California Dreamin’ – The Mama & The Papas

• Activity types: gap fill

• Level: Intermediate

• Grammar Focus: Present Simple, Past Simple, Present Perfect, Second Conditional, Future going to.

• Phonetic: /eɪ/

• Time: 20 mins.

• Note: Released in 1965, this was written by newly-married singers John and Michelle Phillips in a cold New York winter. The song was inspired by Michelle’s homesickness, with the second verse based on their recent visit to St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

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