TECNOLÓGICO DE ESTUDIOS SUPORIORES DE JOCOTITLÁN

Practice Exercises Teacher: Brenda Gómez Cruz

Level A2. Group: _______ Student’s name:_____________________________

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Today we practice simple past and past continuous with a famous

song.
1.- Look for the meaning in Spanish of the following words:
Showgirl (noun)----Chicas bailando
Feathers (noun)----Plumas
Crowded (adjective)---- Estar lleno de gente
Young (adjective)---Joven
Youth (noun)---- Juventud
Hottest (adjective)---- Lugar mas animado
Fall in love (verb)---- Enamorarse
Escort (verb)----Acompañar a alguien
Fly (verb)--- Volar
Used to (semi modal verb)----- Solia ser
Refined (adjective)----- Refinado
Each other----- Uno al otro

2.- Listen to the song and complete the lyrics.

Copacabana
Barry Manilow
____Her name is _____ Lola, she was a showgirl
With yellow feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to there
She would merengue and do the cha-cha
And while ___she tried____ to be a star
Tony always tended bar
Across the crowded floor, _ they worked__ from eight til four
They were young__ and they had each other
Who could ask for more?
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Practice Exercises Teacher: Brenda Gómez Cruz

Level A2. Group: _______ Student’s name:_____________________________
At the copa (co) Copacabana (Copacabana)
The hottest spot north of Havana (here)
At the copa (co) Copacabana
Music and passion were always the fashion
At the copa they fell in love
Copa, Copacabana
_His name was Rico
__He wore _ a diamond
He was escorted to his chair, he saw Lola dancing there
And when she finished__, he called her over
But Rico went a bit to far
Tony sailed across the bar
And then the punches flew and chairs were smashed in two
_ There was blood _ and a single gun shot
But just who shot who?
At the copa (co) Copacabana (Copacabana)
The hottest spot north of Havana (here)
At the copa (co) Copacabana
Music and passion were always the fashion
At the copa, she lost her love
(Copa, Copacabana)
(Copa, Copacabana)
(Copacabana)
like in Havana
(Copa, banana)
Music and passion were always in fashion
Her name is Lola, she was a showgirl
But that was thirty years ago, when they used to have a show
Now it's a disco, but not for Lola
Still in dress she used to wear
Faded feathers in her hair
She sits there so refined, and drinks herself half-blind
She lost her youth and she lost her Tony
Now she's lost her mind
At the copa (co) Copacabana (Copacabana)
The hottest spot north of Havana (here)
At the copa (co) Copacabana
Music and passion were always in fashion
At the copa don't fall in love
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Practice Exercises Teacher: Brenda Gómez Cruz

Level A2. Group: _______ Student’s name:_____________________________
don't fall in love
(Copacabana)
(Copacabana)
Songwriters: Barry Manilow / Bruce H. Sussman / Jack A. Feldman

Copacabana lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

3.- Answer the questions from the song:

1. What was the name of the girl?

2. What was her profession?
3. Did she have a boyfriend?
4. What did Tony do in the Copacabana?
5. When was Lola the showgirl?
6. What was Lola doing when Rico arrived to the Copacabana?
7. Was Tony tending the bar when Rico was escorted to his chair?

4.- Draw a time line for Lola:

__ Her name is __ Lola, she was the showgirl

 TECNOLÓGICO DE ESTUDIOS SUPORIORES DE JOCOTITLÁN

Practice Exercises Teacher: Brenda Gómez Cruz

Level A2. Group: _______ Student’s name:_____________________________

Her name is Lola, she was the showgirl….