Be the cool teacher in your school and connect with your “Swiftie” students while practising past simple verbs in your ESL class with this song, So Long, London from Taylor Swift’s 2024 album “The Tortured Poets Department”. There are 20 different verbs in the simple past tense in this song (12 of which are irregular):…
Practice past simple verbs in your ESL class with this song, Love yourself by Justin Bieber. There are 12 different verbs in the simple past tense in this song (8 of which are irregular): rained, broke, didn’t want, didn’t see, told, hated, was, tried, came, made, fell & felt There is a suggestion on how…
Practice the present perfect and especially the interrogative form have you ever… ? in your ESL class with this song, Have you ever? by Brandy. The 8 different examples of have you ever… in this song are: have you ever loved…, have you ever needed…, have you ever tried…, have you ever been…, have you ever…
Revise multiple tenses, but especially the past simple in your ESL class with this song, Hotel California by Eagles. These song lyrics include 29 different verbs in 6 different tenses: There is a suggestion on how to use this song in your ESL classes below, but for more ideas, click here. Lyrics On a dark desert highway,…
Practice the future tense ‘going to’ in your ESL class with this song, Never gonna give you up by Rick Astley. There are 7 different examples of “going to” in the chorus of these song lyrics: There is a suggestion on how to use this song in your ESL classes below, but for more ideas,…
Practice the future tense ‘going to’ in your ESL class with this song, I wanna start a fight by Pink. There are 7 different examples of “going to” in these song lyrics: There is a suggestion on how to use this song in your ESL classes below, but for more ideas, click here. Lyrics Na-na-na-na,…
Practise narrative tenses in the ESL classroom with this fun song, Alien Superstar by Alan Smith Robertson. These song lyrics include 12 examples of narrative tenses; six examples of the past continuous and another six examples of the past perfect: This song comes with a worksheet and is available for download in mp3. To see…
Revise the multiple tenses in your ESL class with this song, We are never getting back together by Taylor Swift. These song lyrics include 26 different verbs in 9 different tenses: used to / would (used to think, used to say, you would hide away) past simple (broke, said, needed, lasted, called it off) past perfect (we…
Practice the present perfect in your ESL class with this song, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For by U2. The 8 different examples of the present perfect in this song are: “I have climbed / I have run / I have crawled / I have scaled / I still haven’t found / I have…
Practice the present perfect simple tense and/or the interrogative with the question word “whose” in your ESL class with this song, Whose bed have your boots been under? by Shania Twain. You can find the following examples of the present perfect and whose in this song’s lyrics: whose bed have your boots been under whose heart did you steal…
Practice the present perfect tense in your ESL class with this song, We are the Champions by Queen. These song lyrics include 7 examples of the present perfect simple: “I’ve paid”, “I’ve done”, “I’ve made”, “I’ve had”, “I’ve come”, “I’ve taken” & “it’s been”. There is a suggestion on how to use this song in your ESL classes…
The present perfect can be a difficult tense to teach learners of English as a second language, and the use of “for“ and “since“ only makes it harder. So give your students a break with this beautiful song. This song includes 13 examples of the present perfect (10 present perfect simple and 3 present perfect…
Practice the prepositions ON, AT & IN with expressions of time with this fun song, Gimme some Love by Alan Smith Robertson. This song’s lyrics include 12 examples of the prepositions on, at & in with different time expressions: ON a Friday, IN April, AT noon, AT the weekend, ON Sunday, IN June, AT 5…
Practice the present perfect continuous in your ESL class with this song, All My Life by Mariah Carey. These song lyrics include 6 examples of the present perfect continuous: “I’ve been waiting/wishing/praying/taking”, & “[it]’s been waiting…” and 2 examples of the present perfect simple: “I have taken” & “I’ve got”. There is a suggestion on…
Practice the present perfect continuous with this song, A Way Back into Love by Hugh Grant and Haley Bennett. This song is from the movie “Music and Lyrics”. These song lyrics include 7 examples of the present perfect continuous: I’ve been living / sleeping / hiding / setting aside / watching / searching & looking…
Revise multiple tenses in your ESL class with this song, Roar by Katy Perry. These song lyrics include 20 examples of verbs in 6 different tenses: used to (used to bite) past simple (sat, agreed, forgot, had, let, stood, fell, held, got up, earned, went) present simple (hear, get, see, am) going to (going to shake, going to…
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…
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…
Practice used to and would with this song, Come Dancing by The Kinks. These song lyrics include 7 examples of “used to” and 8 examples of “would” meaning “used to”, as well as one example of the conditional “would”. There is a suggestion on how to use this song in your ESL classes below, but…
Practice the future continuous in your ESL class with this song, This time next year by Toni Braxton. This song contains five different examples of the future continuous: I’ll be home lighting candles, you’ll be missing me, I’ll be out buying presents, I’ll be having my coffee & it will be breaking my heart There…