http://busyteacher.org/ ru ESL Songs For Teaching English - BusyTeacher: Free Printable Worksheets For Busy Teachers Like YOU! DataLife Engine http://busyteacher.org/11442-goodnight-goodnight-by-maroon.html http://busyteacher.org/11442-goodnight-goodnight-by-maroon.html This is a very nice listening exercise for elementary students that will help them not only to improve their listening skills through a song, but also to learn vocabulary about adjectives. There is a simple matching exercise to help them to connect one ...]]> Chavela7 Thu, 24 May 2012 03:17:56 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/11441-bang-bang-by-nancy-sinatra-gapfill-exercise.html http://busyteacher.org/11441-bang-bang-by-nancy-sinatra-gapfill-exercise.html The lyrics of this beautiful song are used as a listening activity concerning verb gap filling. Apart from choosing the correct verb for each gap students also have to put these in the Past simple tense. Can be also used as additional exercise when tal ...]]> ribana Thu, 24 May 2012 03:16:41 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/11437-love-profusion-uncountable-nouns.html http://busyteacher.org/11437-love-profusion-uncountable-nouns.html This worksheet uses words from Madonna's "Love Profusion" so students are able to practice countable and uncountable nouns.   I'd reccommend first having the students fill out the chart, after they peer check with one another ask what they got f ...]]> CarissaPeck Thu, 24 May 2012 03:11:46 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/11434-californication-by-the-red-hot-chilli-peppers.html http://busyteacher.org/11434-californication-by-the-red-hot-chilli-peppers.html I have a group of Ss who love this band! So I figure...why don't give it a shot?? And they love working with the song. I prepared it for a group of 15 year- old- students and they simply love to work on it since they already know the song it was easy f ...]]> Sakurita Thu, 24 May 2012 03:07:18 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/11432-song-hey-there-delilah-by-the-plain-white-ts.html http://busyteacher.org/11432-song-hey-there-delilah-by-the-plain-white-ts.html Some of my pre-intermediate level students wanted me to make a worksheet with this song because they love it so much. I had a listen, and I instantly fell for it too! The singer goes a bit fast, but he sings very clearly, and the vocabulary is quite ba ...]]> margagracia Thu, 24 May 2012 02:59:34 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/11406-big-time-rush-worksheet-if-i-ruled-the-world.html http://busyteacher.org/11406-big-time-rush-worksheet-if-i-ruled-the-world.html Used this with my 5th grade classes, they are in there second year of learning English. Big Time Rush is a very popular band right now, especially with this age group. If you weren't aware they are a Nickelodeon band with there own TV show, that girls ...]]> beckycaps Tue, 22 May 2012 15:49:27 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/11404-rumor-adele.html http://busyteacher.org/11404-rumor-adele.html I used this for my freshman class, who are in their 6th year of learning English, they enjoyed it a lot especially using a singer such as Adele who is very popular right now. They needed to listen to the song 3 times before being able to fill in all th ...]]> beckycaps Tue, 22 May 2012 15:45:49 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/11382-simple-past-irregular-verbs-summer-of-69.html http://busyteacher.org/11382-simple-past-irregular-verbs-summer-of-69.html This is a class designed for students to work with Simple Past irregular verbs and some of the regular ones. As it is also a good story the teacher may also have the opportunity to work text comprehension and vocabulary. Together with the lyrics there ...]]> TeacherBrunoGon Tue, 22 May 2012 15:22:45 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/11376-every-breath-you-take-by-the-police.html http://busyteacher.org/11376-every-breath-you-take-by-the-police.html This is an amazing song worksheet you can use with your students. Firstly, students work with vocabulary; secondly, they complete the song by working with matching, filling in the gaps, and numbering activities. Lastly, they debate the questions in pai ...]]> cochoday Tue, 22 May 2012 15:18:51 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/11370-song-worksheet-fireflies-by-night-owl.html http://busyteacher.org/11370-song-worksheet-fireflies-by-night-owl.html A song worksheet for elementary and pre-intermediate students focusing on the song by Owl City. The activites include putting in verbs and other missing words, crossing out unnecessary words and putting phrases in correct order. Many students seem to e ...]]> kslawka Sat, 19 May 2012 15:40:47 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/11358-i-dont-wanna-miss-a-thing-aerosmith.html http://busyteacher.org/11358-i-dont-wanna-miss-a-thing-aerosmith.html This is an amazing worksheet, students develop their listening skill while working with different types of activities. In the file you will find matching, filling the gaps, numbering the lines in order of appearence, and choosing the correct word activ ...]]> cochoday Sat, 19 May 2012 15:19:05 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/11347-all-fall-down-one-republic.html http://busyteacher.org/11347-all-fall-down-one-republic.html Enjoy with your students a wonderful song performed by one of the modern bands. The worksheet contains listening (filling the gaps) task, short vocabulary practice and some questiones for discussion. I recommend to use this worksheet in among students ...]]> fairybell Sat, 19 May 2012 15:03:45 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/11326-song-youre-my-everything.html http://busyteacher.org/11326-song-youre-my-everything.html This is a gap-filling listening activity for the song Ýou're My Everything' by Santa Esmeralda. Hope you enjoy it!]]> babyiloveu Thu, 17 May 2012 04:00:19 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/11314-second-conditional-song-if-i-had-a-million-dollars.html http://busyteacher.org/11314-second-conditional-song-if-i-had-a-million-dollars.html Use this worksheet to teach/review second conditional with the song If I had a million dollars by Barenaked Ladies. There are three exercises for your students to practise the second conditional. You can get the music from Youtube or you can google it. ...]]> lubrazil Thu, 17 May 2012 03:48:34 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/11303-nat-king-cole-cloze-listening-activity.html http://busyteacher.org/11303-nat-king-cole-cloze-listening-activity.html Students read and listen along with "That's All" by Nat King Cole, and fill in the missing lyrics. After listening through the song verse by verse, and then in its entirety, work together as a class to roughly translate the song. Start with discussin ...]]> ameliagfrank Thu, 17 May 2012 03:33:45 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/11292-worksheet-to-crazy-over-vegetables-song.html http://busyteacher.org/11292-worksheet-to-crazy-over-vegetables-song.html This worksheet goes with the song "Crazy Over Vegetables" sung by Eric Herman and practices the names of vegetables. This worksheet has all the names of the vegetables in a box and they have to fill the gaps in the lyrics. There is also a video availab ...]]> mvbiber Tue, 15 May 2012 15:02:30 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/11286-song-worksheet-the-rock-show-blink-182-past-simple.html http://busyteacher.org/11286-song-worksheet-the-rock-show-blink-182-past-simple.html Fun song, students listen for correct answers and fill in the blanks with the past simple forms of the given verbs. Also includes match-up exercises with colloquial/difficult phrases which appear in the song (definitions given in Spanish) and a fill-in ...]]> missargyle Tue, 15 May 2012 14:55:11 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/11279-somebody-that-i-used-to-know-walk-off-the-earth-5.html http://busyteacher.org/11279-somebody-that-i-used-to-know-walk-off-the-earth-5.html I use this for my TOEFL class when we work on subject/verb agreement (the verbs are in present and past tense). I do NOT pre-teach the vocabulary as I want them to get used to getting meaning from context OR realizing that to answer questions you don't ...]]> CarissaPeck Tue, 15 May 2012 14:46:53 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/11240-song-worksheet-video-games-lana-del-rey.html http://busyteacher.org/11240-song-worksheet-video-games-lana-del-rey.html This worksheet is a combination of listening and speaking comprehension based on popular song 'Video games'. Students have to complete the gaps, match the sentences, answer the questions about video games. ]]> kakuma Mon, 14 May 2012 02:03:48 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/11119-demis-roussos-good-bye-my-love.html http://busyteacher.org/11119-demis-roussos-good-bye-my-love.html This is an easy and nice paper to teach your students 'will' for future intention. The level of students can be either low or intermediate. Before listening to the song discuss all unknown words and write them out. After that I recommend you to listen ...]]> anitta1983 Sat, 05 May 2012 15:29:01 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/11105-hunger-games-activity-chapter-1.html http://busyteacher.org/11105-hunger-games-activity-chapter-1.html Questions and vocabulary practice. Listen to the first chapter of Hunger Games on Youtube (Audiobook) or read the first chapter and answer the questions related to this chapter. The book is really amazing and your students will be curious to read every ...]]> lualck Sat, 05 May 2012 15:19:44 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/11096-animal-instinct-fill-in-the-gaps-exercise.html http://busyteacher.org/11096-animal-instinct-fill-in-the-gaps-exercise.html This is an exercise which students are supposed to fill in the gap as they listen to the song: Animal Instinct. I tried to erase from the lyrics some meaningful but easy sentences/ words so that students can find it easier to complete the gaps. Some mo ...]]> makotx Sat, 05 May 2012 15:09:37 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/11085-song-report-homework.html http://busyteacher.org/11085-song-report-homework.html Students are asked to listen to a song in English they want to learn. They need to listen and try too understand the song and take notes. Then they read the lyrics and look up new words. After that, they write what they believe is the message. Finally, ...]]> lesitalinda Fri, 04 May 2012 01:58:51 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/11083-song-masterpiece-by-madonna.html http://busyteacher.org/11083-song-masterpiece-by-madonna.html Students have the chance to practise Conditional Sentences Type II and to work with opposites as well as to complete the lyrics with a deduction in the negative and to write down an indirect question. Every stanza proposes a different activity to vary ...]]> Instituto Clover Fri, 04 May 2012 01:56:18 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/11068-madonna-love-profusion-word-formation.html http://busyteacher.org/11068-madonna-love-profusion-word-formation.html This worksheet is about word formation. First, students have to group the suffixes. Then, with the help of these suffixes they have form new words or take away the suffix and write the original word. Finally they can listen to the song (source: youtub ...]]> gelleorsi Fri, 04 May 2012 01:50:22 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/11065-listen-order-fill-in-gaps.html http://busyteacher.org/11065-listen-order-fill-in-gaps.html This is a listening worksheet. As students listen, they put paragraphs in the correct order. When they listen to the song again, they focus on filling the gaps with words next to the paragraph.To intermediate or more advance students, you can delete th ...]]> Siuli1009 Tue, 01 May 2012 14:26:49 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/11061-five-little-monkeys.html http://busyteacher.org/11061-five-little-monkeys.html This workwsheet can be used before teaching your students the "Five Little Monkeys" song. Through this activity the students can either learn or review the numbers from 1 to 5. Your students can also improve their vocabulary and pronunciation since the ...]]> inahitz Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:26:43 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/11060-wheels-on-the-bus.html http://busyteacher.org/11060-wheels-on-the-bus.html This is a worksheet to be used in the preparation stage before you teach your students the "Wheels on the bus " song. I have created it for my 7 year-old Brazilian students and it has helped them learn the song and improve their pronunciation. It has ...]]> inahitz Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:25:51 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/11044-the-man-who-cant-be-moved.html http://busyteacher.org/11044-the-man-who-cant-be-moved.html Worksheet about the song of The Script. Students will listen to the song and fill in the blanks and then you can discuss the song with the students and talk about the relative clauses and the first conditional and some idiomatic expressions. Teenage st ...]]> Susiwayne Sun, 29 Apr 2012 02:03:48 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/11023-love-is-a-many-splendored-thing.html http://busyteacher.org/11023-love-is-a-many-splendored-thing.html This is a vocabulary activity. Students have to fill in the song using words based on the pictures showed. It is a good idea to ask them to complete the song before listening to it. After some minutes the teacher may ask them to work in groups of two o ...]]> thibyra Fri, 27 Apr 2012 03:13:25 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/11007-how-do-you-feel-when-you-listen-to-these-songs.html http://busyteacher.org/11007-how-do-you-feel-when-you-listen-to-these-songs.html This worksheet can be done at any level and with any kind of grouping. You can work feelings and it is suitable as warmer worksheet. Students listen to the songs (these ones or any you want to work on). Then, they draw what they feel when listening to ...]]> mgutgom Thu, 26 Apr 2012 01:41:09 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/11002-song-worksheet-michael-jackson-beat-it.html http://busyteacher.org/11002-song-worksheet-michael-jackson-beat-it.html It is a song worksheet of Michael Jackson's song Beat it. There are four types of activities. Your students will love it. It is a famous song. It mostly focuses on listening abilities of the students. We do not always do song worksheets, but sometimes ...]]> emre7107 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 01:34:10 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10972-song-gotye-somebody-that-i-used-to-know.html http://busyteacher.org/10972-song-gotye-somebody-that-i-used-to-know.html This is a popular song which is useful for introducing or practicing "used to + infinitive". It contains a sequencing exercise, gap-fill and a glossary for the slang terms. This song would be suitable for pre-intermediate, intermediate, upper intermedi ...]]> brennaja Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:47:53 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10965-sterling-knights-hero-disney.html http://busyteacher.org/10965-sterling-knights-hero-disney.html Song activity to be used with groups of kids and teens. This song is good to work with elementary levels because the exercises don't require much from the students. It might be hard in the beginning but if they pay attention the activity has tons of cl ...]]> dado Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:43:46 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10964-demi-lovato-the-gift-of-a-friend.html http://busyteacher.org/10964-demi-lovato-the-gift-of-a-friend.html Song activity to be worked with TEENS groups. It's the song from the movie "Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure". I suggest to play the video of the song sang by Demi Lovato on youtube before starting the activity with the students.The first 2 exercises ...]]> dado Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:42:05 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10953-if-i-were-a-boy_-if-clauses.html http://busyteacher.org/10953-if-i-were-a-boy_-if-clauses.html Beyoncé's song "If I were a boy" is used to revise the Grammar Topic (2nd Conditional) and serves as motivation to introduce the 3rd Conditional. The worksheet has several Listening/Comprehension exercises followed by Grammar exercises. There's ...]]> gracappesam Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:16:37 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10939-song-kelly-clarkson-stronger.html http://busyteacher.org/10939-song-kelly-clarkson-stronger.html This activity contains fill in the gaps exercises, choose the correct word in the sentence, organize the sentences. It's fun and easy to understand, the students will love the song! I used this in my classes and they only had trouble with the chorus, i ...]]> dancastro Sun, 22 Apr 2012 20:55:08 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10938-song-the-great-pretender-queen.html http://busyteacher.org/10938-song-the-great-pretender-queen.html Match the words and pictures. Then, listen to the song on youtube with your students, and they fill in the gaps.   The complete song is here: Oh yes I'm the great pretender (ooh ooh)Pretending I'm doing well (ooh ooh)My need is such I pretend ...]]> elenabillinghurst Sun, 22 Apr 2012 20:54:02 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10920-take-me-to-your-heart-michael-learns-to-rock.html http://busyteacher.org/10920-take-me-to-your-heart-michael-learns-to-rock.html Take me to your heart by Michael Learns to Rock: This is a song activity which is mainly focused on SYNONYMS and ANTONYMS. It is used for developing students' listening skill. I made it for my elementary class and it seems to be very easy. Hopefully it ...]]> cutieSusan Sat, 21 Apr 2012 02:11:21 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10912-teenage-dirtbag.html http://busyteacher.org/10912-teenage-dirtbag.html Designed for beginner students, with fill in the blanks, complete the sentence, organize the sentence, look up the words in bold, choose the correct word exercises. It's fun for teenage students, careful with the bad words though. :D   http://ww ...]]> monica_dorada Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:12:43 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10907-song-worksheet-behind-blue-eyes.html http://busyteacher.org/10907-song-worksheet-behind-blue-eyes.html Worksheet from Limp Bizkit's version of "Behind Blue Eyes". It contains different activities for the different stanzas of the song. I created it for my FCE class because the vocabulary is quite high although it could be adapted to fit lower levels. I h ...]]> missalex Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:58:54 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10879-im-only-me-when-im-with-you-by-tailor-swift.html http://busyteacher.org/10879-im-only-me-when-im-with-you-by-tailor-swift.html Songs are a great opportunity of grasping everyday english and expressions we hardly ever find in books. In this worksheet, students complete the lyrics of the song by both choosing the correct phrases from a choice given and using pictures as a guide.]]> maragata Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:41:19 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10875-louis-armstrong-what-a-wonderful-world.html http://busyteacher.org/10875-louis-armstrong-what-a-wonderful-world.html The worksheet presents the song by Louis Armstrong "What a Wonderful World" with blanks which the students have to fill in with the words connected with colours. The words to fill in are provided at the end of the worksheet. The teacher's notes are on ...]]> submarine Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:29:47 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10874-alexander-rybak-and-lotta-engberg-baby-its-cold.html http://busyteacher.org/10874-alexander-rybak-and-lotta-engberg-baby-its-cold.html The worksheet presents the song by Alexander Rybak and Lotta Engberg - Baby It's Cold Outside with blanks and teacher's notes on the second page. There are verbs in Future forms in the blanks (Future Simple, going+to form, Future Continuous) and some w ...]]> submarine Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:28:18 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10873-song-worksheet-jessie-j-who-you-are.html http://busyteacher.org/10873-song-worksheet-jessie-j-who-you-are.html Song worksheet (gap fill). You can find the song here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2WWrupMBAEYou can use this song at the beginning or at the end of the lesson for motivational purposes or simple relaxation. You can also use this song when discuss ...]]> mikimiska Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:28:48 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10865-song-worksheet-penny-lane-by-the-beatles.html http://busyteacher.org/10865-song-worksheet-penny-lane-by-the-beatles.html A song worksheet designed for Polish learners of English (some translation from Polish to English is expected). It concentrates on the different names for people (mostly jobs) used in the lyrics. Students have to put these names in correct places as we ...]]> kslawka Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:19:46 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10864-song-worksheet-nothing-else-matters-by-metallica.html http://busyteacher.org/10864-song-worksheet-nothing-else-matters-by-metallica.html A song worksheet based on the rock ballad by Metallica. It can be used for pre-intermediate English learners, especially adult ones, who are familiar with this classic song. It includes the activity of filling gaps, choosing correct words to fit the ly ...]]> kslawka Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:18:55 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10850-call-me-maybe-by-carly-rae-jepsen.html http://busyteacher.org/10850-call-me-maybe-by-carly-rae-jepsen.html This activity contains fill in the gaps exercises, identify the mistake in the sentence, organize the sentence. It's fun and very easy to understand! You can use it for beginner level students.   [youtube=http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW ...]]> monica_dorada Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:07:12 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10842-past-simple-song-worksheet-u2-until-the-end-of.html http://busyteacher.org/10842-past-simple-song-worksheet-u2-until-the-end-of.html This is a song worksheet. Your students have to open the brackets and complete the song by U2. You can provide them with audio afterwards so they can hear and remember their mistakes.It can also be modified to teach both Past Simple and Past Continuous.]]> kelteona Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:51:16 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10838-song-class-.html http://busyteacher.org/10838-song-class-.html This is a song which contains a fill in the blanks. It can be used as a warm up or as a review. The gaps must be filled with the challenge asked . It revises Simple Past and Modal Verb. The students are also supposed to add a synonim to the vocabulary ...]]> scorsato Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:45:49 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10833-song-worksheet-who-needs-love-by-razorlight.html http://busyteacher.org/10833-song-worksheet-who-needs-love-by-razorlight.html The worksheet consists of 3 tasks: filling in the gaps, correcting the mistakes in lyrics and putting the lines in correct order. I would also recommend translating the lyrics with the students into a mother tongue and learning unknown vocabulary as a ...]]> Rosemary_4444 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:39:47 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10823-wake-up-america.html http://busyteacher.org/10823-wake-up-america.html It's a song by Miley Cyrus that I prepared for my intermediate students. It has two different excercises: correct the mistakes and fill in the blanks. It is good for the Earth day.You can have a speaking class with your students after listening to the ...]]> monicasbar Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:20:24 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10805-song-best-thing-i-never-had.html http://busyteacher.org/10805-song-best-thing-i-never-had.html This song was designed for advanced students. They are supposed to do all the tasks listening to the song. There are different tasks. To use this worksheet for beginners or intermediate students, the teacher has to change the activities. These groups w ...]]> Marcellyta Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:02:54 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10799-songthe-city-is-ours-by-big-time-rush.html http://busyteacher.org/10799-songthe-city-is-ours-by-big-time-rush.html This song is thought for students to learn vocabulary. There's a lead-in activity where students have to match the words to the pictures below. If it were to expensive to have colour photocopies, an alternative is to use this activity in the computer ...]]> Instituto Clover Mon, 16 Apr 2012 03:29:16 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10762-keep-your-head-up.html http://busyteacher.org/10762-keep-your-head-up.html "Keep your Head Up" is a song performed by Andy Grammer and the exercise provides the students with definitions and vocabulary from the song. Students will be interpreting some of the lines which will lead them into further discussion.It was a good opp ...]]> luliqb Thu, 12 Apr 2012 03:59:40 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10759-oceana-cry-crycry.html http://busyteacher.org/10759-oceana-cry-crycry.html I use this set of worksheets to practise the past simple. Students need to complete the missing words of the song, write the vocabulary they dont know, translate sentences into Spanish, write some sentences in negative and interrogative, order the song ...]]> anaariasvelasco Thu, 12 Apr 2012 03:54:36 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10740-miles-away-madonna-song-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/10740-miles-away-madonna-song-worksheet.html Song Miles Away, by Madonna. Students have to listen to the song and fill in the blanks with the missing words. I really like this song and I think students will like it as well. I usually use this song with pre advanced students. I hope you like it!]]> natifoster Thu, 12 Apr 2012 03:37:06 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10718-song-big-night-by-big-time-rush.html http://busyteacher.org/10718-song-big-night-by-big-time-rush.html This is a song meant for Elementary students who have already seen "going to Future". Students should read the song together with their teachers before starting to work on the song for them to understand what they are supposed to do. Hints are given ne ...]]> Instituto Clover Tue, 10 Apr 2012 01:49:38 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10695-something-more-nick-vujicic.html http://busyteacher.org/10695-something-more-nick-vujicic.html It's a very touching songs that will lead to tons of debates about respect and acceptance. It's good to speak about values and how difficult moments can be turned into something good. Please, check the video before you show it to sensitive students.]]> mariainescolanero Sun, 08 Apr 2012 14:59:20 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10694-here-i-amthis-is-me.html http://busyteacher.org/10694-here-i-amthis-is-me.html The worksheet contains the lyrics of the song" Here I am by Bryan Adams. These lyrics are used to teach tenses, contractions and auditory and visual perception skills. The song can be used during school assembly activity where students can mime the rul ...]]> Philomena Sun, 08 Apr 2012 14:57:45 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10678-my-friends-by-red-hot-chili-peppers.html http://busyteacher.org/10678-my-friends-by-red-hot-chili-peppers.html This is a gap filling activity. Students listen to the song, fill in the gaps and have a discussion on the topic suggested by the song. They also read a poem about written by Elisabeth Jennings (Friends) and learn new vocabulary related to the topic.]]> Morrigan24 Sun, 08 Apr 2012 14:49:46 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10677-dreams-by-the-cranberries.html http://busyteacher.org/10677-dreams-by-the-cranberries.html This is a gap filling activity that includes listening to the song Dreams by The Cranberries. Later on, there are a few exercises related to the title of the song - Dreams. Since the word has hot two meanings, these exercises are connected with both. a ...]]> Morrigan24 Sun, 08 Apr 2012 14:48:26 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10669-last-friday-night-katy-perry.html http://busyteacher.org/10669-last-friday-night-katy-perry.html This is a song that is great to teach about behaviour when it comes to culture and it is great to teach simple past actions. Teenagers and young adults may find it very interested and identify with the lyrics. You can also work with the biography of th ...]]> marielasreinaffe Sun, 08 Apr 2012 14:46:26 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10667-an-englishman-in-new-york.html http://busyteacher.org/10667-an-englishman-in-new-york.html This is a well known song by this famous pop singer, sting, that can be very useful if you are planning to deal with different culture and daily issues according to culture. You can work with the biography of the singer as well as with present simple o ...]]> marielasreinaffe Sat, 07 Apr 2012 04:37:08 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10658-5-song-worksheets-mark-sholtez_if-you-were-a-song.html http://busyteacher.org/10658-5-song-worksheets-mark-sholtez_if-you-were-a-song.html The archive contains five worksheets on the song "If you were a song by Mark Sholtez based on the following grammar and vocabulary topics: 2nd conditional, prepositions, nature words, body parts and circle the right word activity. Each worksheet is fol ...]]> submarine Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:42:18 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10628-what-a-wonderful-world-sung-by-louis-armstrong.html http://busyteacher.org/10628-what-a-wonderful-world-sung-by-louis-armstrong.html The lesson consists of three traditional stages of the listening: pre-, while- and post-listening. Aim: the learners will be able to choose the appropriate words in the text, to understand the context of the song. Techniques: matching, ordering, choosing.]]> little0287 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 19:26:50 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10619-song-lucky-sung-by-britney-spears.html http://busyteacher.org/10619-song-lucky-sung-by-britney-spears.html Lesson consists of three traditional stages of the listening: pre-, while- and post-listening. Aim: the learners will be able to feel the mood of the song and to recognize and point out the appropriate words in the song. Techniques: matching, gap-filling.]]> little0287 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:58:54 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10581-winx-club-season-4-ending-song-wake-up.html http://busyteacher.org/10581-winx-club-season-4-ending-song-wake-up.html Elementary song (with video) worksheet for kids teaching vocabulary related to magic and fairies and definitely - Winx Club; includes fill-in-the-gaps activity, matching activity for teaching verbs+prepositions, missing vowels activity for discriminati ...]]> svetlovtatyana Sat, 31 Mar 2012 22:57:33 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10558-hot-and-cold-katy-perry.html http://busyteacher.org/10558-hot-and-cold-katy-perry.html PRACTICE PRESENT SIMPLE AND PHRASAL VERBS .ENJOY IT!Everybody loves to listen to songs. Many of the songs we listen to are in English. When we listen to them and we don’t know English, we appreciate the melody and the music, but, of course, we mi ...]]> cosmelink13 Sat, 31 Mar 2012 21:53:49 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10556-song-worksheet-red-hot-chili-peppers.html http://busyteacher.org/10556-song-worksheet-red-hot-chili-peppers.html This worksheet is a combination of listening and speaking comprehension. The students have to complete the gaps with a/the/-, match the sentences, answer the questions about Hollywood and having a cosmetic surgery.]]> kakuma Sat, 31 Mar 2012 03:11:38 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10549-song-friday-im-in-love-by-the-cure-days-of-the.html http://busyteacher.org/10549-song-friday-im-in-love-by-the-cure-days-of-the.html Hey everyone, this is a simple activity to practice the days of the week. This activity is perfect for Brazilian students (there is a translation for Portuguese as well). My students loved this activity. I hope you like it!All the best, Lais :)http://w ...]]> littleflower8 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:04:41 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10538-the-one-that-got-away-katy-perry.html http://busyteacher.org/10538-the-one-that-got-away-katy-perry.html This listening activity can be used with beginners and pre intermediate students. There are different tasks to do while they listen to the song or watch the video (fill in the gaps using words from a box, unscramble words, order the verses, complete us ...]]> cris.netto Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:56:29 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10528-song-youre-beautiful.html http://busyteacher.org/10528-song-youre-beautiful.html Song You`re beautiful by James Blunt. Teachers can work on vocabulary with words from the song and the definitions and listening comprehension. This worksheet has 3 different exercises: first students fill in the gaps with words given, second, they ...]]> isa1984 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:46:32 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10526-listening-rocky-racoon-by-the-beatles.html http://busyteacher.org/10526-listening-rocky-racoon-by-the-beatles.html Complete worksheet for such a "squeezable" song! In it you will find: past simple exercises, find a word that mean..., look up words in a dictionary and summarize the story. You can model it to suit your needs. As a follow up you can encourage your stu ...]]> Lucrecia Ric Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:43:40 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10525-listening-do-you-remember-by-jack-johnson.html http://busyteacher.org/10525-listening-do-you-remember-by-jack-johnson.html Listening activities for "Do you remember" by Jack Johnson. Two ex.: a) fill in the blanks and b) answer T or F. There´s no target tense, students complete with the given words. However you can model it so as to practise the Past Simple tense or ...]]> Lucrecia Ric Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:42:24 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10524-listening-i-deserve-it-by-madonna.html http://busyteacher.org/10524-listening-i-deserve-it-by-madonna.html This is a simple listening worksheet for the song "Ideserve it" by Madonna. You will find two exercises: a) fill in the blanks and b) Answer T or F. The tense I wanted students to work on was the present perfect simple. Below the task there are the ver ...]]> Lucrecia Ric Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:41:01 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10523-stitch-by-stitch-from-the-voice.html http://busyteacher.org/10523-stitch-by-stitch-from-the-voice.html This listening activity consists of a reading text about The Voice and the first season winner of the competition. It is a lead-in activity to the lyrics of the song Stitch by Stitch. Teacher's Notes are gap-filled. ]]> ssagiyeva Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:39:42 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10520-song-leona-lewis.html http://busyteacher.org/10520-song-leona-lewis.html It is a song you can use the last 10/15 mins of the class when students are too loud and you want to make a round off before finishing the week.You can modify the degree of difficulty according to the level. You can write the words on the board, or del ...]]> elianai Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:35:11 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10519-song-adele-someone-like-you.html http://busyteacher.org/10519-song-adele-someone-like-you.html A very useful and interesting worksheet with the song "Someone like you". With this song you can work before listening with some questions about love, about the singer and so on. While listening to the music students fill the blanks with the correspond ...]]> athos466 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:33:35 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10511-toms-diner-by-suzanne-vega-song-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/10511-toms-diner-by-suzanne-vega-song-worksheet.html This song is good to use if you are teaching the Present Continuous Tense. You can ask your students to put the sentences in order, fill in the blanks just listening, choose the correct one. In the last part, you can hand out the sentences to your stud ...]]> nagodre Wed, 28 Mar 2012 01:38:35 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10489-wonderful-tonight-song-by-eric-clapton-present.html http://busyteacher.org/10489-wonderful-tonight-song-by-eric-clapton-present.html Wonderful Tonight is a very simple song to revise present simple. Besides, students can learn new vocabulary. The first activity is related to vocabulary (students may not know some of the words in the song), it's a matching activity. The second activi ...]]> Profe Cecilia Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:28:49 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10488-stronger-song-by-kelly-clarkson-comparative.html http://busyteacher.org/10488-stronger-song-by-kelly-clarkson-comparative.html It's a great song for revising comparative adjectives and past simple. Hope you enjoy it! It can be used for elementary and pre-intermediate students.First, students work without listening to the song or watching the video. They have to complete with t ...]]> Profe Cecilia Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:27:32 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10484-young-the-giant-cough-syrup-lyrics.html http://busyteacher.org/10484-young-the-giant-cough-syrup-lyrics.html This is a song that many people know because it was performed by Glee. This song is great to work on vocabulary and a little bit of present Progressive. Also, it is really good for students to analyze the real meaning of the song. I asked my students t ...]]> san.redsitas Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:23:20 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10477-roxette-it-must-have-been-love-.html http://busyteacher.org/10477-roxette-it-must-have-been-love-.html What can be better than such a great song after a long lesson. Your students will both work and enjoy this one of the best songs ever. I don't know what else to add)) but it said that 72 characters left)) well I can say that after this activity you can ...]]> nez Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:15:22 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10474-cecilia-song-simon-and-garfunkel.html http://busyteacher.org/10474-cecilia-song-simon-and-garfunkel.html Good to work present continuous and a have a little fun, from Iturrama (basque country - jj.b) The story of the song is nice too, you can translate it orally with the students.]]> brakobi Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:11:31 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10463-the-great-lakes-song.html http://busyteacher.org/10463-the-great-lakes-song.html I used this song to teach my students about American geography. It's a pleasant country song about the Great Lakes in America. You can let them listen for free or have them fill in the blanks for deeper understanding and remembering. Hope you enjoy it!]]> Librariholic Mon, 26 Mar 2012 23:56:42 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10457-song-worksheet-moves-like-jagger.html http://busyteacher.org/10457-song-worksheet-moves-like-jagger.html This is a good activity to begin a class with a listening comprehension, I use it with teen students and they really like it. It's a well-knwon song and it's funny. Students are asked to complete different task to check understanding.it's for pre-inter ...]]> nat27 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 02:08:36 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10438-wonderful-tonight-lyrics-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/10438-wonderful-tonight-lyrics-worksheet.html This worksheet is aimed to Spanish-speaking learners who are learning English as a foreign language. It deals with listening and reading comprehension, vocabulary, the simple past tense and reported speech. This is my first contribution, I hope you fin ...]]> fullbondi Mon, 26 Mar 2012 01:52:35 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10434-listen-to-your-heart-roxette.html http://busyteacher.org/10434-listen-to-your-heart-roxette.html I prepared (and used) this worksheet for my adult pre-intermediate group. They've just started this level a month ago, so I noticed they were having difficulties filling-in the missing words, so maybe it'd be better to either change or decrease the amo ...]]> nat.abaeva Mon, 26 Mar 2012 01:47:22 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10424-toms-diner-by-suzanne-vega-cloze.html http://busyteacher.org/10424-toms-diner-by-suzanne-vega-cloze.html Tom's Diner by Suzanne Vega: students love this song! It is easy to sing, easy to understand the lyrics, and has a nice, sentimental but 'daily life' story to it. You can follow up with present continuous, or similar stories about personal experiences.]]> matsy Mon, 26 Mar 2012 01:42:19 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10401-1001-arabian-nights-listening-a-whole-new-world.html http://busyteacher.org/10401-1001-arabian-nights-listening-a-whole-new-world.html This activity is part of the Arabian Nights theme class. Here students listen to the song "A whole new world" (Aladdin's OST, Disney 1992) and complete the gaps with the missing words. In order to improve the experience and make it more challenging I n ...]]> leanan Sat, 24 Mar 2012 02:44:04 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10393-vienna-by-billy-joel.html http://busyteacher.org/10393-vienna-by-billy-joel.html One of my favourite songs so far. This fill in the gaps activity was designed to enhance the students' listening and vocabulary skills but also to initiate an after discussion about adolescence. The students are supposed to fill in the gaps while liste ...]]> sof89 Sat, 24 Mar 2012 02:38:30 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10387-toby-keith-i-love-this-bar.html http://busyteacher.org/10387-toby-keith-i-love-this-bar.html Simple worksheet which uses Toby Keith's video to have students practice classification. I use it a a precursor to a classification paragraph. Since it mentions bars and the video has a brief glimpse of a transexual will be sure to use it with an age a ...]]> CarissaPeck Sat, 24 Mar 2012 02:30:53 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10347-its-my-life.html http://busyteacher.org/10347-its-my-life.html Fun worksheet with the classic song It's My Life by Bon Jovi. 4 copies by page.  It can be used with elementary or pre-intermediate students. Some of the exercises include fill in the gaps, recognizing odd words and vocabulary activitites. After ...]]> monica_dorada Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:44:18 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10342-adele-someone-like-you.html http://busyteacher.org/10342-adele-someone-like-you.html This is a worksheet of the song "Someone Like You" by Adele. I used this worksheet with my intermediate students to revise past simple and past perfect and to work with definitions and synonyms. You have the complete lyrics at the end of the exercises ...]]> mjmedina Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:36:59 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10327-still-loving-you-the-scorpions.html http://busyteacher.org/10327-still-loving-you-the-scorpions.html The gap-filling activity. Worksheet for elementary / pre-intermediate students. Classical song by The Scorpions. It's easy to sing and slow enough to write down the missing words. A lot of repetitons in the lyrics which is good for students. I hope you ...]]> marina.filippova Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:27:06 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10325-song-im-yours-jason-mraz.html http://busyteacher.org/10325-song-im-yours-jason-mraz.html This worksheet is to be used with the song I'm Yours by Jason Mraz. There are three tasks for students to perform. In the first one, they have to fill in some blanks by referring to a guide; then they must listen and check their answers. The second tas ...]]> MMariani Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:23:57 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10306-2nd-conditional-grenade-song-worksheet.html http://busyteacher.org/10306-2nd-conditional-grenade-song-worksheet.html This is a complete lesson to teach 2nd conditional and some alternatives for the use of if.It starts out with a vocabulary exercise which is related to the song Grenade by Bruno Mars. In the song worksheet Ss have to listen to the song and find the ext ...]]> destrella Fri, 16 Mar 2012 04:10:38 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10296-song-worksheet-yesterday-by-the-beatles.html http://busyteacher.org/10296-song-worksheet-yesterday-by-the-beatles.html The worksheet is based on one of the most popular songs ever. First read the gapped text taken from Wikipedia and practice numerals reading comprehension. Then watch the video and fill in the gaps. Sing along and enjoy yourselves! The task may be use ...]]> knaryan Fri, 16 Mar 2012 03:59:48 +0000 http://busyteacher.org/10295-the-jeely-piece-song.html http://busyteacher.org/10295-the-jeely-piece-song.html There is always a lot of focus on British vs American English. This worksheet can be used to show that there are big differences in language throughout the UK alone, with focus on a Scot's Dialect. In this activity the students have to try and 'transla ...]]> JoeM Fri, 16 Mar 2012 03:58:32 +0000