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LGBT issues

Alan Smith Robertson – Are you coming out?

To practise: Interrogative, LGBT issues, Questions
Band/singer: Alan Smith Robertson
Alan Smith Robertson

Practise the interrogative in the ESL classroom with this uplifting, feel-good LGBT anthem, Are you coming out? by Alan Smith Robertson. The lyrics of this song include 10 examples of the interrogative and it also allows teachers to address LGBT issues as a transversal topic: This song comes with a PDF worksheet and is also…

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    • Basic level (9)
    • REALLY basic level (3)
  • Grammar Constructions (24)
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      • 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)
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      • Days of the week (1)
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      • Food (2)
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      • 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)
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  • Tenses (47)
    • Multiple Tenses (for revision) (9)
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      • All narrative tenses (1)
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        • Irregular verbs (8)
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        • Present perfect continuous (4)
        • Present perfect simple (7)
          • For & since (1)
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        • 3rd person singular (5)
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  • Topics (27)
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      • Gender Equality (2)
      • LGBT issues (1)
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    • Gender Violence (1)
    • Halloween (3)
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    • Sport (1)
    • Summer holidays (1)
    • Transport & Travel (1)
    • War & Peace (1)

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There are many lgbt issues songs, or songs with lgbt issues in the lyrics, and you will have visited several other TEFL pages that have different songs with lgbt issues lyrics, but this is probably the best lgbt issues song for your ESL classes. Furthermore the song may include a worksheet so that you can study and practise lgbt issues in songs with your students!