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California King Bed Î Rihanna - Notes

Activity type: listening, gap fill, ordering.

Vocabulary: parts of the body.

Time: 20 mins.

Level: Elementary / Pre-Intermediate.

Note: This was the fourth single from RihannaÓs 2010 album Loud, chosen by fans in a poll

on RihannaÓs twitter page. One journalist described it as "a wrenching ballad about the

waking death of a relationship, the stage of limbo before the final crash; it's so well-

delivered, in fact, that it's hard to hear." The song was used in a 2011 advertising

campaign for skin-care product Nivea.

Tell the students they have 30 seconds to write down as many parts of the body as

they can. The winner is the one with the most.

2) Give each student a folded copy of the worksheet. Ask students to label the picture with

the words. Feedback.

3) Tell students they will hear 10 of these words in the song. Can they predict any from

their previous knowledge of the song?

4) Play the song. Students tick the words as they hear them and order the lines of the

chorus. Do they hear any parts of the body not on the list? Feedback.

Key: The word lips are in the song, but not on the list.

Chorus:

In this California king bed

We're ten thousand miles apart

I've been California wishing on these stars

For your heart for me

My California king

5) Ask students to unfold the worksheet. They fill in the gaps with the missing words,

based on their answers to the previous activity and context.

6) Check in pairs, then play the song again.

7) Vocabulary: ask students to find the words in the song for each of the pictures.

Key: A) rose

B) dusk (stars also possible)

C) confused

D) distance

E) dawn

F) sheets

8) Check in pairs, then sing the song together.

This worksheet is to be used for educational purposes only

Activity ¨ Tune into English 2011 Î www.tuneintoenglish.com

Worksheet written by Prof. Maria Gulczynska, Ancona

California King Bed Î Rihanna

Label the picture with the parts of the body.

arm

cheek

chest

eye

finger

hair

head

leg

nose

palm

toe

wrist

Listen to the song. Ten of the above words are used

Î tick them as you hear them (some may be in the

plural). Reorder the lines of the chorus.

Chorus:

For your heart for me

My California king

We're ten thousand miles apart

I've been California wishing on these stars

In this California king bed

My California king

__________________________________________________ FOLD _______________________________________________

Complete the lyrics.

________ to ________

We were always just that close

________ to ________

Lips that felt just like the inside of a rose

So, how come when I reach out my ______

It feels like more than distance between us

Dusk to dawn

With the curtains drawn

And a little last night on these sheets

So, how come when I reach out my ______

It seems like more than distance between us

Chorus

Just when I felt like giving up on us

You turned around and gave me one last touch

That made everything feel better

And even then my ________ got wetter

So confused wanna ask you if you love me

But I don't wanna seem so weak

Maybe I've been California dreaming

Chorus

________ to ________

Side by side

You were sleeping next to me

________ in ________

Chorus - My California king - Chorus

Read the lyrics and find the correct words for these pictures.

This worksheet is to be used for educational purposes only

Activity ¨ Tune into English 2011 Î www.tuneintoenglish.com

Worksheet written by Prof. Maria Gulczynska, Ancona

® California King Bed Î Rihanna - Complete

Chest to chest

Nose to nose

Palm to palm

We were always just that close

Wrist to wrist

Toe to toe

Lips that felt just like the inside of a rose

So, how come when I reach out my fingers

It feels like more than distance between us

Chorus:

In this California king bed

We're ten thousand miles apart

I've been California wishing on these stars

For your heart for me

My California king

Eye to eye

Cheek to cheek

Side by side

You were sleeping next to me

Arm in arm

Dusk to dawn

With the curtains drawn

And a little last night on these sheets

So, how come when I reach out my fingers

It seems like more than distance between us

Repeat Chorus

Just when I felt like giving up on us

You turned around and gave me one last touch

That made everything feel better

And even then my eyes got wetter

So confused wanna ask you if you love me

But I don't wanna seem so weak

Maybe I've been California dreaming

Repeat Chorus

My California king

Repeat Chorus

This worksheet is to be used for educational purposes only

Activity ¨ Tune into English 2011 Î www.tuneintoenglish.com

Worksheet written by Prof. Maria Gulczynska, Ancona

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