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Category Archives: Songs
A Song with Past Simple Tense & Past Continuous Tense
* First, let’s look at the form (conjugation / spelling) of English verbs. They follow very simple patterns. English verb forms are much easier than many European languages like Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, and German. The Turkish language also has many … Continue reading
A Song with Dynamic Adjectives
I recently used a song, The Logical Song by Supertramp, in my Intermediate Level English class to highlight excellent English expression and in particular an impressive use of Adjectives. Individually, the adjectives are all wonderfully descriptive, but read the song … Continue reading
Posted in Intermediate (Level 4), Listening, Pre-Intermediate (Level 3), Songs, Videos, Vocabulary, Writing
Tagged English writing, Supertramp
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A Song with Present Perfect & Present Simple
Present Perfect Tense If you want to understand and remember how to use Present Perfect Tense, just listen to the song FRIENDS by Marshmello and Anne-Marie. Here is the chorus: Haven’t I made it obvious? … Continue reading
Posted in Grammar, Intermediate (Level 4), Listening, Pre-Intermediate (Level 3), Songs
Tagged Anne-Marie, English slang, Marshmello
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A Song with Future Tenses and Conditionals: First & Zero
The song Parachute by Cheryl Cole is perfect for studying Future Tenses as well as First Conditional and Zero Conditional. She is not literally singing about a parachute. The parachute symbolizes ‘help’ or ‘rescue’. We have various ways to talk about … Continue reading
Posted in Elementary (Level 2), Grammar, Intermediate (Level 4), Listening, Pre-Intermediate (Level 3), Songs, Videos
Tagged Cheryl Cole
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English Songs for Easy Listening & Learning English
I would like to introduce you to a brilliant musician and a wonderful human being: Sixto Rodriguez I usually use songs on this website to explain grammar, but today, I’m encouraging you to just listen to and enjoy a superb … Continue reading
What’s the difference between anywhere, nowhere, & somewhere?
When do I use: any, anyone, anybody, anything, anywhere? What does any mean? ANY There are three ways we usually use any: 1. In questions 2. In negative sentences 3. In positive sentences when it doesn’t matter ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ … Continue reading
Posted in Grammar, Intermediate (Level 4), Pre-Intermediate (Level 3), Songs
Tagged some any so
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A Christmas song with Relative, Adverb, & Noun Clauses
Seasons Greetings Everyone! I hope that you all have a Very Happy Christmas and a wonderful and prosperous 2018! If you don’t celebrate Christmas, I hope you have a Happy Festive Season and a wonderful and prosperous 2018! In the … Continue reading
Have to … Don’t have to
Hello all you hard-working English students! It’s time for some more grammar! The last few posts have been about watching videos and reading, but it’s time for more English grammar, so let’s go! Not surprisingly, I will be using … Continue reading
Song with Dependent Clauses, Collocations +++
Hello Everyone! Well, I’m back from my French adventure but I will leave the details of my French language studies for a future post. For now, how about getting back to grammar in a song? … Good! I thought that’s … Continue reading
A Song with Relative Clauses #10 & Noun Clauses
There is a lovely new song called Something just like this by The Chainsmokers & Coldplay. It has two verses and a chorus. The first verse is one long Compound Sentence. The chorus is a series of Noun Clauses, some of which contain … Continue reading
Posted in Grammar, Intermediate (Level 4), Relative Clauses, Songs
Tagged Learn English with music
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