The Police – Every Breath You Take Activity type:  Vocabulary, prediction and ordering. Time: 20 minutes. Note: This was the Police’s biggest hit, remaining at number one in the U.S.A. for eight weeks in 1983. Puff Daddy sampled it on his 1997 hit “I’ll be Missing You”. Worksheet written by Caterina Ziliani, Milan Download worksheet […]

The Bangles – Eternal Flame  Activity type: Listening for specific words, vocabulary.  Grammar: Present Simple.  Level: Elementary.  Time: 20 minutes.  Note: This was a huge hit for the Bangles in 1989, going to Number One in the UK and American charts. It was inspired by two eternal flames, one in a synagogue in Palm Springs

U2 – Electrical Storm Activity type: identify correct word, ordering, gap fill, rhyming words.  Grammar: Present simple, present continuous, ‘Let’s’.  Time: 20 mins. Worksheet written by Prof. Maria Persico, Portici (NA) Download worksheet Embedding disabled? Double click on the video. Video removed? Please let us know!

Queen – Don’t Stop Me Now Activity types: grammar, vocabulary.  Grammar: Present Continuous, Imperatives.  Time: 40 mins.  Note: This was one of Queen’s biggest hits, appearing on their 1978 album Jazz. Written by Freddie Mercury, the lyrics actually refer to his insatiable sexual appetite, but you don’t need to tell your students that! Worksheet written

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

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. 

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

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?

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!