I’ve been using American English File 1 (BTW, this is my favorite textbook) with two private students and one of the units is about going out with friends. The book suggests an activity based on Dancing Queen, by Abba, but I decided to use Last Friday Night, by Katy Perry, because of my students’ musical preferences. Be careful: some parts of the song refer to sex and drinking heavily, so it’s not suitable for all ages and profiles.

This is a very simple task, and you could use it to finish the class. Check the answers here.

You might want to check some vocabulary:
there’s a pounding in my head: a big hangover headache.
ginger ale: a type of soda
hickie (slang): a reddish mark left on the skin by a passionate kiss
bruise: a hematoma 

There’s a stranger in my bed,

There’s a pounding in my bath

Glitter all over the room

Pink flamingos in the woods

I smell like a minibar

DJ’s passed out in the yard

Barbie’s on the living room

There’s a hickie or a bruise

Pictures of last night

Ended up offline 

I’m screwed

Oh well

It’s a white top blur

But I’m pretty sure it ruled

Damn!

Last Friday night

Yeah we smiled on tabletops

And we took too many shots

Think we kissed but I forgot

Last Friday night

Yeah we maxed our credit cards

And got kicked out of the pub

So we hit the boulevard

Last Friday night

We went streaking in the dark

Skinny dipping in the dark

Then had a ***

Last Friday night

Yeah I think we broke the saw

Always say we’re gonna stop-op

Whoa-oh-oah

This Friday night

Do it all again (2x)

Trying to join the dots

Don’t know what to tell my boss

Think the city towed my car

Chandelier is on the table

With my favorite party dress

Warrants out for my test

Think I want a ginger ale

That was such an epic fail

Pictures of last night

Ended up offline 

I’m screwed

Oh well

It’s a white top blur

But I’m pretty sure it ruled

Damn!

Last Friday night

Yeah we smiled on tabletops

And we took too many shots

Think we kissed but I forgot

Last Friday night

Yeah we maxed our credit cards

And got kicked out of the pub

So we hit the boulevard

Last Friday night

We went streaking in the dark

Skinny dipping in the dark

Then had a ***

Last Friday night

Yeah I think we broke the saw

Always say we’re gonna stop-op

Whoa-oh-oah

This Friday night

Do it all again

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