Practice reported speech in your ESL class with this song, Joking by Donnie Iris. These song lyrics use quite a lot of reported speech: “asked” (x2), “said” (x5) & “told” (x3). There is a suggestion on how to use this song in your ESL classes below, but for more ideas, click here. Lyrics Remember last…
Practice the future tense ‘going to’, & defining relative clauses in your ESL class with this song, 500 miles (I’m gonna be) by The Proclaimers. The dozen defining relative clauses in these song lyrics follow the pattern “I’m going to be the man who wakes/goes/gets/is… etc.”. There is a suggestion on how to use this song in your…
Practice the passive voice in your ESL class with this song, All you need is Love by The Beatles. The 7 different passives used in these song lyrics are: be done, be sung, be made, be saved, is known, is shown & is meant to. There is a suggestion on how to use this song in your ESL classes below,…
Practise the imperative in your ESL class with this classic song, Hey Jude by The Beatles. The lyrics of this song contain 13 examples of both the positive and negative imperative: take, make, remember, refrain, go, get, let it out, let it in, begin, don’t make, don’t be, don’t carry & don’t let me down….