Practise the present perfect simple with ever in your ESL class with this song, Glitter in the air by Pink. There are 9 different examples of the present perfect in this song: There is a suggestion on how to use this song in your ESL classes below, but for more ideas, click here. Lyrics Have…
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,…
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…
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…
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 past perfect in your ESL class with this song, Odorono by The Who. The 8 examples of the past perfect which appear in these song lyrics are: “…she’d ever sung”, “she’d seen him”, “he had stared”, “she had really looked”, “she’d failed”, “she’d felt”, “…she’d ever been” & “she had seen”. There is…
Practice irregular verbs in the past simple in your ESL class with this song, Return to Sender by Elvis Presley. There is 1 regular verb and 7 irregular verbs in this song: dropped, gave, put, brought, wrote, had, sent & came There is a suggestion on how to use this song in your ESL classes…
Practise verb tenses in your ESL class with this song, My Way by Frank Sinatra. The lyrics of this song contain 27 verbs in 4 tenses: There is a suggestion on how to use this song in your ESL classes below, but for more ideas, click here. Lyrics And now, the end is near; And…
Practice the past continuous in your ESL class with this song, Jealous Guy by John Lennon. The lyrics of this song include the following 7 examples of the past continuous: I was dreaming, my heart was beating, I was feeling, I was shivering, I was trying, you was (sic) trying, I was swallowing There is…
Practice the past simple (especially irregular verbs) in your ESL class with this song, A Day in the Life by The Beatles. The 14 irregular verbs in this song are: read, made, was, had, saw, blew, stood, woke, fell, found, drank, spoke, went & were but there are also 6 other regular positive and negative…
Practice the past simple, and especially irregular verbs, in your ESL class with this song, Summer of ’69 by Bryan Adams. The 13 irregular verbs that appear in this song are: got, bought, bled, was, had, quit, were, spent, met, told, held, knew & went but this song also contains 4 regular verbs: played, tried,…