ESL Helpful Handouts
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Where Is Love? Question Formation – Present Tense, Future Tense, Modal Auxiliaries
Oliver! is a musical based on the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. The music and lyrics were written by Lionel Bart. It premiered in the West End in London in 1960. In 1963, it had a long, successful run on Broadway. In 1969, Columbia Pictures made the musical film version. Oliver Twist is an unloved orphan. He expresses his deep loneliness when he sings Where Is Love? You can watch a video clip of Where Is Love? from the film version of Oliver! on You Tube. This clip was posted by “maiza”. It is sung English, and also has English subtitles. Here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjJDekSculo There is a power point presentation of this handout, which includes the You Tube video from “maiza”. The link is http://www.slideshare.net/swatson033/where-is-love-3539860 Read the lyrics to Where Is Love? Notice the question forms.
Where Is Love? Words and Music by Lionel Bart Where is love? Does it fall from skies above? Is it underneath the willow tree that I’ve been dreaming of? Where is she who I close my eyes to see? Will I ever know the sweet “hello “that’s meant for only me? Where is love? Who can say where she may hide? Must I travel far and wide till I am beside the someone who I can mean something to? Every night I kneel and pray, let tomorrow be the day, when I can see the face of someone who I can mean something to. Where is love? Go to the next page to read about question formation. This free handout is available at http://sites.google.com.site/eslhelpfulhandouts. Written by S. Watson. Images: www.amazon.com, http://globedia.com Where Is Love? Words and Music by Lionel Bart.