Practice the construction “wish…” in your ESL class with this song about racism, I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free by Nina Simone. These song lyrics include 9 examples of “wish”, although “I wish I could…” is the most common. There is a suggestion on how to use this song in…
Practice the future tense ‘going to’ in your ESL class with this song, Next Year Baby by Jamie Cullum, about New Year’s Resolutions (and how they don’t last very long). The lyrics of this song contain 10 different examples of this tense. There is a suggestion on how to use this song in your ESL…
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 topic of summer holidays with your basic level class with this song, Summer Holiday by Cliff Richard. The grammar in these song lyrics is limited to the present continuous (with one example of the present perfect and one of the past simple) and they include the following examples of the topic: summer, holiday,…