Caricom Song Worksheet

DETAILED COMPREHENSION ( 2nd Listening )
The CARICOM song

A/ Match the following words with their synonyms.
WORDS SYNONYMS
Forefathers Promise
Seeking Races
Battles Ancestors
Vow Persevering
Ethnicities Looking for
Bonds Fights
steadfast Links
B/Listen to the song and fill in the gaps.

Verse 1
From many distant lands, our …………………….. came
Some ………………… adventure, some bound in …………
Through ……………... waged and fought
Through victory and pain
By test of their courage
Our freedom was …………………
In …………………….. to those gone before us
The heroes of lands in the sun
We ……….. to join hands and to focus
On building one Caribbean
Chorus
………………. your voices high
Sing of your Caribbean pride
Sing it loud and strong
Feel our hearts ……… as one
Celebrate in song
As we rise to …………….. where we belong
Sound the victory ……….
For CARICOM
Verse 2
Though great and diverse be our ………………………
The ………… that unite us are stronger than these
We ……… we pray we love, we dance and we play
We …………….. to each other the West Indian way
Today as people united
Determined and ………………… we stand
We look to a………….. new horizon
The future now ………………. in our hands.
B/ Right or wrong exercise
1.Say if the following statements are right or wrong and justify by quoting from the song.
a. The Caribbean ancestors were either adventurers or slaves.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
b. It was easy for them to free themselves.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
c. The Caribbean people are determined to be united in order to pay tribute to their
ancestors.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
d. They are not really proud of their identity.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. Answer the following questions
a. What is the drum associated with for the Caribbean people? Why?
b. What are the main characteristics of these people?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
B/ Right or wrong exercise

1.Say if the following statements are right or wrong and justify by quoting from the song.
e. The Caribbean ancestors were either adventurers or slaves.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
f. It was easy for them to free themselves.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
g. The Caribbean people are determined to be united in order to pay tribute to their
ancestors.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
h. They are not really proud of their identity.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. Answer the following questions
c. What is the drum associated with for the Caribbean people? Why?
d. What are the main characteristics of these people?

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DETAILED COMPREHENSION ( 2nd Listening )

The CARICOM song

B/Listen to the song and fill in the gaps.

a. The Caribbean ancestors were either adventurers or slaves.

2. Answer the following questions

B/ Right or wrong exercise

e. The Caribbean ancestors were either adventurers or slaves.

2. Answer the following questions

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