1. Play the song: Wonderwall (Oasis). Do you like the song? What is the meaning of it?
2. Below are some words and phrases taken from the song. If you’ve never heard them before or they’re not very familiar to you, make sure you look up their meaning in a dictionary and try to pronounce them yourself.
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a) “blinding” (gerund)
b) “after all” (despite earlier problems or doubts)
c) “gonna” (going to)
d) “heart” (noun)
e) “winding” (gerund)
f) “throw” (verb)
g) “believe” (verb)
h) “should’ve” (contraction of “should have”)
i) anybody (pronoun)
j) how (adverb- cómo)
k) fire (uncountable noun)
3. Complete the task below by putting the correct word or phrase into the gap when you hear it. Make use of the time references and rewind the song as many times as you need to. You don’t have to get everything correct the second time that you listen.
Oasis – Wonderwall
That they’re gonna throw it back to you
By now you should’ve somehow
Realized what you gotta do
I don’t believe that anybody
Feels the way I do about you ______(0:54)
Back beat, the word is on the street
That the _____ in your heart is out (1:02)
I’m sure you’ve heard it all before
But you never really had a doubt
I don’t ________ that anybody feels (1:11)
The way I do about you now
And all the roads we have to walk are winding
And all the lights that lead us there are blinding
There are many things that I would
Like to say to you
But I don’t know _______(1:39)
Because maybe
You’re gonna be the one that saves me
And after all
You’re my wonderwall
Today was gonna be the day
But they’ll never _______ it back to you (2:14)
By now you should’ve somehow
Realized what you’re not to do
I don’t believe that _________(2:23)
Feels the way I do
About you now
And all the roads that lead you there were winding(2:35)
And all the lights that light the way are blinding
There are many things that I would like to say to you
But I don’t know how
I said maybe
You’re gonna be the one that saves me
And after all(3:05)
You’re my wonderwall
I said maybe
You’re gonna be the one that saves me
And after all
You’re my wonderwall
I said maybe
You’re gonna be the one that saves me
You’re gonna be the one that saves me
You’re gonna be the one that saves me
That they’re gonna throw it back to you
By now you _______ somehow
Realized what you _____ _____
I don’t believe that anybody
Feels the way I do about you now
Back beat, the word is on the street
That the fire in your _________ is out
I’m sure you’ve heard it all before
But you never really had a doubt
I don’t believe that anybody feels
The way I do about you now
And all the roads we have to walk are ____________
And all the lights that lead us there are ___________
There are many things that I would
Like to say to you
But I don’t know how
Because ___________
You’re gonna be the one that saves me
And after all
You’re my wonderwall
Today was gonna be the day
But they’ll never _______ it back to you
By now you should’ve somehow
Realized what you’re not to do
I don’t believe that anybody
Feels the way I do
About you now
And all the roads that lead you there were _________
And all the lights that light the way are blinding
There are many things that I would like to say to you
But I don’t know how
I said maybe
You’re gonna be the one that saves me
And ______ ______
You’re my wonderwall
I said maybe
You’re gonna be the one that saves me
And after all
You’re my wonderwall
I said maybe
You’re gonna be the one that saves me
You’re gonna be the one that saves me
You’re gonna be the one that saves me
That they’re _____ _______ it back to you
By now you _______ somehow
Realized what you gotta do
I don’t believe that anybody
_____ ______ _______ ______ _______ _______ _______ _______
Back beat, the word is on the street
That the _____ in your _________ is out
I’m sure you’ve heard it all before
But you never really ____ _____ ______
I don’t believe that anybody feels
The way I do about you now
And all the ______ we have to walk are ____________
And all the _______ that lead us there are ___________
There are many things that I would
Like to say to you
____ _____ _____ ______ ______
Because ___________
You’re gonna be the one that saves me
And ______ _______
You’re my ____________
Today was gonna be the day
But they’ll never _______ it back to you
By now you should’ve somehow
Realized what you’re not to do
I don’t believe that anybody
Feels the way I do
About you now
And all the roads that lead you there were _________
And all the lights that light the way are blinding
There are many things that I would like to say to you
But I don’t know how
I said maybe
You’re gonna be the one that saves me
And after all
You’re my wonderwall
I said maybe
You’re gonna be the one that saves me
And after all
You’re my wonderwall
I said maybe
You’re gonna be the one that saves me
You’re gonna be the one that saves me
You’re gonna be the one that saves me
4. It’s a great song, right?! Which is your favourite verse or line? Record yourself on video singing and post it to our Instagram or Facebook page. Who said English was difficult?!
Rob Hamburg is a trained English teacher from England who has numerous years of experience teaching English to young learners, teenagers and adults in Spain. He completed his bachelor degree in 2010 at The University of Manchester and obtained CELTA certification in 2015. As well as being an active teacher on Verbling, Rob teaches English online for SayABC and gives classes via Skype and Google Hangouts.
