Practise adjectives, specifically adjectives that describe people with this song, Hand in my pocket, by Alanis Morissette The lyrics of this song contain the following 28 adjectives that can describe people: broke, happy, poor, kind, short, healthy, high, grounded, sane, overwhelmed, lost, hopeful, drunk, sober, young, underpaid, tired, restless, free, focused, green, wise, hard, friendly,…
Practise adjectives and animals/nature with this song full of similes, Everything at once, by Lenka The lyrics of this song contain the following 33 adjectives: sly, strong, fast, brave, quiet, big, mean, sharp, deep, dark, sweet, right, long, ugly, pretty, strong, bright, light, hard, grand, warm, silly, cool, scary, hot, cold, old, straight, royal, buzzed,…
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…
Practice adjectives of personality with this song, Don’t try to change me by Alan Smith Robertson. These song lyrics include 20 adjectives of personality: generous, hardworking, outgoing, strong, reliable, sensitive, perfect, unique, selfish, unsympathetic, lazy, unfriendly, unsociable, bad-tempered, moody, happy, sad, jealous, insecure & stubborn. This song comes with a worksheet and and is also…
Practice adjectives in your ESL class with this song, The Logical Song by Supertramp. The 24 adjectives which appear in these song lyrics are: wonderful, beautiful, magical, sensible, logical, responsible, practical, dependable, clinical, intellectual, cynical, asleep, deep, simple, absurd, radical, liberal, fanatical, criminal, acceptable, respectable, presentable, digital & unbelievable. It also contains the adverbs: happily, joyfully, playfully & too. There…
Practice adjectives related to being bad in your ESL class with this song, Rotten to the core by Sofia Carson. The adjectives which appear in these song lyrics are: bad, evil, glad, dirty, callous, useless, misunderstood, wicked, rotten, unique, original & unusual. Note: although we are often told that the comparative and superlative of “bad”…
Practice comparative and superlative adjectives in the ESL classroom with this song, My Love by Petula Clark. The comparative & superlative adjectives which appear in this song are: warmer, warmest, softer, deeper, deepest, wider, brighter & brightest. To see suggestions on how to use this song in class, click here. Lyrics My love is warmer…
Revise the present simple, the present continuous and the future “will” in your ESL class with this song, Big Time by Peter Gabriel. These song lyrics also include examples of the present perfect, the future continuous and “going to”, as well as adjectives and the comparative/superlative (big, small, snow-white, amazed, fat, bigger, larger, smarter, widest). The song is…