Category Archive: Music

Feb 17

Gwen Stefani: Used to love you

 This song by Gwen Stefani will give you a chance to practice the USED TO DO SOMETHING structure. Can you remember what USED TO DO SOMETHING means? Read about it here! Take an interactive quiz to practice the 3 different USED TO structures in English.   LYRICS & WORDS TO KNOW   Never thought this …

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Jan 15

Madonna: Ghosttown – Interactive Listening Quiz

 Ghosttown is one of the best singles from Madonna’s latest Rebel Heart Album. Not only is it a really nice song, but it’s also a great way to practice an important grammar point in English. Scroll down to see which one!  Enjoy!   Interactive Listening Practice – Listen to the song and then click on …

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Dec 31

Interactive Listening Quiz – New Year’s Eve Movie: Raise Your Glass

 Happy New Year to All with this great song & dance scene from the New Year’s movie. You can, of course, practice your English – here is a nice interactive listening test for English fans     LYRICS Right right, turn off the lights, We gonna lose our minds tonight, What’s the dealio? I love …

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Dec 30

Interactive Listening with Meghan Trainor’s Better When I’m Dancing

 Fun interactive listening activity for everyone who likes music!   Level: A2/B1 and above Watch the video, move your body, improve your listening skills & build vocabulary with this catchy hit by Meghan Trainor, also featured in the Peanuts Movie. Scroll down for vocabulary and language use explanations.       WORDS & EXPRESSIONS TO …

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Dec 22

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Frank Sinatra

 The last song in our Christmas song countdown this year! Have fun!       WORDS TO KNOW   Have yourself a merry (= happy) little Christmas Let your heart be light (= happy-go-lucky) From now on, our troubles will be out of sight Have yourself a merry little Christmas Make the Yuletide (= Christmastime) …

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Dec 22

Watch&Learn – Love Actually – Hugh Grant’s Hilarious Dance to Jump

 There is no Christmas without Love, Actually, so here is one of my favorite scenes of the movie! And a great oldie but goodie hit song for your English – scroll down for a couple of words to know!   LYRICS & WORDS TO KNOW Hold me, I’ll give all that you need Wrap your …

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Dec 18

Love on Layaway by Gloria Estefan

 Listening to songs is a great way to improve your English. The next song in our Christmas song countdown is Love on Layaway by Gloria Estefan. BTW, it’s the perfect excuse to learn the word layaway! Aim & Level: ESL songs, any level   Scroll down for the lyrics & word list.   LYRICS & …

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Dec 16

The Shins – Wonderful Christmastime

 This may come as a surprise but Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas is no longer the number 1 Christmas song, it was dethroned by The Shins’ Wonderful Christmastime. The song is a cover of a 1979 Christmas song by Paul McCartney, but The Shins recorded it in 2012. If you haven’t heard it …

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Dec 15

All I want for Christmas – Mariah Carey

 So have you found the perfect gift yet? Sometimes it’s staring you right in the face! Level: any   INTERACTIVE LISTENING QUIZ   Watch the video and fill in the missing words.       If you like our lessons, share them with friends and colleagues. Thanks!   Photo: thegamutt.com  

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Nov 16

Madonna performs ‘Like a Prayer’ in tribute to Paris at Stockholm concert

 At her Stockholm concert, Madonna paid an emotional tribute to the victims of the terror attacks in Paris and sang one of her classic hits, ‘Just Like a Prayer’. Let’s listen to the song and what she had to say, and do an interactive quiz to practice listening.   For A2/B1 and lower B2 levels: …

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