Songs For Teaching English Grammar en http://www.tefltunes.com/grammarsongs.aspx
ESL and EFL teachers thinking about using songs and lyrics to teach English grammar will find this table we've compiled a useful resource.
Highlighted songs are those available as complete lesson plans here on tefltunes.com...
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Present simple
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Eric Clapton / Wonderful
Tonight (lyrics)
The Beatles / She
Loves You (lyrics)
Bette Middler / From
A Distance (lyrics)
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Present continuous
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Fool's Garden / Lemon
Tree (lyrics)
Rod Stewart / Sailing (lyrics)
subtitulada en español:
English Lyrics:
Suzanne Vega / Tom's Diner (lyrics)
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Past simple
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The Beatles / Yellow
Submarine (lyrics)
Gloria Gaynor / I
Will Survive (lyrics)
Celine Dion / Because
You Loved Me (lyrics)
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Past continuous
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Oasis / Champagne
Supernova (lyrics)
Aerosmith / Cryin'
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Present perfect
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Michael Buble / Haven't
Met You Yet (lyrics)
U2 / Still Haven't
Found What I'm Looking For (lyrics)
Chris de Burgh / Lady
In Red (lyrics)
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Present perfect
Continuous
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Anastacia / Left
Outside Alone (lyrics)
Led Zeppelin / Since
I've Been Loving You (lyrics)
Foreigner / Waiting
For A Girl Like You (lyrics)
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Past perfect
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James Blunt / Goodbye
My Lover (lyrics)
Simon & Garfunkel
/ I Had The Strangest Dream (lyrics)
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Used to
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Erik Hassle / Hurtful (lyrics)
Madonna / This Used
To Be My Playground (lyrics)
Dandy Warhols / We
Used To Be Friends (lyrics)
Bruce Springsteen / The
River (lyrics)
Pet Shop Boys / The
Way It Used To Be (lyrics)
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Going to future
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Jamie Cullum / Next
Year Baby (lyrics)
Jack Johnson / We're
Going To Be Friends (lyrics)
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Will future
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Savage Garden / Truly
Madly Deeply (lyrics)
James Blunt / You're
Beautiful (lyrics)
Gloria Gaynor / I
Will Survive (lyrics)
The Rembrandts / I'll
Be There For You (lyrics)
Whitney Houston / I'll
Always Love You (lyrics)
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Future continuous
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The Police / Every
Breath You Take (lyrics)
Ottis Redding / Sitting On
The Dock Of The Bay (lyrics)
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Future perfect
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Faith Hill / You Will Be
Mine (lyrics)
Sheryl Crowe / It's
Only Love (lyrics)
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1st conditional
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Frank Sinatra / If
You Go Away (lyrics)
Simply Red / If You
Don't Know Me By Now (lyrics)
Cyndi Lauper / Time
After Time (lyrics)
Beautiful South / I'll
Sail This Ship Alone (lyrics)
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2nd conditional
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Red Hot Chili Peppers
/ If (lyrics)
Eric Clapton / Tears
In Heaven (lyrics)
The Beatles / If I
fell (lyrics)
The Beatles / With A
Little Help From My Friends (lyrics)
Beyonce Knowles / If
I Were A Boy (lyrics)
Gwen Stefani / Rich
Girl (lyrics)
Barenaked Ladies / If
I Had $1,000,000 (lyrics)
Hoobastank / If I
Were You (lyrics)
Joan Osborne / One
Of Us (lyrics)
Norah Jones / Painter
Song
ABBA / Money Money
Money (lyrics)
Johnny Cash / If I
Were A Carpenter (lyrics)
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3rd conditional
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Lisa Stansfield / Change (lyrics)
Gloria Gaynor / I
Will Survive (lyrics)
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"Wish"
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Passive voice
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Westlife / Written
In The Stars (lyrics)
Offspring / Kirsty
Are You Doing Okay? (lyrics)
Gloria Gaynor / Let's
Mend What's Been Broken (lyrics)
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Reported speech
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The Beatles / Norwegian
Wood (lyrics)
Stereophonics / Mama
Told Me Not To Come (lyrics)
The Killers / Somebody
Told Me (lyrics)
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Also see our table of
songs for discussion topics.
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