imperatives, object pronouns & verbs all in 1song!

The following song by REM proved to be an excellent way to review imperatives and object pronouns, and to prepare them for past tense. (Procedure at the bottom) Shiny happy people laughing (name of the song) Meet me in the crowd People people Throw your love around Love me love me Take it into town Happy, happy Put it in the ground Where the flowers grow Gold and silver shine Shiny happy people holding hands Shiny happy people laughing Everyone around Love them, love them Put it in your hands Take it take it There's no time to cry Happy, happy Put it in your heart Where tomorrow shines Gold and silver shine Replace the simple present verbs with boxes and have the students: checking verbs, checking verbs' past tense identifying object pronouns (me, it, them) meet whom? put what? love whom? identifying imperatives checking imperatives' negative from (don't...) learning holding, shaking and waving hands. Enjoy! for a more challenging activity use 2 handouts and take out different easy words from each so students can later check themselves swaping information with a partner Yauri Salmeron Mexico City

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