Here is a song for reviewing vocabulary and the Past Simple form of the verbs. The text is not demanding, so you can use it with pre-intermediate students. If you use this song for teaching intermediate students, you should include additional questions in order to analyze the lyrics, and thus encourage students to practice speaking.
English music lesson: Leona Lewis “Bleeding Love”
I didn’t need the _______
_______ or twice was enough
And it was all in _______
_______ starts to pass
Before you know it you’re frozen
But something happened
For the very first time with you
My _______ melts into the ground
Found something _______
And everyone’s looking round
Thinking I’m going crazy
But I don’t care what they / day say
I’m in love wit / with you
They try to / too pull me away
But they don’t know the truth / true
Mine / My heart’s crippled by the vein
That I keep on closing
You cut me open and I
Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love
I keep bleeding
I keep, keep bleeding love
Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love
You cut me open
But they talk so loud
Their piercing sounds fill my ears
Try to fill me with doubt
Yet I know that the goal
Is to keep me from falling
But nothing’s _______than the rush that comes with your embrace
And in this world of _______
I see your face
Yet _______ around me
Thinks that I’m going crazy, maybe, maybe
___ My heart’s crippled by the vein
___ But I don’t care what they say
___ But they don’t know the truth
___ You cut me open and I
___ I’m in love with you
___ That I keep on closing
Keep bleeding…
And it’s draining all of me
Oh they find it hard to believe
I’ll be wearing these scars
For everyone to see
Keep bleeding…
Additional exercise: Analyze (and / or translate) the expressions and try to use them in a sentence:
- Closed off
- In vain
- Pull away
- Keep from
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Excellent tool for teaching English to the Middle and High school students. Try ” the lemon Tree” by Garden Fools. The vocab is simple and has some figurative speech.