Cure – Boys Don’t Cry

The Cure – Boys Don’t Cry Activity type: gap fill, rhyming words, word order.  Grammar: Second Conditional. Write “say I’m sorry” and “I think” on the board. Highlight that the second clause is the if-clause, and let students make a second conditional sentence. The correct answer is the beginning of the first lines of the song.  […]

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Bob Dylan – Blowing In The Wind

Bob Dylan – Blowing In The Wind Activity type: Vocabulary, Discussion Grammar: How much / How many Level: Elementary, Pre-Intermediate Time:20 minutes. Song background: First released in 1963 on The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, this is one of Dylan’s best-known songs. In 2004 Rolling Stone magazine placed the song at Number 14 in its list of

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U2 – Beautiful Day

U2 – Beautiful Day Activity type: listening for specific words, gap fill, rhyming words. Time: 20 mins. Worksheet written by Prof. Michela Zagnoli, Bologna Download worksheet Embedding disabled? Double click on the video. Video removed? Please let us know!

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Madcon – Beggin’

Madcon – Beggin’ Activity type: gap fill, identify correct word, ordering, vocabulary, listening for specific words. Grammar: past simple (regular + to be and to have), present continuous, ‘Wh- Questions’. Note: Madcon are Norwegian, featuring Tshawe Baqwa and Yosef Wolde-Mariam. The huge European hit Beggin’ is the first single from their second album, 2007’s So Dark

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Tracy Chapman – Across The Lines

Tracy Chapman – Across The Lines Activity types: Prediction, listening for specific words, gap fill, writing.  Level: Elementary / Pre-Intermediate.  Time: 20 mins. Note: This song is taken from Tracy Chapman’s eponymous 1988 debut album. It is based on an incident in her childhood, when, as a 13 year-old in Cleveland, she was attacked by

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