ESLSongs

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 I wonder?
• whose heart did you steal?
• whose lips have you been kissin’?
• whose ear did you make a wish in?
• you’ve been missin’
• you’ve been sneakin’
• I’ve seen you

There is a suggestion on how to use this song in your ESL classes below, but for more ideas, click here.

Lyrics

Whose bed have your boots been under?
Whose bed have your boots been under?
And whose heart did you steal I wonder?
This time did it feel like thunder, baby?
Whose bed have your boots been under?

Don’t look so lonely
Don’t act so blue
I know I’m not the only
Girl you run to
I know about Lolita
Your little Spanish flame
I’ve seen you around with Rita
The redhead down the lane

Whose bed have your boots been under?
And whose heart did you steal I wonder?
This time did it feel like thunder, baby?
And who did you run to?
And whose lips have you been kissin’?
And whose ear did you make a wish in?
Is she the one that you’ve been missin’, baby?
Well whose bed have your boots been under?

I heard you’ve been sneakin’
Around with Jill
And what about that weekend
With Beverly Hill
And I’ve seen you walkin’
With long legs Louise
And you weren’t just talkin’
Last night with Denise

Whose bed have your boots been under?
And whose heart did you steal I wonder?
This time did it feel like thunder, baby?
And who did you run to?
And whose lips have you been kissin’?
And whose ear did you make a wish in?
Is she the one that you’ve been missin’, baby?
Well whose bed have your boots been under?

Come on boots…

So next time you’re lonely
Don’t call on me
Try the operator
Maybe she’ll be free

Whose bed have your boots been under?
And whose heart did you steal I wonder?
This time did it feel like thunder, baby?
And who did you run to?
And whose lips have you been kissin’?
And whose ear did you make a wish in?
Is she the one that you’ve been missin’, baby?
Well whose bed have your boots been under?

I wanna know whose bed, baby
Whoa baby, tell me
Whose bed, yes I wanna know
You better start talkin’
Or you better start walkin’…

Suggested activity: fill the gaps

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Listen to the song, and write the questions in the gaps with the verb in brackets in the correct tense. Sometimes you need to write the pronoun too!

Whose bed ¹______ your boots ______ under? (be)
Whose bed ²______ your boots ______ under? (be)
And whose heart ³______ ______ ______ I wonder? (steal)
This time ⁴______ ______ ______ like thunder, baby? (feel)
Whose bed ⁵______ your boots ______ under? (be)

Don’t look so lonely, don’t act so blue
I know I’m not the only girl you run to
I know about Lolita, your little Spanish flame
I’ve been seeing you around with Rita, the redhead down the lane

Chorus
Whose bed ⁶______ your boots ______ under? (be)
And whose heart ⁷______ ______ ______ I wonder? (steal)
This time ⁸______ ______ ______ like thunder, baby? (feel)
And who ⁹______ ______ ______ to? (run)
And whose lips ¹⁰______ ______ ______ ______? (kiss)
And whose ear ¹¹______ ______ ______ a wish in? (make)
Is she the one that you’ve been missing, baby?
Well whose bed ¹²______ your boots ______ under? (be)

I heard you were sneaking around with Jill
And what about that weekend with Beverly Hill
And I’ve seen you walking with long legs Louise
And you weren’t just talking last night with Denise

Chorus

Come on boots…

So next time you’re lonely, don’t call on me
Try the operator, maybe she’ll be free

Chorus

I wanna know whose bed, baby
Whoa baby, tell me whose bed, yes I wanna know
You better start talking or you better start walking

Shania Twain

Eilleen Regina “Shania” Twain is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She has sold over 100 million records, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time and the best-selling female artist in country music history. Her success garnered her several titles, including the “Queen of Country Pop”. Billboard named her as the leader of the 1990s country-pop crossover stars.