ESLSongs

Practise body actions and movements in the ESL classroom with this epic & energetic song, Chica Walkin’ Down the Street by Alan Smith Robertson.

This song helps to study and learn the following 17 body movements & actions: appear, breathe, cry, disappear, fall, feel, freeze, kill, look like, smell, smile, stutter, talk, touch, walk, walk & watch.

This song comes with a PDF worksheet and is also available on Spotify as well as on Youtube. If you do not have access to either of these streaming services you can also download the song in mp3 format. To see other suggestions on how to use this song in class, click here.

Lyrics

CHORUS
Chica walking down the street, she’s so fine
Chica looking like a queen, make me want to cry
Chica appearing in my dreams, she’s all mine
Chica walking down the street, kill me every time

VERSE 1
When I walk up to her
Man, she smells so sweet
When she smiles back at me
I fall down to my knees

CHORUS

VERSE 2
Oh man but… when I try to talk, I,
No, I cannot breathe
And I start to stutter
I feel my body freeze

CHORUS

VERSE 3
So I cannot touch her, she’s
way out of my league
And all I can do is watch her
As she disappears

CHORUS

Suggested activity: fill the gaps

Download this exercise (PDF)

Listen to the song and put some of the following verbs into the correct gaps: bite, breathe, cry, eat, fall, feel, hear, hit, hold, jump, kill, listen, look, make, point, run, say, sit, smell, smile, stand, stutter, talk, taste, touch, walk, watch & wave. Sometimes you may need to put the verb into the 3rd person singular.

CHORUS
Chica ¹walking down the street, she’s so fine
Chica looking like a queen, make me want to ²_____________
Chica appearing in my dreams, she’s all mine
Chica walking down the street, ³_____________ me every time

VERSE 1
When I ⁴_____________ up to her
Man, she ⁵_____________ so sweet
When she ⁶_____________ back at me
I ⁷_____________ down to my knees

CHORUS

VERSE 2
Oh man but…
When I try to ⁸_____________, I,
No, I cannot ⁹_____________
And I start to ¹⁰_____________
I ¹¹_____________ my body freeze

CHORUS

VERSE 3
So I cannot ¹²_____________ her, she’s
way out of my league
And all I can do is ¹³_____________ her
As she disappears

CHORUS

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