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    This document provides the lyrics and analysis of the song "Ebony and Ivory" by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder. The song uses ebony and ivory keys on a piano as a metaphor for racial harmony and integration between black and white people. It discusses how people are fundamentally the same regardless of where they live or their skin color. The document then has comprehension questions about the meaning and message of the song.

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    This document provides the lyrics and analysis of the song "Ebony and Ivory" by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder. The song uses ebony and ivory keys on a piano as a metaphor for racial harmony and integration between black and white people. It discusses how people are fundamentally the same regardless of where they live or their skin color. The document then has comprehension questions about the meaning and message of the song.

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    Lesson 2: Ebony and Ivory.

    CEI English –Adults 3

    Ebony and Ivory


    by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder

    A) Listen to the song and complete the blanks with


    the verbs below.

    GIVE GO KNOW LIVE NEED LEARN

    Ebony and ivory ______ together in perfect harmony


    About “Ebony and Ivory”
    Side by side on my piano keyboard, oh Lord, why don't we?
    "Ebony and Ivory" is a
    1982 number-one single
    by Paul McCartney,
    We all ______ that people are the same where ever you ______
    performed with Stevie
    There is good and bad in ev'ryone Wonder. It was
    released on March 29
    We _____ to live, we ______ to _______ of that year. At the
    Each other what we ______ to survive together alive simplest level, the song
    is about the ebony
    (black) and ivory
    (white) keys on a piano,
    Ebony and ivory ______ together in perfect harmony
    but also deals with
    Side by side on my piano keyboard, oh Lord why don't we? integration and racial
    harmony on a deeper
    level.
    Ebony, ivory living in perfect harmony

    Ebony, ivory, ooh

    We all _____ that people are the same where ever you _____

    There is good and bad in ev'ryone

    We learn to live, when we learn to ______

    Each other what we ______ to survive together alive

    1
    Lesson 2: Ebony and Ivory.
    CEI English –Adults 3

    Ebony and ivory ______ together in perfect harmony

    Side by side on my piano keyboard, oh Lord why don't we?

    Side by side on my piano keyboard, oh Lord, why don't we

    Ebony, ivory living in perfect harmony

    Ebony, ivory living in perfect harmony

    Ebony, ivory living in perfect harmony

    Ebony, ivory living in perfect harmony

    Ebony, ivory living in perfect harmony

    Ebony, ivory living in perfect harmony

    B) Circle the words you hear.

    Ebony Music Wonderful However Inside

    Stop Ivory Guitar Anyway In

    Together Not Live Believe Because

    Still Outside Song Perfect Harmony

    C) Reorder the words you circled in order to make a sentence.


    _______________________________________________________________

    D) Write the past of these verbs.

    INFINITIVE PAST REGULAR IRREGULAR


    GIVE
    GO

    2
    Lesson 2: Ebony and Ivory.
    CEI English –Adults 3

    KNOW
    LIVE
    NEED
    LEARN

    E) Write sentences in past tense with the verbs above.


    1. ______________________________________________________
    2. ______________________________________________________
    3. ______________________________________________________
    4. ______________________________________________________
    5. ______________________________________________________
    6. ______________________________________________________

    F) VOCABULARY

    1. Piano keyboard a. agreement


    2. Perfect harmony b. sharing the things
    3. Learn to give each other c. different skin colours
    4. Live together d. right and wrong
    5. There is good and bad e. spending time with somebody

    G) Discuss.

     The ebony and ivory keys on the piano are used by the singers as
    metaphors. What do they symbolize?
     Do you consider racism exists in your country?
     Which do people in your country discriminate against? What other type
    of discrimination exists in your country?
     Which country do you think is the most racist?
     Do you believe racism is getting worst or disappearing worldwide?
     What’s the worst example of discrimination you’ve witnessed or
    experienced?

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