Donovan – Colours Activity type: Listening for specific words. Vocabulary: Colours. Grammar: Present Simple. Level: Elementary. Time: 20 minutes. Worksheet written by Prof. Tina Lorenzani, Arconate (MI) Download worksheet Video removed? Please let us know!
The Police – Can’t Stand Losing You Activity types: rhyming words, tense review, British units of measurement. Grammar: Present Simple, Past Simple. Time:30 mins. Note: Released in 1978 and taken from The Police’s debut album Outlandos d’Amour, this song was originally banned by the BBC, because of its suggestion of suicide, but Sting actually wrote the lyrics
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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 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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The Kaiser Chiefs – I Predict A Riot / Ruby Note: The song “I Predict A Riot” is about being drunk, and features mild references to sex. Activity type: vocabulary, gap fill, error correction. Time: 40 mins. Activity written by James Ratcliff, Nantes, France Download worksheet Embedding disabled? Double click on the video. Video removed?
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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’ 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
Elvis Presley – Are You Lonesome Tonight? Activity type: Forming questions (Part One), gap fill, rhyming words (Part Two). Grammar: Yes/No Questions. Time: 30 mins. Download worksheet Embedding disabled? Double click on the video. Video removed? Please let us know!
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Phil Collins – Another Day In Paradise Activity type: reading text, phrasal verbs, question formation. Time: 30 mins. Note: This is a song about the problem of homelessness. Worksheet written by Prof. Analía Massa, Buenos Aires, Argentina Download worksheet Embedding disabled? Double click on the video. Video removed? Please let us know!
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Green Day – American Idiot Activity type: gap fill, opposites, word formation. Time: 20 mins. Download worksheet Embedding disabled? Double click on the video. Video removed? Please let us know!
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