The Cranberries – Zombie Activity types: discussion, vocabulary, listening for specific words, gap fill, pronunciation. Grammar: Present Simple, Present Continuous, adverb formation. Time: 30 mins. Note: The Irish rock band The Cranberries was very successful in the 1990’s. “Zombie”, their best-known song, was released in 1994 on the album “No Need To Argue”, and won […]
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Carole King – You’ve Got A Friend Activity type: rhyming words, gap fill. Time: 15 mins. Note: Carole King recorded this song for her 1971 album Tapestry. James Taylor recorded his, possibly more famous, version the same year, winning two Grammy Awards – Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for him, and Best Song for King.
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James Blunt – You’re Beautiful Activity type: gap fill, rhyming words, comprehension. Grammar: Present simple, past simple and continuous, future ‘will’, must, should. Time: 15 mins. Worksheet written by Prof. Laura Casolero, Grumo Nevano (NA) Download worksheet Embedding disabled? Double click on the video. Video removed? Please let us know!
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The Beatles – Yellow Submarine Activity type: predicting, word order. Grammar: Present simple, past simple. Time: 30 mins. Level: Intermediate Note: This song can also be presented as a simple activity to very young students. Teach them the colours. Ask them to draw the sky, the sea and a submarine and to colour them while
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Maroon 5 – Won’t Go Home Without You Activity type: group discussion, speaking, opposites, gap fill. Grammar: will and won’t Time: 30 mins. Note: From Maroon 5’s second album “It Won’t Be Soon Before Long”, the guitar undertone on this song is based on the bass line from The Police’s Every Breath You Take, also
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The Beatles – With A Little Help From My Friends Activity types: Rhyming words, gap fill. Grammar: Present Simple, Past Simple, Future going to and will, Second Conditional. Time: 30 mins. Note: Sung by Ringo Starr, this track appeared on The Beatles’ 1967 album “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”. It was a huge hit
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U2 – Where The Streets Have No Name Activity type: vocabulary, gap fill, listening for specific words. Time: 20 mins. Note: This is taken from U2’s 1987 album “The Joshua Tree”, and is a favourite at their live shows. Bono has said he was thinking of Northern Ireland when he wrote it: “in Belfast you
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Billy Ocean – When The Going Gets Tough (The Tough Get Going) Activity types: rhyming words, vocabulary. Grammar: Future will. Time: 20 mins. Note: this was a huge hit in 1985, and featured on the soundtrack of the film “The Jewel of the Nile”. It returned to Number One in the U.K. when it was covered by Boyzone
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Queen – We Are The Champions Activity type: phonetics, rhyming words ,gap fill, comprehension. Grammar: present simple, present perfect, past simple, future will and be going Time:30 mins. Level:Intermediate Note: Queen recorded this song for the 1977 album “News Of The World”, and it immediately became a concert favourite, now often being used at sporting events.
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U2 – Walk On Activity types: Discussion; rhyming words; gap fill; Internet search Level: Intermediate/Upper-Intermediate (Song only: Elementary/Pre-Intermediate) Language: Talking about human rights; reading and discussing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; speaking about human rights activists; summarising; reporting; comparing Note: This is from U2’s 2000 album All That You Can’t Leave Behind. Released as
