

If you really .............. me then ............ say goodbye.³

Yo .............. you what I want, what I really really want

so .............. what you want, what you really really want

I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna really

really really wanna zigazig ha.

If you .............. be my lover, you .............. get with my friends,

.............. it last forever friendship never ends,

If you .............. be my lover, you .............. to give,

Taking is too easy, but that’s the way it is.

So there’s a story from A to Z, you wanna get with me

you gotta listen carefully

We got M in the place who likes it in your face,

we got G like MG who likes it on an

Easy V doesn’t come for free, she’s a real lady,

and as for me .............. see, ¹

.............. your body down and .............. it all round²

.............. your body down and .............. it all round.

If you ............. be my lover, you .............. get with my friends,

.............. it last forever friendship never ends,

If you ............. be my lover, you .............. to give,

Taking is too easy, but that’s the way it is.

If you .............. be my lover, you ............., you gotta, you gotta,

you gotta, you gotta, slam, slam, slam, slam,

............. your body down and .............. it all around

............. your body down and .............. it all around

............. your body down and ............. it all around

............. your body down zigazig ah

If you .............. be my lover.

3. Look at the sentences marked with numbers 1 to 3.

- Sentences with number 1 are future sentences. Could you write them down in the grid?

- Sentences with number 2 are imperative sentences. Could you write them down in the grid?

- Sentences with number 3 are conditional sentences. Could you write them down in the grid?

4. Look at the future chart in the exercise 3 and answer these questions:

a) What particle do we use to form the future in affirmative sentences?

b) Look at exercise 1b. Which is the formal way for "‘ll"?

c) What particle do we use to form the future in negative sentences?

d) Can you think about the formal way of saying the future in negative sentences?

e) Look at these sentences:

"I will tell you what I want"

"I shall tell you what I want"

"We shall tell you what I want"

When do we use will and shall?

f) Look at the following chart about the future. Complete the structures and write the examples in the negative and interrogative sentences:

5. Look at the imperative chart in exercise 3.

a) What do we use the imperative for?

b) How do we say an affirmative imperative?

c) How do we form the negative imperative?

d) Look at the chart. Complete the structure and the negative sentence.

6. Look at the conditional sentences in exercise 3.

a) What tense is used in the if clauses?

b) What tenses are used in the main clauses?

c) Look at the two main clauses where Present Simple is used. Could you write down the main sentences?

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d) Could you change the two sentences into imperative?

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e) We have seen more examples of conditional sentences, although we are going to focus on the one of the chart. Look at it and complete the blanks:

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