Practise your Use of English with Songs

Have you ever struggled to prepare an entertaining activity for your teen students to prepare them for the Reading and Use of English part of the exam?

I certainly have and it has taken me some time to come up with something they really loved: SONGS!

My students always ask for song based activities or simply songs. My (students') favourite website is www.lyricstraining.com, we use it at the end of almost every lesson. It's a great activity to have at hand but it only practises listening for specific informationa and might not always be suitable at my students' level.

This is how I decided to adpapt the lyrics available at LyricsTraining to create use of English activities for my students. Here are come examples and link.

Budapest - George Ezra

My house in Budapest

My (1) _____ treasure chest                                                                      HIDE

(2) _____ grand piano                                                                                  GOLD

My (3) _____ Castillo                                                                                    BEAUTY

You, you, I'd leave it all

My acres of a land

I have achieved

It may be hard for you to stop and (4) _____                                    BELIEF

But for you, you, I'd leave it all

(Oh) for you, you, I'd leave it all

Give me one good (5) _____                                                                      REASONABLE

Why I should never make a change

Baby, if you hold me then all of this will go away

My many (6) _____                                                                                       ART

The list (7) _____ on                                                                                     GO

If you just say the words I'll up and run

(Oh) to you, you, I'd leave it all

(Oh) to you, you, I'd leave it all

Give me one good (5) _____                                                                      REASONABLE

Why I should never make a change

Baby, if you hold me then all of this will go away

Give me one good (5) _____                                                                      REASONABLE

Why I should never make a change

Baby, if you hold me then all of this will go away

My friends and family they

Don't understand

They fear they'd (8) _____ so much                                                      LOST

 If, you took my hand

But for you, you, I'd (8) _____ it all                                                       LOST

 (Oh) for you, you, I'd (8)_____ it all                                                     LOST

Give me one good (5) _____                                                                      REASONABLE

Why I should never make a change

Baby, if you hold me then all of this will go away

Give me one good (5) _____                                                                      REASONABLE

Why I should never make a change

Baby, if you hold me then all of this will go away

My house in Budapest

My (1) _____ treasure chest                                                                      HIDE

(2) _____ grand piano                                                                                  GOLD

My (3) _____ Castillo                                                                                    BEAUTY

You, you, I'd leave it all

(Oh) for you, you, I'd leave it all

Link to more song-based activities

Students first do the use of English task and then they listen to the song to check their answers!

Do I have to tell you they loved them?

They absolutely did!

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