LEARNING FROM MUSIC What about learning English in a natural way? You can do that through music. Songs are full of useful expressions and vocabularies that can help you to practice and understand English. Practice and improve your English skills for your school activities, English exams or everyday conversations. Here you will find activities for different levels.
Listen to the song as much as you need to complete the exercises. Each song, besides improving your vocabulary and listening skills, has a learning focus. It will also help you to understand English grammar. At the end of the book you can find the answers to check if your activities are correct.
Don’t forget to sing along while listening to the songs. This way you can practice the pronunciation of the words. Lyrics aren’t easily forgotten. When you sing a song over and over again, you remember the words.
This book has 21 songs that will give you a huge repertoire of songs and vocabularies. Learning English can be easy. Have fun with the songs and learn English in a natural, normal and pleasant way. Listening Activities Songs - Captain English Songs 2017 © Index 3 INDEX Song 1: Sugar by Maroon 5.
12 Song 2: Halo by Beyoncé. 14 Verb To Be ………………………………………………….18 Song 3: Closer by The Chainsmokers ………………………………. 26 Song 4: Hello by Adele ………………………………………………………. 27 Adverbs of Frequency ………………………………………….
29 Song 5: Story of My Life by One Direction ………………………………. 38 Song 6: Love Yourself by Justin Bieber …………………………………. 44 Song 7: Perfect Illusion by Lady Gaga ………………………………. 48 Listening Activities Songs - Captain English Songs 2017 © Index 4 Song 8: Photograph by Ed Sheeran …………………………………….
55 Song 9: The Scientist by Coldplay …………………………………………. 60 Song 10: Love Story by Taylor Swift ………………………………. 62 Masculine and Feminine Nouns …………………………………. 67 Song 11: Don’t Speak by No Doubt ………………………….
73 Song 12: Ironic by Alanis Morissete ………. 80 Song 13: Black or White by Michael Jackson ……………………………. 82 Days of the Week ………………………………………………………. 85 Months of the Year ……………………………………………………….
85 Listening Activities Songs - Captain English Songs 2017 © Index 5 Feelings ………………………………………………. 86 Song 14: Friday I’m in Love by The Cure …………………. 91 Days of the Week …………………………………. 92 Song 15: With or Without by U2 ………………………………………….
95 Definite and Indefinite Articles …………………………. 96 Song 16: Thousand Years by Cristina Perri …………………….102 Telling the Time ……………………………………………….103 Song 17: It’s My Life by Bon Jovi ……………………………….105 Possessive Adjectives and Possessive Pronouns ……….109 Reflexive and Emphasizing Pronouns ………………….110 Song 18: Wonderwall by Oasis ……………………………………….114 Song 19: Hello, Goodbye by The Beatles ………………………….117 Synonyms and Antonyms ……………………………….120 Song 20: Marry You by Bruno Mars ……………………………….125 Listening Activities Songs - Captain English Songs 2017 © Index 6 Reading Comprehension ……………………………………. 126 Parts of the Body ……………………………………………….127 Song 21: Suspicious Mind by Elvis Presley …………………….………………………………………135 Listening Activities Songs - Captain English Songs 2017 © Song 1 – Sugar by Maroon 5 7 SONG 1 Sugar by Maroon 5 Learning Focus: Present Continuous. Sugar Do you like sweet food? Do you prefer your coffee with or without sugar? You can find white sugar and brown sugar.
Brown sugar is usually healthier than white sugar. But is this kind of sugar that Maroon 5 is talking about? Listen to the song and find out. Listening Activities Songs - Captain English Songs 2017 © Song 1 – Sugar by Maroon 5 8 Activities 1 – Listen to the song and complete the lyrics: I'm _________________ baby, I'm broken down I need your loving, __________________ I need it now When I'm without you I'm something weak You got me begging, _________________ I'm on my knees I don't wanna be ________________your love I just wanna be deep in your love And it's ________________ me when you're away Ooh baby, cause I really don't care where you are I just wanna be there where you are And I gotta get one little taste 2 – Put the sentences in the correct order: ( ) Yes please ( ) Yeah you show me good loving ( ) Need a little sweetness in my life ( ) Won't you come and put it down on me ( ) Oh right here, cause I need ( ) Sugar ( ) Little love and little sympathy Listening Activities Songs - Captain English Songs 2017 © Song 1 – Sugar by Maroon 5 9 ( ) Won't you come and put it down on me ( ) Make it alright ( ) Sugar ( ) Yes please 3 – Complete: My broken ______________ You pick'em up Don't leave me hanging, hanging Come give me some When I'm without ya So ________________ You are the one thing, one thing I'm _____________ for I don't wanna be needing your love I just wanna be deep in your love And it's killing me when you're away Ooh baby, cause I really don't care _____________ you are I just wanna be there where you are And I gotta get one little taste 4 – Put the sentences in the correct order: ( ) Yeah you show me good loving ( ) Sugar ( ) Won't you come and put it down on me ( ) Oh right here, cause I need Listening Activities Songs - Captain English Songs 2017 © Song 1 – Sugar by Maroon 5 10 ( ) Yes please ( ) Little love and little sympathy ( ) Yes please ( ) Make it alright ( ) Sugar ( ) Won't you come and put it down on me ( ) Need a little a sweetness in my life 5 – Complete: Yeah I want that ___________ velvet I want that sugar sweet Don't let nobody ____________ it Unless that somebody is me I gotta be a man There ain't no other _____________ Cause girl You're hotter than southern California bay I don't wanna play no _______________ I don't gotta be afraid Don't give all that shy sh-t No make up on That's my Repeat Chorus two twice. Listening Activities Songs - Captain English Songs 2017 © Song 1 – Sugar by Maroon 5 11 6 – Match the sentences to the pictures: 1.
( ) Red Velvet ( ) On my knees ( ) Afraid ( ) Weak 7 – What does SUGAR mean in this song? What picture is better related to the meaning in the song? ( ) ( ) Listening Activities Songs - Captain English Songs 2017 © Song 1 – Sugar by Maroon 5 12 8 – There are many feelings in this song. Relate the feelings to their meanings: a) happy ( ) fragile b) sad ( ) unhappy c) angry ( ) feeling fear d) hungry ( ) glad e) weak ( ) need for food f) strong ( ) showing anger g) afraid ( ) having muscular body 9 – Write the -ing forms of these verbs. You can find these verbs in the lyric: Hang: _________________ Love: _________________ Kill: ___________________ Hurt: __________________ Beg: __________________ 10 – Write Present Continuous affirmative (+) and negative (-) sentences: a) Jane ___________________________ this game. (enjoy + ) b) They ___________________________ their English lesson.
(listen + ) c) He ___________________________ soccer at school. Let’s go outside. (rain - ) e) Peter and I __________________________ to the movies now. (go + ) f) I can’t go right now.
(read + ) Listening Activities Songs - Captain English Songs 2017 © Song 1 – Sugar by Maroon 5 13 g) Joshua ___________________________ to his best friend. (talk - ) h) The cats ___________________________ their water. (drink + ) i) You can’t talk to him now. (work - ) 11 – Use PC for Present Continuous, SP for Simple Present and SPA for Simple Past sentences.
a) Greg is going to the supermarket. ( ) b) Cintia and Charlie are dating. ( ) c) He went to the movies yesterday. ( ) d) Sophia and Pamela are studying in their room.
( ) e) I didn’t take your book. ( ) f) We played basketball at school yesterday. ( ) g) I don’t like cakes. I think it’s too sweet.
( ) h) Where do you live? ( ) i) Did you tell your friends about this? ( ) j) She does her homework every day. ( ) Listening Activities Songs - Captain English Songs 2017 © Song 2 – Halo by Beyoncé 14 SONG 2 Halo by Beyoncé Learning Focus: Verb to be. About Beyoncé Beyoncé is one of the greatest artists alive. Her songs are meaningful and strong.
She represents the girl power and a lot of her songs talk about it. In this song, she talks about seeing and feeling someone’s halo. Do you know the meaning of halo? Have you ever felt or seen someone’s halo? Listening Activities Songs - Captain English Songs 2017 © Song 2 – Halo by Beyoncé 15 Activities 1 – Listen to the song and complete the lyrics: Remember those walls I _________ Well, baby, they're tumbling down And they didn't even _________ up a fight They didn't even make up a sound I _________ a way to let you in But I never really ________ a doubt Standing in the light of your halo I _________ my angel now It's like I've been _____________ Every rule I had you breaking It's the risk that I'm taking I ain't never gonna ________ you out Everywhere I'm looking now I'm surrounded by your ___________ Baby, I can see your halo You know you're my saving _________ You're everything I need and more It's ___________ all over your face Baby, I can feel your halo Pray it won't _________ away I can feel your halo, halo, halo I can see your halo, halo, halo I can feel your halo, halo, halo I can see your halo, halo, halo Listening Activities Songs - Captain English Songs 2017 © Song 2 – Halo by Beyoncé 16 Hit me like a ray of sun Burning through my _____________ night You're the only one that I want Think I'm ____________ to your light I __________ I'd never fall again But this don't even feel like falling Gravity can't _____________ To pull me back to the ground again Feels like I've been awakened Every rule I had you breaking The risk that I'm taking I'm never gonna shut you out Everywhere I'm looking now I'm ____________ by your embrace Pray it won't __________ away I can feel your halo, halo, halo - 4x I can feel your halo, halo, halo - 4x Halo, halo Everywhere I'm looking now I'm surrounded by your ______________ Baby, I can see your halo You know you're my saving __________ You're everything I need and more It's written all over your _____________ Baby, I can feel your halo ___________ it won't fade away Listening Activities Songs - Captain English Songs 2017 © Song 2 – Halo by Beyoncé 17 2 – Relate the words with the correct meaning: a) Halo b) Embrace c) Gravity d) Fade away e) Tumbling Down ( ) The force that attracts a body towards the center of the earth. ( ) A geometric shape, usually in the form of a disk, circle, ring, or rayed structure, traditionally representing a radiant light around or above the head of a divine or sacred personage.
( ) To fall down. ( ) Hold (someone) closely in one's arms. ( ) To diminish into something. 3 – Change the sentences into negative: a) You're everything I need.
__________________________________________________________ b) You're my saving grace. __________________________________________________________ c) I'm surrounded by your embrace. __________________________________________________________ Listening Activities Songs - Captain English Songs 2017 © Song 2 – Halo by Beyoncé 18 d) It’s written all over your face. __________________________________________________________ e) I'm addicted to your light.
__________________________________________________________ 4 – Complete the sentences with AM, IS or ARE: a) Dorothy and I ________ cousins. b) Sophie _________ working at the supermarket now.