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The verb “TO BE” (present)

Alan Smith Robertson – Fireball

To practise: Basic level, The verb "TO BE" (present)
Band/singer: Alan Smith Robertson
Alan Smith Robertson

Practise the verb TO BE in the ESL classroom with this exhilarating EDM song, “Fireball” by Alan Smith Robertson. This song contains 22 different uses of the verb TO BE in the present simple and past simple tenses, and in affirmative, negative and interrogative forms. This song comes with a PDF which you can download…

Grammar & Topics

  • Beginners' Lyrics (12)
    • Basic level (9)
    • REALLY basic level (3)
  • Grammar Constructions (24)
    • Conditionals (9)
      • 1st conditional (4)
      • 2nd conditional (4)
      • 3rd conditional (2)
    • Imperatives (1)
    • Inversion (1)
    • Passive voice (1)
    • Relative clauses (2)
      • Defining relative clauses (2)
    • Reported speech (4)
    • So & neither/nor (1)
    • Wish (4)
    • Would rather (1)
  • Interrogative (19)
    • Question words (8)
      • All the question words (1)
      • How (2)
      • How many (2)
      • What (2)
      • Whose (1)
    • Questions (19)
      • Question tags (1)
      • Subject questions (1)
    • Short answers (1)
  • Modal verbs (12)
    • Modal verbs of ability (6)
    • Modal verbs of deduction (2)
    • Modal verbs of obligation (5)
    • Modal verbs of possibility (5)
    • Past modals (1)
  • Parts of Speech (45)
    • Adjectives (10)
      • Adjectives of personality (1)
      • Comparative & Superlative (3)
      • Describing people (3)
    • Adverbs (5)
      • Adverbs of frequency (2)
      • Adverbs of manner (2)
      • Adverbs of place (1)
    • Connectors (2)
    • Indefinite pronouns (3)
    • Nouns (15)
      • Clothes (1)
      • Colours (2)
      • Days of the week (1)
      • Family (1)
      • Food (2)
      • Jobs (2)
      • Months (1)
      • Nature (4)
        • Animals (2)
        • Weather (1)
      • School subjects (1)
    • Other (1)
      • Another, other(s), the other(s) (1)
    • Participle clauses (1)
      • Gerund (1)
    • Prepositions (4)
      • ON, AT & IN (1)
    • Quantifiers (1)
    • Verbs (5)
      • Body movements & actions (1)
      • Phrasal verbs (2)
      • The verb "TO BE" (present) (1)
      • The verb "TO GET" (1)
  • Tenses (47)
    • Multiple Tenses (for revision) (9)
    • Past Tenses (23)
      • All narrative tenses (1)
      • Past continuous (2)
      • Past perfect (2)
      • Past simple (9)
        • Irregular verbs (8)
      • Present perfect (10)
        • Present perfect continuous (4)
        • Present perfect simple (7)
          • For & since (1)
      • Used to (1)
    • Present Tense (13)
      • Present continuous (3)
      • Present simple (11)
        • 3rd person singular (5)
    • The Future (7)
      • Future continuous (1)
      • Future perfect (1)
      • Going to (4)
      • Will (1)
  • Topics (27)
    • Christmas holidays (4)
      • New year's resolutions (1)
    • Customs (1)
    • Drugs (1)
    • Education (1)
    • Environment (2)
    • Equality (5)
      • Gender Equality (2)
      • LGBT issues (1)
      • Racism (1)
      • Social Equality (1)
    • Gender Violence (1)
    • Halloween (3)
    • Health & Medicine (2)
    • Money (1)
    • Murphy's Law (1)
    • Music (1)
    • Science (1)
    • Sport (1)
    • Summer holidays (1)
    • Transport & Travel (1)
    • War & Peace (1)

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There are many the verb “to be” (present) songs, or songs with the verb “to be” (present) in the lyrics, and you will have visited several other TEFL pages that have different songs with the verb “to be” (present) lyrics, but this is the best the verb “to be” (present) song for your ESL classes. Furthermore the song may include a worksheet so that you can study and practise the verb “to be” (present) in songs with your students!