Pop Song Worksheets

This worksheet is to be used for educational purposes only Activity © Tune into English 2007 – www.tuneintoenglish.com Worksheet written by Prof. Laura Casolero, Grumo Nevano (NA)

You’re Beautiful – James Blunt – Notes Activity type: gap fill, rhyming words, comprehension.

Grammar: Present simple, past simple and continuous, future ‘will’, must, should.

Time: 15 mins.

1) Write the following words on the board:

pure man do

eye place face

by plan sure

you

2) Students match the rhyming pairs.

Key: pure – sure / man – plan / do – you / eye – by / place – face 3) Give each student a copy of the worksheet. Before playing the song ask them to try to insert the

missing words, as listed above, in the correct gaps, based on context and rhymes (the rhyming words occur together!).

4) Play the song. Students check their predictions in 3). 5) Allow them to check their answers with other students, then play the complete song again.

6) Correct, and sing together.

Further Comprehension Practice:

(The following exercises may be done as homework, if there’s isn’t enough time in class.) 1) Answer the questions:

1-Where is the song set? 2-Why does he say he’ll never be with her? 3-What happened between them?

Key:1-In the subway (English: underground); 2-Because he knows she has a boyfriend and that they haven’t actually met; 3- She smiled at him. 2) Multiple choice: Choose the correct answer.

1-The singer’s love is for A an angel B a smiling face on a poster C a woman with a man

2-He realizes that A she has a boyfriend B she’s an angel C she’s a ghost

3-They meet A in a crowded street B in their dreams C in a busy underground train

4-They share A a dream B a journey C a short glance

5-He’s aware A his love is impossible B she’ll be his wife someday C they’ll meet soon. Key: 1-C, 2-A, 3-C, 4-C, 5-A. The following grammar exercise may also be suggested as a follow up activity. Find all the verbs in this song. Put them in the base forms and write which tenses they occur in. (e.g.Be present simple :You’re, is, I’m, it’s; past: she was ,I was; future: I’ll be )


You’re Beautiful – James Blunt

My life is brilliant.

My life is brilliant. My love is _________

I saw an angel. Of that I'm _________

She smiled on the subway. She was with another _________. But I won't lose no sleep on that,

'Cause I've got a _________

You're beautiful. You're beautiful. You're beautiful, it's true.

I saw your _________ in a crowded _________,

And I don't know what to _________, 'Cause I'll never be with _________.

Yeah, she caught my _________,

As I walked on _________. She could see from my face that I was

Flying high, And I don't think that I'll see her again,

But we shared a moment that will last till the end.

You're beautiful. You're beautiful. You're beautiful, it's true.

I saw your _________ in a crowded _________

And I don't know what to _________, 'Cause I'll never be with _________.

You're beautiful. You're beautiful.

You're beautiful, it's true. There must be an angel with a smile on her face, When she thought up that I should be with you.

But it's time to face the truth, I will never be with you.


You’re Beautiful – James Blunt – Complete My life is brilliant. My life is brilliant. My love is pure. I saw an angel. Of that I'm sure. She smiled on the subway. She was with another man. But I won't lose no sleep on that, 'Cause I've got a plan. You're beautiful. You're beautiful. You're beautiful, it's true. I saw your face in a crowded place, And I don't know what to do, 'Cause I'll never be with you. Yeah, she caught my eye, As I walked on by. She could see from my face that I was, Flying high, [ - video/radio edited version] Fucking high, [ - CD version] And I don't think that I'll see her again, But we shared a moment that will last till the end. You're beautiful. You're beautiful. You're beautiful, it's true. I saw your face in a crowded place, And I don't know what to do, 'Cause I'll never be with you. You're beautiful. You're beautiful. You're beautiful, it's true. There must be an angel with a smile on her face, When she thought up that I should be with you. But it's time to face the truth, I will never be with you.


Lemon Tree – Fool’s Garden – Notes

Activity type: gap fill, rhyming words. Grammar: Present simple, present continuous.

Time: 20 mins.


afternoon around bed car do

down far head joy me

power room see shower sky

toy tree view why you (twice)

2) Students match the rhyming pairs (NB: there are two different rhyming words for “you”,

and one group has three words, not two). Point out that some are not in fact direct rhymes, but follow the vowel sounds.

3) Give each student a copy of the worksheet. Before playing the song ask them to try to

insert the missing words, as listed above, in the correct gaps, based on context and rhymes (rhyming words usually happen together!).

4) Play the song. Students check their predictions in 3). 5) Listen again. Students correct and complete. 6) Allow them to check their answers with other students, and then play the complete song

again.


Further Grammar Practice:

Rewrite the verbs in the song in two columns named “Present Simple” and “Present Continuous”.

Key 1) : afternoon – room / around – down / bed – head / car – far / do – you / joy - toy / me – see – tree / power – shower / sky – why / view - you


Lemon Tree – Fool’s Garden

I’m sitting here in a boring _________ It’s just another rainy Sunday _________ I’m wasting my time, I(’ve) got nothing to _________ I’m hanging around, I’m waiting for _________ But nothing ever happens, and I wonder. I’m driving around in my _________ I’m driving too fast, I’m driving too _________ I’d like to change my point of _________ I feel so lonely, I’m waiting for _________ But nothing ever happens, and I wonder I wonder how, I wonder _________ yesterday you told me about the blue blue _________ and all that I can _________ is just a yellow lemon _________ I’m turning my head up and _________ I’m turning, turning, turning, turning, turning _________ And all that I can _________ Is just a yellow lemon _________ Sing! La la da da dee da… I’m sitting here, I miss the _________ I’d like to go out taking a _________ But there’s a heavy cloud inside my _________ I feel so tired, put myself into _________ Where nothing ever happens, and I wonder Isolation is not good for _________. Isolation, I don’t want to sit on a lemon _________ I’m stepping around in a desert of _________ Baby anyhow I’ll get another _________ And everything will happen, and you’ll wonder I wonder how, I wonder _________ yesterday you told me about the blue blue _________ and all that I can _________ is just another yellow lemon _________ I'm turning my head up and down I'm turning turning turning turning turning around And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon-tree And I wonder, wonder I wonder how I wonder _________ Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue _________ and all that I can _________and all that I can _________ and all that I can _________ is just a yellow lemon _________.


Lemon Tree – Fool’s Garden – Complete

I'm sitting here in a boring room It's just another rainy Sunday afternoon I'm wasting my time I’ve got nothing to do I'm hanging around I'm waiting for you But nothing ever happens and I wonder I'm driving around in my car I'm driving too fast I'm driving too far I'd like to change my point of view I feel so lonely I'm waiting for you But nothing ever happens and I wonder I wonder how I wonder why Yesterday you told me about the blue blue sky And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon tree I'm turning my head up and down I'm turning turning turning turning turning around And all that i can see is just another lemon-tree I'm sitting here I miss the power I'd like to go out taking a shower But there's a heavy cloud inside my head I feel so tired Put myself into bed While nothing ever happens and I wonder Isolation is not good for me Isolation I don't want to sit on the lemon-tree I'm stepping around in the desert of joy Baby anyhow I'll get another toy And everything will happen and you wonder I wonder how I wonder why Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky And all that I can see is just another lemon-tree I'm turning my head up and down I'm turning turning turning turning turning around And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon-tree And i wonder, wonder I wonder how I wonder why Yesterday you told me about the blue blue sky And all that I can see, and all that I can see, and all that I can see Is just a yellow lemon-tree


All You Need Is Love – The Beatles – Notes Activity type: gap fill, opposites.

Grammar: Past Participles.

Time: 15 mins.

1) Write the following verbs on the board, and ask students to write the Past Participles.

do - know – make - mean – save - show - sing 2) Play the song (as far as the third verse, around 2 mins 30 secs). Students listen, check

their answers to 1) and put the verbs in the correct order (you can point out that they will first hear the base form of the verb, then the Past Participle.)

3) Write the following words on the board, and ask students to write the opposites.

everything - everyone– everywhere - hard (difficult) 4) Give each student a copy of the worksheet. Before playing the song ask them to try to

insert the missing verbs, as listed in 1), in the correct gaps, based on their answers to 2). 5) Play the song. Students listen and check in pairs


Key to 1): done - known - made – meant – saved - shown - sung (Note: the regular Past Participle of “show” is also “showed”) Key to 3): nothing – no-one – nowhere - easy

Note:

At the end of the song you can hear some words from two other famous Beatles’ songs: “Yesterday” and “She Loves You”.


All You Need Is Love – The Beatles Love, Love, Love. Love, Love, Love. Love, Love, Love. There's _______ you can _____ that can't be _______. _______ you can _______ that can't be _______. _______ you can _______ but you can learn how to play the game. It's _______. _______ you can _______ that can't be _______. _______ you can _______ that can't be _______. _______ you can _______ but you can learn how to be you in time. It's _______. All you need is love. All you need is love. All you need is love, love. Love is all you need.

All you need is love. All you need is love. All you need is love, love. Love is all you need.

_______ you can _______ that isn't _______. _______ you can _______ that isn't _______. There’s _______ you can _______ that isn't where you're meant to be. It's _______. All you need is love. All you need is love. All you need is love, love. Love is all you need.

All you need is love. All you need is love. All you need is love, love. Love is all you need

All you need is love (All together, now!) All you need is love. (Everybody!) All you need is love, love. Love is all you need (love is all you need). Love is all you need (love is all you need). Love is all you need (love is all you need). Love is all you need (love is all you need). Love is all you need (love is all you need). Love is all you need (love is all you need). Love is all you need (love is all you need). Love is all you need (love is all you need). Love is all you need (love is all you need). Love is all you need (love is all you need). Love is all you need.


All You Need Is Love – The Beatles – Complete Love, Love, Love. Love, Love, Love. Love, Love, Love. There's nothing you can do that can't be done Nothing you can sing that can't be sung Nothing you can say but you can learn how to play the game. It's easy. Nothing you can make that can't be made. No-one you can save that can't be saved. Nothing you can do but you can learn how to be you in time. It's easy. All you need is love. All you need is love. All you need is love, love. Love is all you need.

All you need is love. All you need is love. All you need is love, love. Love is all you need.

Nothing you can know that isn't known. Nothing you can see that isn't shown. There’s nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be. It's easy. All you need is love. All you need is love. All you need is love, love. Love is all you need.

All you need is love. All you need is love. All you need is love, love. Love is all you need

All you need is love (All together, now!) All you need is love. (Everybody!) All you need is love, love. Love is all you need. Love is all you need (love is all you need). Love is all you need (love is all you need). Love is all you need (love is all you need). Love is all you need (love is all you need). Love is all you need (love is all you need). Love is all you need (love is all you need). Love is all you need (love is all you need). Love is all you need (love is all you need). Love is all you need (love is all you need). Love is all you need (love is all you need). Love is all you need.

This worksheet is to be used for educational purposes only Activity © Tune into English 2005 – www.tuneintoenglish.com

American Idiot–Green Day–Notes Activity type: gap fill, opposites, word formation.

Time: 20 mins.


lead (verb) – nobody – nothing – old - yesterday

2) Students write the opposites alone or in pairs. Key: follow – everybody – everything – new - tomorrow

3) Play the song. Students listen for the new words, numbering them in the order they

appear. Key: 1. new – 2. everything – 3. tomorrow – 4. follow – 5. everybody

4) Feedback. Make sure they have the correct opposites at this stage. 5) Give each student a copy of the worksheet. Ask them to change the words on the right to

fill in the gaps (with unbroken lines). They should also try to insert the words as listed above, in the correct gaps (with broken lines).

6) Play the song again. Students complete the text.

7) Allow them to check their answers with other students, and then play the song again.


Follow up: The singer is very angry with the political situation in his country. How do you feel about the situation in your own country?


American Idiot–Green Day

Don't wanna be an American idiot Don't want a __________ under the new mania national And can you hear the sound of __________? hysterical The subliminal mind f**k America. CHORUS Welcome to a _ _ _ _ kind of __________ tense All across the alienation _ _ _ _ _ isn't meant to be okay Television dreams of _ _ _ _ _ We're not the ones who're meant to _ _ _ _ _ For that's enough to __________ argument Well maybe I'm the f****t America I'm not a part of a redneck agenda Now _ _ _ _ _ do the propaganda And sing along in the age of __________ paranoid REPEAT CHORUS Don't wanna be an American idiot One __________controlled by the media national Information age of __________ hysterical It's calling out to idiot America REPEAT CHORUS

follow – everybody – everything – new - tomorrow


American Idiot–Green Day-Complete

Don't wanna be an American idiot. Don't want a nation under the new mania. And can you hear the sound of hysteria?

The subliminal mind fuck America.

CHORUS Welcome to a new kind of tension.

All across the alienation. Everything isn't meant to be okay.

Television dreams of tomorrow. We're not the ones who're meant to follow.

For that's enough to argue.

Well maybe I'm the faggot America. I'm not a part of a redneck agenda. Now everybody do the propaganda.

And sing along in the age of paranoia.

REPEAT CHORUS

Don't wanna be an American idiot. One nation controlled by the media.

Information age of hysteria. It's calling out to idiot America.

REPEAT CHORUS


Are You Lonesome Tonight?-Notes

Activity type: Forming questions (Part One), gap fill, rhyming words (Part Two). Grammar: Yes/No Questions.

Time: 30 mins

1) Give each student a copy of the worksheet. The right hand column has Elvis’s ex-girlfriend’s replies to his questions. Students complete the questions.

2) The following words are at the bottom of the worksheet:

around - bare – change – cue - down - heart - part - strange - there - two Students match the rhyming pairs.

3) Play the song. Students correct part one, and complete part two

4) Allow them to check their answers with other students, and correct if necessary. Then

play the song again.


Follow up: The singer’s ex-girlfriend has met another man. Write the questions she asks him on their first date.


Are You Lonesome Tonight?-Elvis

(words & music by Roy Turk and Lou Handman)

______________________________________? No, I’m not lonesome tonight ______________________________________? No, I don’t miss you tonight ______________________________________? No, I’m not sorry we drifted apart _________________....a bright summer day Yes, my memory strays to a bright summer day When I kissed you and called you sweetheart? _______________________…empty and bare? No, the chairs in my parlour don’t seem empty... ______________________________________ No, I don’t gaze at my doorstep And picture me there? ______________________________________? No, my heart isn’t filled with pain! ______________________________________? No, don’t come back again! Tell me dear ______________________________________? No, I’m not lonesome tonight Spoken: I wonder if you're lonesome tonight You know someone said that the world's a stage And each must play a _________ Fate had me playing in love with you as my sweet _________ Act one was when we met, I loved you at first glance You read your lines so cleverly and never missed a _________ Then came act _________, you seemed to _________, you acted _________ And why I'll never know Honey, you lied when you said you loved me And I had no cause to doubt you But I'd rather go on hearing your lies Than go on living without you Now the stage is _________and I'm standing _________ With emptiness all _________ And if you won't come back to me Then they can bring the curtain _________ ____________________________________? No, my heart isn’t filled with pain! ____________________________________? No, don’t come back again! Tell me dear ______________________________________? No, I’m not lonesome tonight

around - bare – change – cue - down - heart - part - strange - there - two


Are You Lonesome Tonight?–Complete

(words & music by Roy Turk and Lou Handman)

Are you lonesome tonight? Do you miss me tonight? Are you sorry we drifted apart? Does your memory stray to a bright sunny day When I kissed you and called you sweetheart? Do the chairs in your parlour seem empty and bare? Do you gaze at your doorstep and picture me there? Is your heart filled with pain? Shall I come back again? Tell me dear, are you lonesome tonight?

Spoken: I wonder if you're lonesome tonight You know someone said that the world's a stage And each must play a part Fate had me playing in love with you as my sweetheart Act one was when we met, I loved you at first glance You read your lines so cleverly and never missed a cue Then came act two, you seemed to change and you acted strange And why I'll never know Honey, you lied when you said you loved me And I had no cause to doubt you But I'd rather go on hearing your lies Than go on living without you Now the stage is bare and I'm standing there With emptiness all around And if you won't come back to me Then they can bring the curtain down

Is your heart filled with pain, shall I come back again Tell me dear, are you lonesome tonight

This worksheet is to be used for educational purposes only Activity © Tune into English 2007 – www.tuneintoenglish.com Worksheet written by Prof. Michela Zagnoli, Bologna

Beautiful Day – U2 – Notes

Activity type: listening for specific words, gap fill, rhyming words. Time: 20 mins.

1) Write the following words on the board (do not write the asterisk!):

heart * day * people room * true * town * mud * colours * forever hero love

cloud * red luck * over * friend * beautiful * road * night teach * blue * girl

2) Ask students to choose eight of these words. 3) Explain that you will play the song. Students listen for their words, and tick them as they

hear them (similar to Bingo). Play the complete song. (Fifteen of the listed words are in the song)

4) Correct by eliciting the words used in the song, then check if there is a winner. 5) Give each student a copy of the worksheet. Ask them to predict the missing words, based

on context and rhymes. 6) Play the song again. Students check their predictions in 5) and correct the words. 7) Allow them to check their answers with other students, and then play the complete song

again.



Beautiful Day – U2

The (1)____________ is a bloom

Shoots up through the stony ground

There's no (2)____________

No space to rent in this town

You're out of (3)____________

And the reason that you had to care

The traffic is stuck

And you're not moving anywhere

You thought you'd found a (4)____________

To take you out of this place

Someone you could lend a hand

In return for grace

It's a (5)____________ day

Sky falls, you feel like

It's a beautiful day

Don't let it get away

You're on the (6)____________

But you've got no destination

You're in the (7)____________

In the maze of her imagination

You love this town

Even if that doesn't ring (8)____________

You've been all over

And it's been all (9)____________ you

It's a beautiful (10)____________



Touch me

Take me to that other place

(11)____________ me

I know I'm not a hopeless case

See the world in green and (12)____________

See China right in front of you

See the canyons broken by (13)____________

See the tuna fleets clearing the sea out

See the Bedouin fires at (14)____________

See the oil fields at first light

And see the bird with a leaf in her mouth

After the flood all the (15)__________came out

It's a beautiful day Don't let it get away It's a beautiful day Touch me Take me to that other place Reach me I know I'm not a hopeless case What you don't have you don't need it now What you don't know you can feel it somehow What you don't have you don't need it now Don't need it now Was a beautiful day


Beautiful Day – U2 – Complete

The heart is a bloom

Shoots up through the stony ground

There's no room

No space to rent in this town

You're out of luck

And the reason that you had to care

The traffic is stuck

And you're not moving anywhere

You thought you'd found a friend

To take you out of this place

Someone you could lend a hand

In return for grace


Sky falls, you feel like



You're on the road

But you've got no destination

You're in the mud

In the maze of her imagination

You love this town

Even if that doesn't ring true

You've been all over

And it's been all over you




Touch me

Take me to that other place

Teach me

I know I'm not a hopeless case

See the world in green and blue

See China right in front of you

See the canyons broken by cloud

See the tuna fleets clearing the sea out

See the Bedouin fires at night

See the oil fields at first light

And see the bird with a leaf in her mouth

After the flood all the colours came out

It's a beautiful day Don't let it get away It's a beautiful day Touch me Take me to that other place Reach me I know I'm not a hopeless case What you don't have you don't need it now What you don't know you can feel it somehow What you don't have you don't need it now Don't need it now Was a beautiful day


Happy Xmas (War Is Over) John Lennon & Yoko Ono with the Plastic Ono Band

1.Rewrite the following words in rhyming pairs. (Some of them do not strictly rhyme, but have the same vowel sound.)

begun fear done fight fun strong white wrong year young

begun______ done________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ 2.Write the verbs in the Past Simple to complete the information about the song War Is Over (If You Want It) John Lennon and Yoko Ono ________(write) and ________(record) Happy Xmas (War Is Over) in New York in 1971. The Harlem Community Choir ________(help) with backing vocals. The song ________(be) a protest song about the Vietnam War, but is still relevant 35 years later. John and Yoko regularly ________(campaign) for peace, and in 1969 ________(rent) billboards and posters in eleven cities around the world with the message "WAR IS OVER! (If You Want It) Happy Christmas from John and Yoko." The record ________(not/be) a hit in America when it first ________(come) out, but ________(do) very well in the UK, and ________(return) to the charts after Lennon’s death in 1980.

3.Complete the lyrics with the words from Exercise 1.

(Happy Christmas Kyoko Happy Christmas Julian)

So this is Christmas

And what have you _______ Another year over

And a new one just _______ And so this is Christmas

I hope you have _______ The near and the dear ones The old and the _______

A very Merry Christmas

And a happy New _______ Let's hope it's a good one

Without any _______

And so this is Christmas (War is Over, if you want it) For weak and for _______ The rich and the poor ones The world is so _______ And so happy Christmas

For black and for _______ For yellow and red ones

Let's stop all the _______

A very Merry Christmas And a happy New _______ Let's hope it's a good one

Without any _______

And so this is Christmas (War is over, if you want it) And what have we _______

Another year over And a new one just _______

And so happy Christmas We hope you have _______ The near and the dear ones The old and the _______

A very Merry Christmas

And a happy New _______ Let's hope it's a good one

Without any _______ (War is over, if you want it

War is over now)

4.Check with a partner, then sing the song with your class.


Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - Complete John Lennon & Yoko Ono with the Plastic Ono Band

Background information: "Xmas" is a common abbreviation of the word "Christmas", although some people consider it disrespectful to Christ. You can find more detailed information at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xmas (in English) and http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xmas (in Italian). Kyoko is Yoko Ono’s daughter from her previous marriage to American jazz musician Anthony Cox. Julian is John Lennon’s son from his previous marriage to Cynthia Powell. 1. begun______ done________

fear_________ year_________ fight________ white________ fun_________ young________ strong______ wrong________

2. John Lennon and Yoko Ono __wrote___(write) and _recorded___(record) Happy Xmas (War Is Over) in New York in 1971. The Harlem Community Choir __helped____(help) with backing vocals. The song ___was___(be) a protest song about the Vietnam War, but is still relevant 35 years later. John and Yoko regularly _campaigned___(campaign) for peace, and in 1969 __rented__(rent) billboards and posters in eleven cities around the world with the message "WAR IS OVER! (If You Want It) Happy Christmas from John and Yoko." The record _wasn’t__(not/be) a hit in America when it first __came__(come) out, but __did__(do) very well in the UK, and __returned___(return) to the charts after Lennon’s death in 1980.

3.(Happy Christmas Kyoko Happy Christmas Julian)

So this is Christmas

And what have you done Another year over

And a new one just begun And so this is Christmas

I hope you have fun The near and the dear ones

The old and the young

A very Merry Christmas And a happy New Year

Let's hope it's a good one Without any fear

And so this is Christmas

(War is Over, if you want it) For weak and for strong

The rich and the poor ones The world is so wrong

And so happy Christmas For black and for white

For yellow and red ones Let's stop all the fight



And so this is Christmas

(War is over, if you want it) And what have we done

Another year over And a new one just begun And so happy Christmas We hope you have fun

The near and the dear ones The old and the young



(War is over, if you want it War is over now)


Hello Goodbye-The Beatles– Notes

Activity type: gap fill, opposites. Time: 10 mins.

This is an ideal song to use on the first day of a new course. It’s short and simple, and creates a good atmosphere in class.

1) Write the following words on the board

Yes – stop – goodbye – high – I don’t know 2) Students write the opposites alone or in pairs. Point out that the “opposite” for I don’t

know is the question which provokes this answer. 3) Key (but at this stage, any correct opposite is acceptable)

No – go – hello – low – why

4) Play the song. Students listen for the opposites, correcting as necessary, and numbering them in the order they appear.

5) Feedback on opposites. 6) Give each student a copy of the worksheet. Play the song. Students complete the text.

7) Allow them to check their answers with other students, correct, and sing together.


Hello Goodbye-The Beatles

(written by Lennon-McCartney)

You say ______, I say ______ You say ______and I say ______

Chorus Oh no,

You say ______and I say ______ _______ _____

I don’t know why you say ______, I say ______ _______ _____

I don’t know why you say ______, I say ______

I say ______, you say ______ You say ______and I say __________

Repeat Chorus

Why, why, why, why, why do you say goodbye, goodbye?

Repeat Chorus

You say ______, I say ______

You say ______, and I say ______

Repeat Chorus

______ ______ I don’t know why you say ______, I say ______, ______

______

Hey-la hey-aloha Hey-la hey-aloha Hey-la hey-aloha Hey-la hey-aloha


Hello Goodbye-The Beatles–Complete

(written by Lennon-McCartney)

You say yes, I say no You say stop and I say go, go, go

Chorus Oh no,

You say goodbye and I say hello Hello hello

I don’t know why you say goodbye, I say hello Hello hello

I don’t know why you say goodbye, I say hello

I say high, you say low You say why and I say I don’t know

Repeat Chorus

Why, why, why, why, why do you say goodbye, goodbye?

Repeat Chorus

You say yes, I say no

You say stop, and I say go

Repeat Chorus

Hello hello I don’t know why you say goodbye, I say hello, hello

Hello

Hey-la hey-aloha Hey-la hey-aloha Hey-la hey-aloha Hey-la hey-aloha


I’m a Believer – Notes

Activity type: gap fill. Grammar: Past Simple.

Time: 20 mins

1) Write the following verbs on the board: to be – can’t - to get - to give - to haunt – to mean (Past Participle, same as Past Simple) – to need – to see - to seem – to think - to try

2) Students write the past tense of these verbs. Key: was/were - couldn’t – got – gave – haunted – meant – needed - saw – thought – tried

3) Play the song. Students listen and tick the words they hear, correcting if necessary.

4) Give each student a copy of the worksheet. Before playing the song again ask them to

try to insert the missing verbs, as listed above, in the correct gaps, based on context.

5) Play the song. Students complete the text.



Follow up: How do you feel about love? Are you a believer? Students discuss, or write.


I’m a Believer – The Monkees

(written by Neil Diamond)

I _________ love was only true in fairy tales _________ for someone else but not for me.

Love _________ out to get me That’s the way it _________.

Disappointment _________ all my dreams.

Then I _________ her face, now I’m a believer Not a trace of doubt in my mind.

I’m in love, I’m a believer! I _________ leave her if I _________.

I _________ love _________ more or less a given thing,

Seems the more I _________ the less I _________. What’s the use in trying?

All you get is pain. When I _________ sunshine I got rain.

Then I _________ her face, now I’m a believer

Not a trace of doubt in my mind. I’m in love, I’m a believer!

I _________ leave her if I _________.

Love _________ out to get me That’s the way it _________.

Disappointment _________ all my dreams. Then I _________ her face, now I’m a believer


I _________ leave her if I _________.

Yes, I _________ her face, now I’m a believer Not a trace of doubt in my mind.

I’m in love, I’m a believer! I _________ leave her if I _________.

to be – can’t - to get - to give - to haunt – to mean (Past Participle, same as Past Simple) – to need – to see - to seem – to think - to try


I’m a Believer – Complete (written by Neil Diamond)

I thought love was only true in fairy tales Meant for someone else but not for me.

Love was out to get me That’s the way it seemed.

Disappointment haunted all my dreams.

Then I saw her face, now I’m a believer Not a trace of doubt in my mind.

I’m in love, I’m a believer! I couldn’t leave her if I tried.

I thought love was more or less a given thing,

Seems the more I gave the less I got. What’s the use in trying?

All you get is pain. When I needed sunshine I got rain.

Then I saw her face, now I’m a believer


I couldn’t leave her if I tried.

Love was out to get me That’s the way it seemed.

Disappointment haunted all my dreams. Then I saw her face, now I’m a believer


I couldn’t leave her if I tried.

Yes, I saw her face, now I’m a believer Not a trace of doubt in my mind.

I’m in love, I’m a believer! I couldn’t leave her if I tried.


I Still Haven’t Found…-U2– Notes

Activity type: gap fill. Grammar: Present Perfect Simple, with still.

Time: 20 mins.

1) Write the following verbs on the board:

believe – break – carry – climb – crawl – feel – find - hold – kiss - loose (note: the correct verb in “loosen”) – run - scale – speak

2) Play the song, students number the verbs in the order they hear them, in any form.

Key: 1. climb – 2. run – 3. crawl – 4. scale – 5. find – 6. kiss – 7. feel – 8. speak – 9. hold – 10. believe (in the song this verb first appears at this point, on the gapped worksheet it is number 13) - 11. break – 12. loose – 13. carry

3) Give each student a copy of the worksheet. Play the song. Students try to fill in the blanks.

4) Point out the construction of the verb forms (note that the correct Past Participle for speak is spoken. Point out the singer’s artistic license, both here and with the verb loosen). If you are using this song as an introduction to the Present Perfect, students may not be aware of the use of the auxiliary “have” and the Past Participle.

5) Play the song again. Students complete the text. 6) Allow them to check their answers with other students, and then play the song again.



I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For-U2

I _______ ________ highest mountain I _______ ________ through the fields

Only to be with you Only to be with you

I _______ ________ I _______ ________

I _______ ________ these city walls These city walls

Only to be with you

But I still _______ ________ what I’m looking for But I still _______ ________ what I’m looking for

I _______ ________ honey lips

_______ the healing in her fingertips It burned like fire

This burning desire

I _______ ________ with the tongue of angels I _______ ________ the hand of a devil

It was warm in the night I was cold as a stone

But I still _______ ________ what I’m looking for But I still _______ ________ what I’m looking for

I believe in the kingdom come

Then all the colours will bleed into one Bleed into one

Well yes I’______ still ________

You ________ the bonds and you ________the chains ________the cross

Of my shame Of my shame

You know I ________it

But I still _______ ________ what I’m looking for But I still _______ ________ what I’m looking for But I still _______ ________ what I’m looking for

But I still _______ ________ what I’m looking for...

believe – break – carry – climb – crawl – feel – find - hold – kiss - loose– run - scale – speak


I Still Haven’t Found…-U2–Complete

I have climbed highest mountain I have run through the fields

Only to be with you Only to be with you

I have run

I have crawled I have scaled these city walls

These city walls Only to be with you

But I still haven’t found what I’m looking for But I still haven’t found what I’m looking for

I have kissed honey lips

Felt the healing in her fingertips It burned like fire

This burning desire

I have spoke with the tongue of angels I have held the hand of a devil

It was warm in the night I was cold as a stone

But I still haven’t found what I’m looking for But I still haven’t found what I’m looking for

I believe in the kingdom come

Then all the colours will bleed into one Bleed into one

Well yes I’m still running

You broke the bonds and you Loosed the chains Carried the cross

Of my shame Of my shame

You know I believed it

But I still haven’t found what I’m looking for But I still haven’t found what I’m looking for But I still haven’t found what I’m looking for

But I still haven’t found what I’m looking for...


I Will Survive – Notes

Activity type: gap fill, rhyming words. Grammar: Past Simple, should have, imperatives, used to, mixed conditional.

Time: 20 mins (Note that there are three worksheets here, the third is a combination of

the first two, and will take 30 mins to complete).

Past Simple:

1. Write the following verbs on the board: to be - can - to change (Past Participle, same as Past Simple) - to do - to feel – to grow – to have – to keep - to know (Past Participle, different to Past Simple) – to learn - to make (Past Participle, same as Past Simple)– to spend - to take – to try - to walk

2. Students write the past tense of these verbs.

Key: was/were - could – changed – did – felt – grew – had - kept – known – learned – made – spent - took – tried – walked

3. As below.

Rhyming Words: 1) Write the following words on the board:

afraid - alive – anymore - apart – cry – die - door – face – free - give - goodbye - heart - high - I - key - live - love – me – new – side – space – strong – survive - wrong - you

2) Students match the rhyming pairs. 3) Play the song. Students listen and tick the words they hear, correcting if necessary.


try to insert the missing words, as listed above, in the correct gaps, based on context and the rhymes.




Follow up: Six months later the singer meets her ex-boyfriend at a party. Imagine their conversation.


I Will Survive-Gloria Gaynor(Past Simple)

First I _ _ _ _ _ afraid, I _ _ _ _ _ petrified _ _ _ _ _ thinking I _ _ _ _ _ never live without you by my side

But I _ _ _ _ _ so many nights thinking how you _ _ _ _ _ me wrong And I _ _ _ _ _ strong, I _ _ _ _ _ how to carry on

And so you're back from outer space I just _ _ _ _ _ in to find you here with that sad look upon your face

I should have _ _ _ _ _ my stupid lock I should have _ _ _ _ _ you leave your key

If I had _ _ _ _ _ for just one second you'd be back to bother me

Chorus: Go on now go walk out the door

just turn around now 'cause you're not welcome anymore

_ _ _ _ _ n't you the one who _ _ _ _ _ to hurt me with goodbye you think I'd crumble

you think I'd lay down and die Oh no, not I I will survive

as long as I know how to love I know I’ll stay alive

I've got all my life to live I've got all my love to give

and I'll survive I will survive

Hey hey

It _ _ _ _ _ all the strength I _ _ _ _ _ not to fall apart _ _ _ _ _ trying hard to mend the pieces of my broken heart

and I _ _ _ _ _ oh so many nights just feeling sorry for myself I used to cry

But now I hold my head up high and you see me somebody new

I'm not that chained up little person still in love with you and so you _ _ _ _ _ like dropping in

and just expect me to be free now I'm saving all my loving for someone who's loving me

Repeat chorus twice

to be - can - to change (Past Participle, same as Past Simple) - to do - to feel – to grow – to have – to keep - to know (Past Participle, different to Past Simple) – to learn - to make (Past

Participle, same as Past Simple)– to spend - to take – to try - to walk


I Will Survive-Gloria Gaynor (Rhymes)

First I was afraid, I was _________ Kept thinking I could never live without you by my _________

But I spent so many nights thinking how you did me _________ And I grew _________, I learned how to carry on

And so you're back from outer _________ I just walked in to find you here with that sad look upon your _________

I should have changed my stupid lock I should have made you leave your _________

If I had known for just one second you'd be back to bother _________

Chorus: Go on now go walk out the _________

just turn around now 'cause you're not welcome _________

weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with _________ you think I'd crumble

you think I'd lay down and _________ Oh no, not _________

I will _________ as long as I know how to love

I know I’ll stay _________ I've got all my life to _________ I've got all my love to _________

and I'll _________ I will _________

Hey hey

It took all the strength I had not to fall _________ kept trying hard to mend the pieces of my broken _________

and I spent oh so many nights just feeling sorry for myself I used to _________

But now I hold my head up _________ and you see me somebody _________

I'm not that chained up little person still in love with _________ and so you felt like dropping in

and just expect me to be _________ now I'm saving all my loving

for someone who's loving _________

Repeat chorus twice

afraid - alive – anymore - apart – cry – die - door – face – free - give - goodbye - heart - high - I - key - live - love – me – new – side – space

– strong – survive - wrong - you


I Will Survive-Gloria Gaynor

First I _ _ _ _ _ afraid, I _ _ _ _ _ _________ _ _ _ _ _ thinking I _ _ _ _ _ never live without you by my _________

But I _ _ _ _ _ so many nights thinking how you _ _ _ _ _ me _________ And I _ _ _ _ _ _________, I _ _ _ _ _ how to carry on

And so you're back from outer _________ I just _ _ _ _ _ in to find you here with that sad look upon your _________

I should have _ _ _ _ _ my stupid lock I should have _ _ _ _ _ you leave your _________

If I had _ _ _ _ _ for just one second you'd be back to bother _________

Chorus: Go on now go walk out the _________

just turn around now 'cause you're not welcome _________

_ _ _ _ _ n't you the one who _ _ _ _ _ to hurt me with _________ you think I'd crumble

you think I'd lay down and _________ Oh no, not _________

I will _________ as long as I know how to love

I know I’ll stay _________ I've got all my life to _________ I've got all my love to _________

and I'll _________ I will _________

It _ _ _ _ _ all the strength I _ _ _ _ _ not to fall _________

_ _ _ _ _ trying hard to mend the pieces of my broken _________ and I _ _ _ _ _ oh so many nights just feeling sorry for myself

I used to _________ But now I hold my head up _________ and you see me somebody _________

I'm not that chained up little person still in love with _________ and so you _ _ _ _ _ like dropping in and just expect me to be _________

now I'm saving all my loving for someone who's loving _________

Repeat chorus twice

to be - can - to change (Past Participle, same as Past Simple) - to do - to feel – to grow – to have – to keep - to know (Past Participle, different to Past Simple) – to learn - to make

(Past Participle, same as Past Simple)– to spend - to take – to try - to walk

afraid - alive – anymore - apart – cry – die - door – face – free - give - goodbye - heart - high - I - key - live - love – me – new – side – space – strong – survive -

wrong - you


I Will Survive – Complete

First I was afraid, I was petrified Kept thinking I could never live without you by my side

But I spent so many nights thinking how you did me wrong And I grew strong, I learned how to carry on

And so you're back from outer space I just walked in to find you here with that sad look upon your face

I should have changed my stupid lock I should have made you leave your key

If I had known for just one second you'd be back to bother me

Chorus: Go on now go walk out the door

just turn around now 'cause you're not welcome anymore

weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye you think I'd crumble

you think I'd lay down and die Oh no, not I I will survive

as long as I know how to love I know I’ll stay alive

I've got all my life to live I've got all my love to give

and I'll survive I will survive

Hey hey

It took all the strength I had not to fall apart kept trying hard to mend the pieces of my broken heart

and I spent oh so many nights just feeling sorry for myself I used to cry

But now I hold my head up high and you see me somebody new

I'm not that chained up little person still in love with you and so you felt like dropping in and just expect me to be free now I'm saving all my loving for someone who's loving me

Repeat chorus twice


Jealous Guy–John Lennon–Notes

Activity type: gap fill, rhyming words. Grammar: Past Continuous.

Write on the board: “I dreamed of the past and my heart beat fast, from 6 o’clock to 7 o’clock. At half past six I began to lose control” Ask students to produce a sentence using the Past Continuous – the first lines of the song give the correct answer.

Time: 20 mins

1) Write the following verbs on the board: cry - eyes - fast - guy - hide - past

2) Students match the rhyming pairs (note that here there are in fact four rhyming words, and one rhyming pair!).

3) Play the song. Students listen and tick the words they hear.


try to insert the missing words, as listed above, in the correct gaps, based on context and the rhymes.




Follow up: Have you been hurt by anyone? Students discuss, or write.


Jealous Guy – John Lennon

I was dreaming of the __________ And my heart was beating ________

I began to lose control I began to lose control

Chorus:

I didn't mean to hurt you

I'm sorry that I made you ________ Oh no, I didn't want to hurt you

I'm just a jealous ________

I was feeling insecure You might not love me anymore

I was shivering inside I was shivering inside

Repeat Chorus

(whistle)

Repeat Chorus

I was trying to catch your ________

Thought that you was trying to ________ I was swallowing my pain I was swallowing my pain

Repeat Chorus x 2

watch out

I'm just a jealous guy, look out babe I'm just a jealous guy

cry eyes fast guy hide past


Jealous Guy–John Lennon–Complete

I was dreaming of the past And my heart was beating fast

I began to lose control I began to lose control

Chorus:

I didn't mean to hurt you

I'm sorry that I made you cry Oh no, I didn't want to hurt you

I'm just a jealous guy

I was feeling insecure You might not love me anymore

I was shivering inside I was shivering inside

Repeat Chorus

(whistle)

Repeat Chorus

I was trying to catch your eyes

Thought that you was trying to hide I was swallowing my pain I was swallowing my pain

Repeat Chorus x 2

watch out I'm just a jealous guy, look out babe

I'm just a jealous guy


Jenny from the block - Jennifer Lopez - Notes

Activity type: ordering verses

Grammar: used to

Time: 10 minutes

1. Make copies of the worksheet for every three or four students. Cut the worksheets indicated, and mix the verses.

2. Divide class into groups of three or four. Give each group a copy of the cut up worksheet.

3. Students listen to the song and put the verses in the correct order.

4. Sing together.

Follow up: What other things have changed in the singer’s life now that she is rich and famous. Write sentences using used to.


Jenny from the block – J. Lopez - Complete

_______________________________________________________________________

Children grow and the women produce And the men go work And some go stealin’ Everyone's got to make a living

_______________________________________________________________________ L.O.X...yeah J.Lo...yeah Geah, geah, yo, yo..

We off the block this year Went from a low to a lot this year Everybody mad at the rocks that I wear I know where I'm goin' and I know where I'm from, you hear..

_______________________________________________________________________

LOX in the air.. Geah, we're at the airport out D-block From the block where everybody air-forced-out With a new white T.U.fresh Nothin' phony with us Make the money, get the mansion, bring the homies with us

_______________________________________________________________________ Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got I'm still, I'm still, Jenny from the block Used to have a little, now I have a lot No matter where I go, I know where I came from (Jenny from the Bronx) _______________________________________________________________________

Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got I'm still, I'm still, Jenny from the block Used to have a little, now I have a lot No matter where I go, I know where I came from (Jenny from the Bronx) _______________________________________________________________________

From "In Livin' Color" to movie scripts From "On the 6" to "J.Lo" to "This"


Headline clips, I stay grounded as the amounts roll in I'm real I thought I told ya (I'm real...) I'm real even on Oprah (I'm real...) That's just me, nothing phony Don't hate on me, What you get is what you see, oh... (South, South Bronx)

_______________________________________________________________________

Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got I'm still, I'm still, Jenny from the block Used to have a little, now I have a lot No matter where I go, I know where I came from (Jenny from the Bronx)

Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got I'm still, I'm still, Jenny from the block Used to have a little, now I have a lot No matter where I go, I know where I came from (Jenny from the Bronx) _______________________________________________________________________

I'm down to Earth like this, rockin' this business I've grown up so much, I'm in control and lovin' it Rumors got me laughin' kid I love my life, and my public Put God first, and can't forget To stay real... (real) To me it's like breathin'... yeah...

_______________________________________________________________________


_______________________________________________________________________


_______________________________________________________________________


Yo, yo.. It takes hard work to cash checks So don't be fooled by the rocks that I got they assets You get back what you put out Even if you take the good route can't count the hood out

_______________________________________________________________________

After a while, you don't know who to blend with Just keep it real with the ones you came in with Best thing to do is stay low, LOX and J.Lo They act like they don't but they know, Yeah "Everyone's got to make a living..."

_______________________________________________________________________


_______________________________________________________________________


_______________________________________________________________________


_______________________________________________________________________


_______________________________________________________________________


Left Outside Alone-Anastacia–Notes

Activity type: gap fill, rhyming words. Grammar: Present Perfect Continuous.

Write “I started waiting the day I was born. I am still waiting” on the board. Tell students to make a Present Perfect Continuous sentence beginning with the words “All my life...”. The correct answer is the beginning of the song.

Time: 20 mins.


above air alone blame

despair feels game here

know love man pray

safe say understand way (three times)

2) Students match the rhyming pairs (NB: there are three different rhyming words for “way”). Point out that many are not in fact direct rhymes, but follow the vowel sounds.

3) Give each student a copy of the worksheet. Before playing the song ask them to try to insert the missing words, as listed above, in the correct gaps, based on context and the rhymes.

4) Play the song. Students check their predictions in 3) and complete the text.



Follow up: The singer is disappointed with how her relationship has worked out. When was the last time you were disappointed by someone or something?

Key to 1): way – safe / despair – air / above – love / say – way / know – alone / feels – here / way – pray / game – blame / man - understand


Left Outside Alone - Anastacia

[VERSE 1] All my life I've been waiting

For you to bring a fairytale my ___________ Been living in a fantasy without meaning

It's not okay I don't feel ________

I don't feel safe.. Ohhh..

[VERSE 2]

Left broken empty in ________ Wanna breath can't find __________

Thought you were sent from up __________ But you and me never had __________ So much more I have to __________

Help me find a __________

[CHORUS] And I wonder if you __________

How it really __________ To be left outside __________ When it's cold out __________

Well maybe you should __________ Just how it __________

To be left outside __________ To be left outside __________

I tell ya..

[REPEAT VERSE 1] I need to __________

[VERSE 3]

Why do you play me like a __________? Always someone else to __________ Careless, helpless little __________

Someday you might __________ There's not much more to __________

But I hope you find a __________

[REPEAT CHORUS] [fisrt line: Still I wonder if you __________… ]

I tell ya..

[REPEAT VERSE 1] I need to __________

Ohhh. Pray...

Ohh.. Heavenly father.. Save me.. Ohhhh.. Whoaooooaoooooo

[REPEAT CHORUS]

[REPEAT VERSE 1] I need to __________...


Left Outside Alone–Anastacia–Complete

[VERSE 1] All my life I've been waiting

For you to bring a fairytale my way Been living in a fantasy without meaning

It's not okay I don't feel safe

I don't feel safe.. Ohhh..

[VERSE 2]

Left broken empty in despair Wanna breath can't find air

Thought you were sent from up above But you and me never had love

So much more I have to say Help me find a way

[CHORUS]

And I wonder if you know How it really feels

To be left outside alone When it's cold out here

Well maybe you should know Just how it feels

To be left outside alone To be left outside alone

I tell ya..

[REPEAT VERSE 1]

I need to pray

[VERSE 3] Why do you play me like a game?

Always someone else to blame Careless, helpless little man

Someday you might understand There's not much more to say

But I hope you find a way

[REPEAT CHORUS] [fisrt line: Still I wonder if you know… ]

I tell ya..

[REPEAT VERSE 1] I need to pray

Ohhh. Pray...

Ohh.. Heavenly father.. Save me.. Ohhhh.. Whoaooooaoooooo

[REPEAT CHORUS]

[REPEAT VERSE 1] I need to pray...

Documents

Pop Song Worksheets