Nina Golomb/Joan Orkin - 2002
You walked into the party
Like you were walking onto a yacht
Your hat strategically dipped below one eye
Your scarf it was apricot
You had one eye in the mirror
As you watched yourself gavotte
And all the girls dreamed that they’d be your partner
They’d be your partner, and …
You’re so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You’re so vain
I’ll bet you think this song is about you
Don’t you? Don’t you?
You had me several years ago
Well, you said that we made such a pretty pair
And that you would never leave
But you gave away the things you loved
And one of them was me
I had some dreams they were clouds in my coffee
Clouds in my coffee, and …..
You’re so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You’re so vain
I’ll bet you think song is about you
Don’t you? Don’t you?
I had some dreams they were clouds in my coffee
Clouds in my coffee, and
You’re so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You’re so vain
I’ll bet you think this song is about you
Don’t you? Don’t you?
Well, I hear you went up to Saratoga
And your horse naturally won
Then you flew your Lear jet up to Nova Scotia
To see the total eclipse of the sun
Well, you’re where you should be all the time
And when you’re not, you’re with
Some underworld spy of the wife of a close
friend
Wife of a close friend, and ….
You’re so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You’re so vain
I’ll bet you think this song is about you
Don’t you? Don’t you?
You’re so vain
You probably think this song is about you
You’re so vain
I’ll bet you think this song is about you
Don’t you? Don’t you?
1. Do you think the subject of the song is male or female? Provide reasons.
2. Provide a synonym for vain.
3. Give THREE examples of the subject’s vanity.
4. What does gavotte mean?
5. “You had one eye in the mirror...”
What from the evidence given to us in the song do you think the subject was doing with the other eye.
6. Do you think the singer is bitter? Provide reasons for your answer.
7. Provide examples from the song of the singer’s naivety.
8. “I had some dreams they were clouds in my coffee…”
Identify the metaphor in the above line. Explore the metaphor – and decide on its efficacy. (Is it an effective metaphor?)
9. What are the parts of speech of the words in bold.
10. “You probably think the song is about you ...”
Whom do you think the song is about?
WRITING:
Write a composition about VANITY. You can either discuss it or you can describe someone or some experience which touches on this subject.
Please remember a composition has a very rigid structure. You need a title. You must have FOUR paragraphs and your composition should be between 100 and 120 words.
Adjectives describe nouns. They describe something or what it seems like. They are used in two basic ways:
ENDINGS AND SUFFIXES
An adjective can be recognized by its ending, so even if you don’t know its meaning, you can recognize its function. Common adjectival endings are:
COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES
When comparing people or things:
EQUALITY OR INEQUALITY
as ……………………………… as
Martin’s hair is as long as Joan’s.
not as ……………………………. as
Martin’s car is not as nifty as Joan’s.
SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES
Use superlatives when comparing items with the rest of a group.
Review-Adjectives
1. CHOOSE THE CORRECT FORM OF THE ADJECTIVES:
Robin Hood was a very (brave, braver, bravest) man who lived many centuries ago.
He had many (good, better, best) friends who lived with him in the (big, bigger, biggest) Forest in England called Sherwood Forest. They fought against the (evil, more evil, most evil) Sheriff of Nottingham. One of Robin’s (good, better, best) friends was called Little John.
2. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES USING THE CORRECT FORM OF THE
ADJECTIVE:
1. Miss Smith’s voice is ___________(soft) than the other star’s voices.
2. These tickets are__________(expensive) than tickets for other plays.
3. These people are__________(rich) than those people are.
4. This play is _______________(funny) than Love in the Summer.
5. “Sherwood Forest” is__________(exciting) than any other play I saw last year.
6. The Sound Shop has the_______(low) prices in town.
7. The dresses in Bond’s are_______(nice)________in Top to Top.
8. Shopping in England is____________(expensive)_________in Israel.
9. The play Love in the Summer was one of the ___________(funny) plays
I saw this year.
10. It’s_____________(exciting) to go to an adventure play than to a musical.
11. This perfume is not _____________ that one. (strong)
12. Luke is just ____________ Alan as a designer. (creative)
13. I’m a lot _____________ now than I used to be. (thin)
14. Sara isn’t ______________ her mother was at that age. (pretty)
15. The girl looked ___________ than usual. (pale)
16. David is ____________ person I know. (funny)
17. Val is ____________ girl in her class. (pretty)
18. That was __________ meal I have ever eaten. (delicious)
19. This is ___________ route to the Old City according to the map. (direct)
20. Einstein was one of ________________ people who ever lived. (intelligent)
21. Mount Everest is ____________ mountain in the world. (high)
22. Trains are generally __________ than buses. (fast)
23. Your car is in ___________ condition than mine. (good)
24. That was ___________ meal I have ever eaten. (bad)
25. The new student is ____________ at maths than many of the others in his
class. (clever)
4. FILL IN THE CORRECT FORM OF EACH ADJECTIVE:
LIAT: Before we go shopping, let’s look at the ads in the newspapers. We have to find the ______ (good) things at the _____________ (low) prices.
YANIV: Why don’t we just look around the stores-they’re not far from one another.
LIAT: Because reading the ads first is__________ (good) than wasting time walking around.
YANIV: OK, OK, what’s first on your list?
LIAT: First of all, dresses. That’s the ______________(enjoyable)thing to buy, isn’t it?
YANIV: Oh, sure.
LIAT: Now be serious. Where should we start?
YANIV: Well, Marron’s has the __________ (cheap) dresses.
5. WRITE THE CORRECT FORM OF THE ADJECTIVES.
Sammy Shwitzer thinks he is ___________________ (good) than everyone else.
He is talking to a boy in his class.
He says: “My house is _____________________ (beautiful) house in Haifa. My room is __________________ (big) than all my friends’ rooms. It is ______________ (nice) than their rooms too. I have _________________________ (expensive) stereo in the world! My father has a very expensive car. It is _______________________ (expensive) than your father’s car and it is ____________________ (fast) than his car, too.
I have the ______________________ (good) bicycle in Haifa!
Your grades are not ________________________ (high) as my grades. In fact there is nobody in Israel ______________________ (clever) as me!
Why does nobody like me!
Adverbs modify verbs. They tell us more about actions (verbs).
They show us how, where or when an action is performed. There are adverbs of:
· MANNER ( quietly, fast, gently, slowly, well)
· PLACE (away, in , down, anywhere, round, there)
· TIME (daily, monthly, tomorrow, now, immediately)
· FREQUENCY: (often, frequently, sometime es, always, never)
· WHOLE SENTENCE: (obviously, perhaps, possibly, luckily
· DEGREE: (quite, very, hardly, rather, completely)
v Some adverbs have a different meaning from the adjective they are related to:
bare – barely, short – shortly, scarce – scarcely
Note: The adverb related to hard is hard. Hardly is an adverb with a different meaning.
v Some adverbs and adjectives have the same form and meaning for example:
fast, hard, late, early
v Remember the adjective good becomes well as an adverb.
1 Turn the adjective into adverbs.
|
kind _________ bad _________ nervous _________ gentle _________ nice _________ angry _________ noisy __________
|
careful __________ lazy __________ safe __________ simple __________ strong __________ brave __________ tragic __________ |
2 Choose the correct answer:
a. Jack was a ( gently / gentle) boy.
b. The old man sat (quietly / quiet).
c. The baby plays (happy / happily) on the floor. He is a ( happy / happily) baby.
d. My father is (proud / proudly)of me.
e. I am a (good / well) boy. I work ( good / well).
3 Write the correct form of the adjective or adverb.
1. (easy) – Be careful! My dog gets angry very _________.
2. (usual) – She ________ goes to sleep after midnight because she likes to watch her
_______ program on T.V.
3. (fast) – You don’t have to be a _______ runner. You have to finish as ______ as
possible.
4. (hard / hardly) – Father worked so _______ last month. We ________ saw him.
5. (late / lately) – Dalia is ________ again. She can’t get up early _______ because
she goes to sleep too ________ every night.
4 COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING TABLE:
|
Noun |
Adjective |
Adverb |
|
|
close |
closely |
|
|
quiet |
quietly |
|
number |
numerous |
numerously |
|
patience |
patient |
patiently |
|
fame |
famous |
famously |
|
loyalty |
loyal |
loyally |
|
|
sudden |
suddenly |
|
poverty |
poor |
poorly |
|
tragedy |
tragic |
tragically |
|
|
good |
well |
|
faithfulness / faith |
faithful |
faithfully |
|
misery |
miserable |
miserably |
|
|
stubborn |
stubbornly |
5 COMPLETE THE PASSAGE USING WORDS FROM THE TABLE ABOVE:
There are __________ stories about brave animals. The following is one of many. The dog, Hachiko, belonged to a Japanese professor. He served his master __________. Every day, when the professor walked to the train station , Hachiko followed him __________ never losing sight of his master. The _________ animal sat in the station all day, waiting for the professor to return from the university.
One day there was a terrible __________. The professor had a heart attack at work and died ___________. The __________ dog didn’t have any food but it continued to wait at the station for its master’s return. People heard about the professor and saw the dog. It looked ________ . They tried to get it to go home but the dog ____________ refused to leave.
The story about this dog is a __________ one. Everyone in Japan knows about it. The Scottish people have great _________ in this story because something similar happened in Scotland.
Fill in the missing words. Most of them are adjectives or adverbs:
The ___________ Birthday.
Not for the ________ time, an argument had broken out over breakfast at Number 1 , Privet Drive. Mr. Vernon Dursley had been woken in the _________ hours of the morning by a _________ hooting noise from his ___________ Harry’s room.
“ _______ time this week!” he roared across the table. “If you can’t control that owl, it’ll have to go!”
Harry tried, yet _________, to explain.
“She’s _______________,”he said. “She’s used to flying _________ outside. If I could _____ let her out at night .”
“Do I look stupid?” snarled Uncle Vernon, a bit of ____egg dangling from his _______ moustache. “I know what’ll happen if that owl’s let ___”
He exchanged _____ looks with his wife, Petunia.
Harry tried to argue back but his words were drowned by a _____ , ______ belch from the Dursleys’ son, Dudley.
“I want more bacon.”
“There’s more in the _________pan, sweetums,” said Aunt Petunia, turning ______ eyes on her _________ son. “We must feed you up while we’ve got the chance …. I don’t like the sound of that school food …”
“Nonsense, Petunia, I _______ went hungry when I was at Smeltings,” said Uncle Vernon _______ . “Dudley gets ______, don’t you son?”
Dudley, who was so large his bottom drooped over ____ side of the ______ chair, grinned and turned to Harry.
“Pass the __________ pan.”
“You’ve forgotten the ______ word,” said Harry ______.
The effect of this _______ sentence on the rest of the family was _______ .: Dudley gasped and fell off his chair with a crash that shook the _____ kitchen; Mrs. Dursley gave a _____scream and clapped her hands to her mouth; Mr. Dursley jumped to his feet, veins throbbing in his temples.
“I meant ‘please’!” said Harry ______. “I didn’t mean ….”
“WHAT HAVE I TOLD YOU,” thundered his uncle, spraying spit over the table, “ ABOUT SAYING THE _____ WORD IN THE HOUSE?”
Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets: J.K. Rowlings
