THE MEDIA - Video Killed The Radio Star - A Song
THE MEDIA - Video Killed The Radio Star - A Song
THE MEDIA - Video Killed The Radio Star - A Song
Complete the sentences with the phrasal verb “to turn”. You don’t need all of them.
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I heard you on the wireless back in ‘52
Lying awake intent at tuning in on you. (3a)
If I was young it didn't stop you coming through.
(Oh-a oh)
1) wireless d) They took the credit for your second symphony.
2) come through a) Rewritten by machine and new technology, (3b)
3) pictures f) and now I understand the problems you can see.
4) jingles b) (Oh-a oh)
5) rewind c) I met your children
6) blame g) (Oh-a oh)
7) VCR e) What did you tell them?
Video killed the radio star (2x)
a) arrive by radio Pictures came and broke your heart. (3c)
b) short simple rhymes or songs (Oh-a-a-a oh)
that are designed to attract And now we meet in an abandoned studio.
attention and be easily We hear the playback and it seems so long ago.
remembered And you remember the jingles used to go. (3d)
c) go back to a particular point in (Oh-a oh)
time You were the first one.
(Oh-a oh)
d) radio
You were the last one.
e) video cassette recorder
Video killed the radio star. (2x)
f) images on a TV screen In my mind and in my car, we can't rewind we've gone
g) responsibility for something too far. (3e)
done badly or wrongly (Oh-a-aho oh) 2x
Video killed the radio star. (2x) (3f)
In my mind and in my car, we can't rewind we've gone
too far.
Pictures came and broke your heart.
Put the blame on VCR.
You are a radio star.
You are a radio star.
Video killed the radio star...
(You are a radio star.)
By Buggles (1979)
a) I’m sure this new TV series will turn out to be a huge success.
b) It’s getting late so we had better turn back or else we will miss the show.
c) Where’s the remote? – I’m sure it will turn up.
d) You must turn in your pass when you leave.
e) In the soap the doctor tried to turn the children against his wife.
f) Please turn the volume down. I’m on the phone.
g) They had no place to go so I couldn’t just turn them away.
h) Turn that up! I want to listen to the news.
i) If you turn around, you’ll be able to watch the film from over there.
j) Look at the time! I’d better turn in now.
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