Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder – That’s What Friends Are For Activity type: rhyming words, gap fill. Grammar: present simple,present continuous, past simple, imperative, future will, can, should, past conditional, 3rd conditional. Time: 15 mins. Note: This was written by Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager, and first performed by Rod Stewart. It became […]
Dean Martin – That’s Amore Activity type: gap fill, vocabulary through pictures. Time: 20 mins. Download worksheet Embedding disabled? Double click on the video. Video removed? Please let us know!
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Coldplay – Talk Activity type: gap fill, listening for specific words. Time: 20 mins. Note: This is taken from Coldplay’s 2005 album “X&Y”, and is based around the riff of the Kraftwerk song “Computer Love”. The band were initially unhappy with song, but eventually decided to include it on the album – the song was
Simply Red – Sunrise Activity type: Listening for extra words. Time: 10 mins. Download worksheet Embedding disabled? Double click on the video. Video removed? Please let us know!
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U2 – Sunday Bloody Sunday Activity types: discussion, vocabulary, listening for specific words, gap fill. Grammar:Past participles; modal verbs: can, must. Time: 30 mins. Note: This song is from U2’s 1983 album War. On Sunday 30th January 1972,British soldiers opened fire on unarmed civil rights protesters in Derry, Northern Ireland. Thirteen people, including six minors,
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David Bowie – Space Oddity Activity type: prediction, rhyming pairs, gap fill. Grammar: Present simple, present continuous. Level: Elementary/Intermediate. Time: 20 mins. Note: This song was released in 1969 to coincide with the Apollo 11 moon landing, and was used by the BBC to accompany its television coverage of the event. It was David Bowie’s first hit single,
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Dusty Springfield – Son Of A Preacher Man Activity type: gap fill, rhyming words. Grammar: “would” for a repeated action in the past. Time: 15 mins. Download worksheet Embedding disabled? Double click on the video. Video removed? Please let us know!
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Lily Allen – Smile Note: This song features the word “fucking”. Activity type: error correction, vocabulary. Time:20 mins. Worksheet written by James Ratcliff, St. Etienne de Montluc, Nantes, France Download worksheet Embedding disabled? Double click on the video. Video removed? Please let us know!
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Kate Nash – Skeleton Song Activity type: Listening for extra words, comprehension, discussion. Time: 25 mins. Note: Kate Nash is an English singer-songwriter. This song is from her 2007 debut album “Made of Bricks”. Kate says the song is about a skeleton named Stanley who stares out of the front-room window of her parents’ house, wearing a
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Take That – Shine Activity type: opposites, listening for specific words. Grammar: imperatives, let for permission. Time: 20 minutes. Worksheet written by Prof. Carrie Elise Rodella, Capaccio (SA) Download worksheet Embedding disabled? Double click on the video. Video removed? Please let us know!
