ESLSongs

Practise the present simple (especially the third person singular) and vocabulary related to jobs in your ESL class with this song, She’s Not Just a Pretty Face by Shania Twain.

There are 13 examples of the third person singular in this song: She hosts / she rides / She plays / She is / she gets / She’s got / it takes / She has / (she) coaches a football team / She flies / she drives / she pumps / she praises

There are also references to over 25 professions.

There is a suggestion on how to use this song in your ESL classes below, but for more ideas, click here.

Lyrics

She hosts a T.V. show, she rides the rodeo
She plays the bass in a band
She’s an astronaut, a valet at the parking lot
A farmer working the land
She is a champion, she gets the gold
She’s a ballerina, the star of the show

Chorus
She’s not just a pretty face
She’s got everything it takes

She has a fashion line, a journalist for “Time”
(She) coaches a football team
She’s a geologist, a romance novelist
She is a mother of three
She is a soldier, she is a wife
She is a surgeon, she’ll save your life

Chorus
She’s not just a pretty face
She’s got everything it takes
She’s mother of the human race
She’s not just a pretty face

She is your waitress, she is your judge, she is your teacher
She is every woman in the world

She flies an airplane, she drives a subway train
At night she pumps gasoline
She’s on the council, she’s on the board
She’s a politician, she praises the Lord

Chorus
She’s not just a pretty face
She’s got everything it takes
She’s mother of the human race
She’s not…

She’s not just a pretty face
She’s got everything it takes…

Suggested activity: put the lines in order & job definitions

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Listen to the song and put the lines of each of the verses into the correct order:

She’s an astronaut, a valet at the parking lot
She is a champion, she gets the gold
She hosts a T.V. show, she rides the rodeo
A farmer working the land
She’s a ballerina, the star of the show
She plays the bass in a band

Chorus
She’s not just a pretty face
She’s got everything it takes

She has a fashion line, a journalist for “Time”
She’s a geologist, a romance novelist
(She) coaches a football team
She is a soldier, she is a wife
She is a mother of three
She is a surgeon, she’ll save your life

Chorus
She’s not just a pretty face
She’s got everything it takes
She’s mother of the human race
She’s not just a pretty face

She is your waitress, she is your judge, she is your teacher
She is every woman in the world

At night she pumps gasoline
She flies an airplane, she drives a subway train
She’s a politician, she praises the Lord
She’s on the council, she’s on the board

Chorus
She’s not just a pretty face
She’s got everything it takes
She’s mother of the human race
She’s not…

Now look at the underlined phrases, what is the job title for each description?

Write a short job description for some of the other professions
eg. She travels to outer space (astronaut)

Shania Twain

Eilleen Regina “Shania” Twain is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She has sold over 100 million records, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time and the best-selling female artist in country music history. Her success garnered her several titles, including the “Queen of Country Pop”. Billboard named her as the leader of the ’90s country-pop crossover stars.