Students listen to a song which stops every 10 seconds and shows a question. They need to complete the missing verb from (bare or to + infinitive or gerund). Mind, the questions are not directly related to the song, however, the music video and the lyrics might be a good conversation topic in the follow-up session.

Would you like to be a woman? Do you like being a woman?

Can girls learn to speak a language faster than boys?

Can women help to improve the economy of a country?

Can women plan to go to the military in your country?

Can you offer to pay for a woman’s drink in your country? What does it mean if she accepts?

Do girls often pretend to laugh at boys’ jokes? If so, why do they do that?

Do girls usually finish completing school tests before boys?

Do parents in your country let their teen daughter date a boy? Can boys date girls earlier?

Do parents make their daughters work in the house? What about their sons?

Do women often promise to call you without keeping it? What about men?

Do you enjoy talking to girl-friends? What do you talk about? Do you talk about different things with boy-friends?

Do you hate listening to old ladies? Why (not)?

Do you love working with women? Is it better to work with women or men?

Do you spend much time dealing with men or women at work? What do you like or dislike about it?

Do you think that women only want to have jewels?

Do you think women in all countries can hope to get a job?

Does a man need to have a woman in his lives? And do women need men?

Have you ever forgotten to call your wife/mother/girlfriend on women’s day?

Is it true that women go on and on talking? What about boys?

Should women be involved more in politics?

Why do you think women decide not to have children?

This task is the lead-in to a conversation lesson. Use the questions (find the full list under Discussion Questions) to start a conversation. Students can discuss the questions in pairs or small groups. At the end, give (content and language) feedback.

MIND: Some questions are provocative, you can leave some questions out of the discussion. (You can find the printable version of the questions on www.elttutor.com.)

You can also talk about the song itself, its video and lyrics send messages to the viewers. Do your students find these messages positive or negative? Why?

Start with eliciting some verbs which ask for a gerund, bare infinitive (explain what it means) and to + infinitive. Find the full list in the Vocabulary List.

You might want to discuss the negative forms: Women decide not to have children, because...

Tell students that they are going to watch a music video which stops every 10 seconds. They need to complete questions with the missing verb form. Remind students that the song and the questions do not relate.

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