Practise colours & adjectives as well as the basic present simple tense in your ESL class with this classic song, What a Wonderful World! by Louis Armstrong. These song lyrics include the following 10 adjectives: green, red, wonderful, blue, white, bright, blessed, dark, sacred & pretty The song also uses the following verbs in the…
Basic level
Alan Smith Robertson – Older
“Older” is a song written for English teachers to practise basic-level grammar and vocabulary the fun way in the ESL classroom, and it comes with an easy-to-use worksheet! The lyrics of this song use the following basic-level English vocabulary and grammar: This song comes with a worksheet and is available for download in mp3. To…
The Cure – Friday I’m in Love
Practise the days of the week in your ESL class with this classic song, Friday I’m in Love by The Cure. These song lyrics include all the days of the week. This song is appropriate for basic level learners if you ignore the bridge. To see suggestions on how to use this song in class,…
Bruno Mars – Just the way you are
Practise the present simple, and especially the third person singular, in your ESL class with this classic song, Just the way you are by Bruno Mars. The lyrics of this song contain 24 examples of the present simple tense, and it is appropriate for basic level learners. There is a suggestion on how to use…
Shakin’ Stevens – Yes, I do
Practice basic level yes/no questions and short answers in your ESL class with this song, Yes, I do by Shakin’ Stevens. The interrogatives which appear in these song lyrics are: “is it…”, “do I…”, “should I…”, “will I…” & “why do…”, and the short answers are: “yes, I do”, “no, I don’t”, “yes, I should”,…
The Beatles – For No One
Practise the present simple, and especially the third person singular, in your ESL class with this classic song, For No One by The Beatles. The lyrics of this song contain 26 examples of the present simple tense, and it is appropriate for basic level learners. There is a suggestion on how to use this song…
Nina Simone – Feeling Good
Practice the topic of “nature” in your ESL class with this song, Feeling Good by Nina Simone. This song’s lyrics contain the following 15 nature-related vocabulary words: birds, sun, sky, breeze, dawn, fish, sea, river, blossom, tree, dragonfly, butterfly, world, stars & pine. It is also appropriate for beginners. There is a suggestion on how…
Cliff Richard – Summer Holiday
Practice the topic of summer holidays with your basic level class with this song, Summer Holiday by Cliff Richard. The grammar in these song lyrics is limited to the present continuous (with one example of the present perfect and one of the past simple) and they include the following examples of the topic: summer, holiday,…