A selection of English ESL song with lyrics printables

in this activity the teacher can review the use of Indefinites and definite compounds. Before listening to the song, give the lyrics to the students complete it following the rules about the subject, after that, play the song and let the students review their answers. 

I'm with you by Avril Lavigne 

This worksheet is not gap fill! 



Students must listen and change the lyrics (write in the margins. There are also questions to discuss and write about. 

Here is the bit where i write extra to fill up space. 

I will survive, song with modals

When I was your man by Bruno Mars 
 Beginners level. 
 Circle the words that you hear. 
 Listen the song and put the sentences in order. 
 Underline de correct word. 
 Complete the sentences with the correct words.

Complete the song with Bruno Mars

A set of worksheets to discover the PAST SIMPLE listening to a SONG.



First ask students to listen to the song, let them spot the title (it is repeated several times), then discuss : What is the song about ? What is "the flu"? Is it a nice day, when you have the flu? Explain. Etc. The video is nice, but doesn't help understand the meaning of the song. 



Afterwards, ask them to cut the labels, listen to the song and place the lyrics at the right place. 



When all lyrics are fully understood, students can individually, or in groups, work out the meaning, reading the lyrics one last time and doing activity D.

SONG Yodelice - Sunday with a flu

this is a worksheet with 'completing the lyrics' and questions to work with your students. The students will learn verb vocabulary and noun vocabulary. It can work better with students with 24+ years because they can remember a few lines of the song.

I'm with you - Avril Lavigne LYRICS

A very nice and song from Cher Lloyd, with an easy to remember chorus. I used the version feat. Mike Posner. There are 6 exercises, choose the right word, order the lines, fill the gaps with the given words, fill the gaps with antonyms, write the missing letters, find the extra words. I hope you like it!

Song: With ur love - Cher Lloyd

Lyrics worksheet 
 Choose the correct word according to the song. 
 Complete the song correctly. 
 Match the sentences to form the correct sentence. 
 Listen to the complete song.

Complete the lyrics with No Doubt

Students will complete the lyrics of the song according to what they listen. You can find the song on Youtube or Spotify. Great icebreaker or a last minute activity on a Friday. Enjoy it! Find us on INSTAGRAM @english4immigation

Song SWEET CAROLINE Lyrics

A complete worksheet to practice Present Continuous tense with your students. You can find a great animated song with lyrics at this website:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFyQPkGdM7I

Lemon Tree Song - Present Continuous Worksheet

If you've seen the Duck Song by Bryant Oden and animated by Forrest Whaley, you are among the almost 60 million people who've watched it on Youtube. It's the silliness of the song that made it popular with YouTube viewers.

 

I created illustrations based on the original to illustrate basically each line in the song. After cutting them out, you can have students 1. match the lines with the pictures, 2. put the pictures in order 3. show up the right picture while the song is playing, 4. or play dominoes with it.

 

At the end of the document, there's also a listening+gapfill exercise based on the lyrics, with solutions.

 

Here's the story:

 

"The video stars a large yellow duck who waddles over to a lemonade stand, day after day, asking the seller if he has any grapes. After a while, the guy gets so fed up he threatens to glue the duck to a tree. In the end ... comes the punchline."

http://ohinternet.com/The_Duck_Song



Thx Évi for finding me this song.

Duck Song Storyboard & Lyrics Gapfill (with KEY)

Listening activity for pre- intermediate students- James Blunt´s song to practice the past perfect and past simple tense. 

Students have to complete the lyric of the song with the past and past participle of some verbs. 

Past Perfect with a James Blunt Song

This worksheet aims to practice simple past tense by listening to songs and completing the lyrics with the correct form of the verb. it also includes crosswords and questions and answers

Practicing Simple Past with songs and games 

Culture, intercultural communication, cross-cultural communication

Adjectives to describe feelings, emotions

Adjectives to describe personality and character

Adjectives: Gradable / Non-gradable adjectives

Articles: Definite or indefinite article (a, an or the)

BE + infinitive structures (e.g. he was to become famous)

Clauses of contrast (e.g.  although, while)

Clauses of purpose (e.g. in order to, so that, so as to)

Clauses of reason (e.g. because, because of, due to, as, since)

Cleft sentences (e.g. It's Joey we're looking for)

Comparison: Comparative adjectives and structures

Comparison: Superlative adjectives and structures

Conditional 2 (second conditional) - would

Conditionals: Conditional phrases (e.g. unless, provided that, as long as)

Conjunctions (aka connectives, e.g. and, but, or, so, then)

Contractions (shortened forms, e.g. don't, aren't, etc.)

Determiners (words that can come before nouns)

Formal and informal English (politeness or colloquial language)

Future perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Future perfect simple and continuous (progressive) tense

Future phrases (e.g. be about to, bound to, likely to, due to, set to + INF)

Homonyms (two words with the same pronunciation - homophones and homographs)

It as preparatory subject (e.g. it's raining, it's nice of you to)

Linking verbs (aka copulas, e.g. I am a student)

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Nouns: Collective nouns (team, class, family, committee)

Nouns: Proper nouns (names of people, cities, companies)

Oxymorons (phrases with words of contradictory meaning, e.g. living dead)

Participles: Past participle (e.g. HAVING DONE)

Participles: Present participle (e.g. DOING)

Parts of Speech (aka word classes, e.g. nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs)

Past perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Phonetics (pronunciation, IPA, phonetic symbols)

Plural nouns: regular plurals with S ending

Prefixes (e.g. A, UN, IM, DIS, MIS, EN, etc. )

Prepositions vs adverbs (e.g. before me, saw him before.)

Prepositions: Double prepositions (e.g. out of)

Prepositions: Participle prepositions (e.g. pending, concerning)

Prepositions: Phrase prepositions (e.g. by means of)

Present perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Present perfect simple or present continuous tense

Present simple tense: S for third person singular verbs

Present simple vs continuous (progressive) tense

Pronouns: EACH OTHER, ONE ANOTHER (reciprocal pronouns)

Pronouns: Possessive pronouns (e.g. my, mine)

Pronouns: Reflexive pronouns (e.g. myself, yourself))

Pronouns: SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, EVERYBODY, NO ONE, NOTHING, etc.

Pronouns: THIS, THAT, THESE, THOSE (demonstratives)

Pronouns: YOU and THEY to talk about people in general

Quantifiers (e.g. some, many, much, any, few, little)

Questions: WH questions (open-ended questions)

Reported speech: reported questions (indirect questions)

There is / there are / there was / there were / there will be, etc.

Verbs: Transitive or intransitive verbs (words that can or cannot stand with objects)

Working with Paragraphs: ordering, titling

Role play, miming, drama activity or improv game

Pictionary (picture dictionary) or picture matching

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Learners who are Pre-A1 have just begun learning English and will first learn how to:<ul><li>Say the letters in the alphabet and numbers</li><li>Say hello, talk about names and age</li><li>Name the colors and dates, express likes and dislikes</li></ul>

Absolute beginners who have begun to learn the letters and numbers

Learners taking the A1 Elementary exam should be able to:<ul><li>Introduce themselves and ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, things he/she has, people he/she knows.</li><li>Communicate using very basic phrases as long as the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: common adjectives & adverbs of frequency, going to, how much/how many, imperatives, I'd like, 's – possessive, common prepositions of place and time, present simple & continuous, there is/are</li></ul>

A very basic tourist level, which is enough for buying food and a bus ticket

Learners taking the A2 Pre-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand sentences and frequently used expressions (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment).</li><li>Complete tasks that are routine and exchange information about familiar matters.</li><li>Describe matters of immediate need in simple terms.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: countable/uncountable nouns, adverbs of frequency, future will/going to, much/many, present perfect, past simple, past continuous, common phrasal verbs, common modals: can/should</li></ul>

A tourist who can do basic conversations about the past, present and future

Learners taking the B1 Intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand points regarding family, work, school or leisure-related topics.</li><li>Deal with most travel situations in areas where the language is spoken.</li><li>Create simple texts on topics of personal interest.</li><li>Describe experiences, events, dreams, and ambitions, as well as opinions or plans in brief.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: question tags, intensifiers: too/enough, future tenses, past tenses, modals, conditionals, wh-questions in the past</li></ul>

Learners who can deal with both familiar and routine situations, in friendly and work contexts

Learners taking the B2 Upper-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization.</li><li>Interact with fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without difficulty for either party.</li><li>Produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain an opinion on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: perfect tenses, mixed conditionals, modals in the present, phrasal verbs, reported speech, wish, relative clauses</li></ul>

The level where you can be a tour guide for your foreign friends and talk about a lot of topics, even abstract ones, with ease and fluency

Learners taking the C1 Advanced exam should be able to: Express ideas fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts. Produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, using linking phrases (=words that connect ideas between sentences). Main grammar points to know: inversion, mixed conditionals, modals in the past, all passive forms, phrasal verbs (all patterns), wish/if only for regrets

Learners who can smoothly communicate in every walk of life, read long texts and write well

Learners taking the C2 Proficient exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand almost everything read or heard with ease.</li><li>Summarize information from a variety of sources into a coherent presentation.</li><li>Express themselves using precise meaning in complex scenarios.</li><li>Can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in the most complex situations</li></ul>

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593 Song with lyrics English ESL worksheets pdf & doc