Oasis - Wonderwall | El Universo del Inglés

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.

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

Today is gonna be the day 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

Today is _______ be the day 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

Today is _______ be the day 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

Rob Hamburg is a trained English teacher 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 an active teacher on Verbling, Rob has taught English online for Education First (EF) and gives classes via Skype and Google Hangouts.