English course Learn English Tenses through Music
By Louise2
Languages
English
Level
Intermediate
Lessons
10
School
None
Songs stay in your mind long after you've heard them and can be recalled easily years afterwards. We can use this. I've selected songs which use a particular tense. You download the song from the internet and listen to it. We then use it as the basis for a lesson on that particular tense. We don't listen to the song during the lesson (unless you want it on as background in your own home). At the end of each lesson, I'll give you the next song to download in preparation for the next lesson. In each lesson you'll get the full transcript of the song plus information about the artist and exercises based on the lyrics we've been using.
Teachers:

We discuss the song in detail, using the lyrics to...   more We discuss the song in detail, using the lyrics to illustrate the way the present simple is used. We'll dicuss the artist and the context which this music is part of. We'll do some exercises together to practise using this tense.   less
We'll discuss the song used and the particular use of the...   more We'll discuss the song used and the particular use of the present continuous. There'll be exercises both oral and written to practise the use of this tense.   less
This song has a dazzling 10 regular and 10 irregular...   more This song has a dazzling 10 regular and 10 irregular examples of the past simple. We'll go through each of them completing a chart based on the song and discussing why the artist chose this tense (correctly) as the basis for this song.   less
This lesson would usually follow on from that on the Past...   more This lesson would usually follow on from that on the Past Simple. We'll do a short recap on what we learned and compare and contrast the uses of the two tenses.   less
We'll discuss this tense in detail using more than one song...   more We'll discuss this tense in detail using more than one song as there are quite a few "trigger" words which can be illustrated well with music. There will be some exercises contrasting it with past simple.   less
Following on from the lesson on the present perfect, this...   more Following on from the lesson on the present perfect, this unit will highlight the differences between the two present perfect tenses.   less
We'll discuss the specific uses of this tense and compare...   more We'll discuss the specific uses of this tense and compare and contrast with the other tenses we've covered already.   less
We'll compare this tense to the present perfect continuous...   more We'll compare this tense to the present perfect continuous and the past perfect simple. Using the text of the chosen song and additional exercises, we should be ready to do some tasks using all the present and past tenses we've been covering for the last 8 lessons.   less
There are a lot of uses of the will future tense. We'll...   more There are a lot of uses of the will future tense. We'll discuss as many as we can in the time, and compare them with your language's treatment of the contexts.   less
I think the uses of this tense can be reduced to 2. I'll...   more I think the uses of this tense can be reduced to 2. I'll discuss these with you in the context of the song used. We'll also compare and contrast its usage with the will future tense.   less

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