Teacher Tip: LyricsTraining.com

LyricsTraining is a fun website for students to practice their listening, spelling, and typing skills with music videos and song lyrics. The website allows you to select songs  by language, singer, song title, and level of difficulty (eg., easy, medium, hard).

Once the learner chooses a song, he can choose which game mode that he'd like to play: beginner, intermediate, or expert.

The arrow keys, backspace, enter key, and tab allow the player to repeat a word or line, or skip a word that he doesn't know.

The learner types the missing words as the song plays. The music will stop until the correct keys are pushed. It will not type an incorrect letter. The learner can also create an account and be competitive with other players around the world. These activities are sure to keep learners engaged in a meaningful way.

"My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion -- simple past tense

The motion picture TITANIC hit the screen in December 1997. Leonardo DiCapprio and Kate Winslet star in this tragic romantic film. "My Heart Will Go On" is the theme song. BuzzFeed.com offers some interesting unknown tidbits about the movie: 33 Things you didn't know about the movie "Titanic". Teachers can also add a little American history lesson along with this song.

Click the picture to open a music video.

Click on the photo to download my song worksheet.

1. Discuss the meanings of the vocabulary words.

          are                       go                      open
          believe                hold                   see
          come                   know                 stay
          fear                      last                     touch
          feel                       let                       


2. Listen to the song and write the missing verbs from the vocabulary above.

Verse 1

Every night in my dreams

I (1) _______________ you,

I (2) _______________ you,

That is how I (3) _______________

You go on.

Far across the distance

And spaces between us

You have (4) _______________

To show you go on.

Chorus

Near, far, wherever you (5) _______________

I believe that the heart does go on.

Once more, you (6) _______________ the door

And you’re here in my heart,

And my heart will go on and on.

Verse 2

Love can (7) _______________ us one time

And (8) _______________ for a lifetime,

And never (9) _______________ go

Till we’re gone.

Love was when I loved you,

One true time I (10) _______________ to.

In my life we’ll always go on.

Chorus:

Near, far, wherever you are,

I (11) _______________ that the heart does go on.
Once more, you open the door

And you’re here in my heart,

And my heart will (12) _______________ on and on.

You’re here,

There’s nothing I (13) _______________,

And I know that my heart will go on.

We’ll (14) _______________

Forever this way.

You are safe in my heart,

And my heart will go on and on.

3. Write the verbs from the vocabulary box in the past simple tense.

4. Categorize the past simple verbs into regular and irregular verbs.  

5. Write 10 sentences using the past simple tense verbs --- Use 5 regular verbs and 5 irregular verbs.

ANSWERS


     Part 2                            Part 3            

1. see                             saw
2. feel                            felt
3. know                         knew
4. come                         came
5. are                             was/were
6. open                          opened
7. touch                         touched
8. last                            lasted
9. let                              let
10. hold                           held
11. believe                      believed
12. go                              went
13. fear                           feared
14. stay                           stayed

 Part 4   
          Regular Verbs          Irregular Verbs
          opened                      saw
          touched                     felt
          lasted                        knew
          believed                    came
          feared                        was/were
          stayed                       let
                                           held
                                           went

Part 5
Answers will vary.

"Hot N Cold" by Katy Perry -- opposites

This song makes good practice of opposites. The worksheet is very cute with little pictures to represent the missing words to help out students. This hit song was featured in Alvin & The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel and sung by the Chipettes. To make the lyrics more kid-friendly, the second line was changed to "You would always stress like a chick, I would know."

    

Click on the Chipmunks picture for the Chipettes video.
Click on the Katy Perry picture for the original video and clearer vocals.

Click the picture to download the song worksheet
by Missk on iSLCollective.com.

A) Copy the two lists of opposites in your notebook. Work in pairs to match the word opposites. Then share your answers with the class.

Match the opposites

1. in        *                     * no
2. hot      *                     * white
3. up       *                     * down
4. yes     *                      * cold
5. right   *                      * wrong
6. black  *                      * make up
7. stay    *                      * out
8. fight   *                      * go

B) Fill in the missing words on the downloadable song worksheet.

Verse 1
You change your [1]___________
Like a [2]___________ changes [3]___________
Yeah you P.M.S.
Like a b****

I would [4]___________
And you over [5]___________
Always [6]___________ critically
I should know
That you're no [7]___________ for me

Chorus
'cause you're [8]___________ then you're [9]___________
You're yes the you're no
You're [10]___________ then you're [11]___________
You're [12]___________ then you're [13]___________
You're [14]___________ when it's [15]___________
It's [16]___________ and it's [17]___________

We [18]___________ we break up
We [19]___________ we make up
You, you don't really wanna stay no
You, but you don't really wanna [20]___________ -o

You're [21]___________ then you're [22]___________
You're yes then you're no
You're [23]___________ then you're [24]___________
You're [25]___________ then you're [26]___________

Verse2
We used to be
Just like [27]___________, so in sync
The same [28]___________, now's a dead [29]___________
Used to [30]___________ about nothing
Now you're plain [31]___________
I should [32]___________
That you're not gonna change

Chorus

Verse 3
Someone call the [33]___________
Got a case of 34]___________ bi polar
Stuck on a [35]___________
And I can't get off this ride

You change your [36]___________
Like a [37]___________ changes [38]___________

Chorus 


C) Work with a partner and take turns saying a sentence using each of the words used as an answer in the song.

ANSWERS

1. mind
2. girl
3. clothes
4. know
5. think
6. speak
7. good
8. hot
9. cold
10. in
11. out
12. up
13. down
14. wrong
15. right
16. black
17. white
18. fight
19. kiss
20. go
21. hot
22. cold
23. in
24. out
25. up
26. down
27. twins
28. energy
29. battery
30. laugh
31. boring