Present Simple & Continuous - Say a little prayer

I used this song with my lower level group to review present simple and continuous tenses together. They show how they are used with words like while and now.





Enjoy - see if the students get carried away too!

Under pressure - Queen & David Bowie

This song was used to introduce stress and the effects of stress on people's lives with a higher level (older teen) group.

Under Pressure – Queen & Bowie

Mm ba ba de, Um bum ba de, Um bu bu bum da de
Pressure pushing down on ..........
Pressing down on you no man ask ..........

Under pressure - that burns a building ..........
Splits a family in ..........
Puts people on ..........

Um ba ba be, Um ba ba be, de day da, ee day da - that's o.k.

(Chorus)

It's the terror of knowing
What this world is ..........
Watching some good friends
Screaming 'Let me .......... '
Pray tomorrow - gets me higher
Pressure on people - people on ..........

Day day de mm hm, da da da ba ba, O.k.

Chippin' around - kick my brains around the floor
These are the days it never rains but it ..........

Ee do ba be, ee da ba ba ba, um bo bo, be lap

People on streets - ee da de da de
People on streets - ee da de da de da de da

Chorus

Turned away from it all like a blind man
Sat on a ..........  but it don't work
Keep coming up with love
but it's so slashed and..........
Why - why - why ?

Love love love love love
Insanity laughs under pressure we're ..........
Can't we give ourselves one more ..........
Why can't we give love that one more ..........
Why can't we give love give love give love give love
give love give love give love give love give love

'Cause love's such an old fashioned ..........
And love dares you to care for
The people on the edge of the ..........

 And love dares you to change our way of
Caring about ourselves

This is our last dance, this is our last dance
This is ourselves, under pressure, under pressure
Pressure

about

chance

chance

cracking

down

fence

for

me

night

out

pours

streets

streets

 torn

two

word

Worksheet here

Shy is a song which I used to introduce adjectives of character. Although it is unknown it is quite slow and suitable for learners, some useful collocations can be found as well.

Shy – Sonata Arctica

1. I can see how you are beautiful,	a. I see that you get home alright
2. I'm shy and	b. my Dana (can you)
3. Working late in diner Citylight,	c. you look (at) me and you blink your eye
4. Make sure that you can't see me,	d. turn my head away
5. Sometimes I'm wondering why	e. can you feel my eyes on you,
6. You can't be acting like	f. serving all those meals and then
7. I see you in Citylight diner	g. hoping you will see me
8. I see reflections of me	h. in your eye, oh please

Chorus
Talk to me, show some pity,
You touch me in many, many ways
But I'm shy can't you see

1. Obsessed by you, your looks,	a. I would like to run away from
2. I write on paper	b. drinking coffee or reading lies
3. Still I sit in diner Citylight,	c. of me in your eyes, oh please
4. Turn my head and I can see you,	d. erased away
5. Sometimes I'm wondering why	e. well, anyway "I would any day die for you",
6. You can't be acting	f. you look (at)me and you blink your eye
7. I see your beautiful smile and	g. like my Dana?
8. Reflections	h. could that really be you

Chorus

1. I see, can't have you, can't leave you,	a. there 'cause I must sometimes see you
2. And I don't understand	b. taking power from me and I can't live
3. And every waking hour, I feel you	c. scenery over again
4. Repeating the	d. your eyes, oh please
5. Sometimes I'm wondering why	e. how you can keep me in chains
6. You can't be acting	f. I would like to run away from
7. I see your beautiful smile and	g. like my Dana?
8. Reflections of me in	h. you look me and you blink your eye

Chorus



Worksheet here