Deep Purple – Hush Activity types: Rhyming words, gap fill. Grammar: Past Simple. Time: 30 mins. Note: First recorded by Billy Joe Royal in 1967, Deep Purple’s version gave them their first hit the following year. They rerecorded it in 1988 to celebrate their 20th anniversary. Worksheet written by Prof. Claudia Cantaluppi, Como Download worksheet […]
Deep Purple – Hush Read More »
Beyoncé – If I Were A Boy Activity types: Discussion, gap fill, vocabulary. Grammar:Contracted form, phrasal verbs, second conditional Note: This was the first single taken from I Am… Sasha Fierce, Beyoncé’s third solo album, released in 2008. Worksheet written by Prof. Lorenzo Castilla, Huelva, Spain Download worksheet Embedding disabled? Double click on the video.
Beyoncé – If I Were A Boy Read More »
The Monkees – I’m a Believer Activity type: gap fill. Grammar: Past Simple. Time: 20 mins Download worksheet Embedding disabled? Double click on the video. Video removed? Please let us know!
Monkees – I’m A Believer Read More »
U2 – I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For Activity type: gap fill. Grammar: Present Perfect Simple, with still. Time: 20 mins. Download worksheet Embedding disabled? Double click on the video. Video removed? Please let us know!
U2 – I Still Haven’t Found What I'm Looking For Read More »
Gloria Gaynor – I Will Survive Activity type: gap fill, rhyming words. Grammar: Past Simple, should have, imperatives, used to, mixed conditional. Time: 20 mins (Note that there are three worksheets here, the third is a combination of the first two, and will take 30 mins to complete). Download worksheet Embedding disabled? Double click on
Gloria Gaynor – I Will Survive Read More »
John Lennon – Jealous Guy Activity type: gap fill, rhyming words. Grammar: Past Continuous. Write on the board: “I dreamed of the past and my heart beat fast, from 6 o’clock to 7 o’clock. At half past six I began to lose control”. Ask students to produce a sentence using the Past Continuous – the first
John Lennon – Jealous Guy Read More »
Wham! – Last Christmas Activity type: rhyming pairs. Comprehension. Grammar: Mixed Tenses. Level: Pre-Intermediate Time: 20 minutes. Song background: Released in 1984, this was the biggest selling single in history to never reach Number One in the British charts – despite selling well over a million copies, it was held off the top spot by
Wham! – Last Christmas Read More »
Lily Allen – LDN Activity type: matching lines to reconstruct a text, vocabulary. Time: 20 mins. Activity written by James Ratcliff, Nantes, France Download worksheet Embedding disabled? Double click on the video. Video removed? Please let us know!
R.E.M. – Leaving New York Activity type: opposites, listening for specific words. Grammar: might have + past participle Time: 25 mins. Download worksheet Embedding disabled? Double click on the video. Video removed? Please let us know!
R.E.M. – Leaving New York Read More »
Anastacia – Left Outside Alone Activity type: gap fill, rhyming words. Grammar: Present Perfect Continuous. Write “I started waiting the day I was born. I am still waiting” on the board. Tell students to make a Present Perfect Continuous sentence beginning with the words “All my life…”. The correct answer is the beginning of the song.
Anastacia – Left Outside Alone Read More »
