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 the present simple in your ESL class with this song, Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton. There are 20 different examples of the present simple (affirmative, negative and interrogative) in this song: It’s / she puts on / (she) brushes / she asks / do I look…? / I say / you look / we…
Practice the present simple in your ESL class with this song, An Englishman in New York by Sting, a song about customs and manners. there are over a dozen different examples of the present simple in these song lyrics. There is a suggestion on how to use this song in your ESL classes below, but…
Practice the present simple in your ESL class with this song, My Name is Luka by Suzanne Vega, a song about domestic violence. This song contains over a dozen different examples of the present simple, as well as a few examples of the present perfect, past simple, will and would. There is a suggestion on…
Practise the present simple (especially the third person singular) and vocabulary related to jobs in your ESL class with this song, She’s Not Just a Pretty Face by Shania Twain. There are 13 examples of the third person singular in this song: She hosts / she rides / She plays / She is / she…
Practice the third person singular of the present simple in your ESL class with this song, Ob-la-di Ob-la-da by The Beatles. There are 11 examples of the third person singular in this song: has / is / says / takes / goes / buys / gives / begins / lets / stays / does There is…
Practise the present continuous in your ESL class with this song, Tom’s Diner by Suzanne Vega. The lyrics of this song include the following 14 examples of the present continuous: I am sitting, I am waiting, He is looking, She is shaking, they are kissing, I’m pretending, I’m turning, I’m feeling, I’m trying, she’s hitching up…
Practice the interrogative in the present tense in your ESL class with this song, Sorry seems to be the hardest word by Elton John. There are only 3 questions in these lyrics but they are repeated quite a lot, making this song perfect for basic level students; the questions are: “what do I…”, “What have I got…” & “Why can’t…
Practice the present simple in your ESL class with this song, I am what I am by Gloria Gaynor. These song lyrics include 14 examples of: “I am”, “it is” (x8), “I want”, “I have to”, “I don’t (want)”, “I bang”, “Some (they) think”, “I think”, “I deal”, “there is” & “you can”. To see suggestions on how…
Practice family members and the third person singular in your ESL class with this song, Our House by Madness. The members of the family that appear in these song lyrics are: father, mother, kids, sister, brother & mum. The verbs in the third person singular which appear in these lyrics are: wears, needs, has, is,…
Practise the present continuous and/or prepositions in your ESL class with this song, Lemon Tree by Fool’s Garden. The lyrics of this song contain over half a dozen different examples of the present continuous and 11 different prepositions (in, around, for, of, about, up, down, out, inside, into & on) There is a suggestion on…