PLAYING CARDS VOCABULARY. Discuss the following words with your teacher and class; write their translation in case you need it.

PLAYING CARDS VOCABULARY

Discuss the following words with your teacher and class; write their translation in case you need it.

spades

diamonds

clubs

hearts

a deck-

a suit-

to deal cards –

to shuffle –

to discard -

Jack -

Queen -

King –

Ace -

Now listen to the song and put the verbs into the appropriate form. Find any playing cards vocabulary.

Sting ‘The Shape of My Heart’

He______(to deal) the cards as a meditation

And those he ______(to play) never suspect

He _______not/to play) for the money he _____(to win)

He ______(not/to play) for respect

He ______(to deal) the card to find the answer

The sacred geometry of chance

The hidden law of a probable outcome

The numbers______(to lead) a dance

I know that the spades_______(to be) the swords of a soldier

I know that the clubs _______(to be) weapons of war

I know that diamonds mean money for this art

But that's not the shape of my heart

He may play the jack of diamonds

He may lay the queen of spades

He may conceal a king in his hand

While the memory of it fades

I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier

I know that the clubs are weapons of war

I know that diamonds mean money for this art

But that's not the shape of my heart

That's not the shape, the shape of my heart

And if I told you that I loved you

You'd maybe think there's something wrong

I'm not a man of too many faces

The mask I wear is one

Well, those who speak know nothin'

And find out to their cost

Like those who curse their luck in too many places

And those who fear are lost

I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier

I know that the club are weapons of war

I know that diamonds mean money for this art

But that's not the shape of my heart

That's not the shape, the shape of my heart