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Adjectives

ABBA – Money, Money, Money

Adam Lambert / Tears For Fears – Mad World
Alanis Morissette – Everything
Alanis Morissette - Hand In My Pocket
Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out For A Hero
Cher - Believe
Des’ree - You Gotta Be
Dionne Warwick / Gabrielle / Seal - Walk On By
Elton John - Your Song
Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto
Fools Garden – Lemon Tree
Jason Mraz / Colbie Callait - Lucky
James Blunt - You´re Beautiful
Michael Learns To Rock - Take Me To Your Heart
Michael Montgomery - I Swear
Mika - Relax, Take It Easy
Robbie Williams ´She´s The One
Roy Orbison - Pretty Woman
Sade – By Your Side
Supertramp - Logical Song Adverbs vs. Adjectives
The Beatles - I'm So Tired
The Beatles - Think For Yourself
The Pussycat Dolls - Hush Hush
Tom Jones - Sex Bomb
Adverbs

Britney Spears -Sometimes Adverbs Of Frequency

Coldplay - Viva La Vida Adverbs Of Frequency
Elvis Presley – Always On My Mind Adverbs Of Frequency
Jimmy Cliff - I Can See Clearly Now (The Rain Has Gone)
Martina Mcbride - I Love You
Michael Montgomery - I Swear
Supertramp - Logical Song Adverbs vs. Adjectives

Articles

Maroon 5 - This Love

Candi Staton - Young Hearts Run Free
Bon Jovi - It's My Life
The Beatles - With A Little Help From My Friends
Arctic Monkeys - When The Sun Goes Down

Auxiliary Verbs

John Lennon / Eva Cassidy - Imagine Modal Auxiliaries (Might; May; Could; Would)
Lemar - If There's Any Justice In The World Modal Auxiliaries (Would; Should)
The Beatles - With A Little Help From My Friends Auxiliary Verbs

Causative

Pink – Get The Party Started

Collocations

Gene Pitney - 24 Hours From Tulsa

Prince – Purple Rain
Simple Plan - Welcome To My Life
The Police – Every Breath You Take

Comparatives And Superlatives

Alanis Morissette – Everything

Christina Aguilera – Fighter
Destiny’s Child - Survivor Comparative
Elton John - Your Song
Tina Turner – The Best
Whitesnake - The Deeper The Love Comparative
Coldplay - Bigger, Stronger Comparative
Madonna - Deeper And Deeper Comparatives
Michael Jackson & ‘Friends’- We Are The World
Prince - The Most Beautiful Girl In The World Superlative
Sade - Never As Good As The First Time ‘As...As’; Comparatives

Conditionals

ABBA - Money Money Money 2nd Conditional

Barenaked Ladies - If I Had A Million Dollars 2nd Conditional
Beautiful South - I'll Sail This Ship Alone 1st Conditional
Beyonce – If I Were A Boy 2nd Conditional
Bon Jovi - In These Arms 2nd Conditional
Brian Mcknight - Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda 3rd Conditional; Modals
Chicago - If You Leave Me Now
Celine Dion - When I Fall in Love
Cyndi Lauper – Time After Time 1st Conditional
Don Williams - If I Were A Carpenter 2nd Conditional
Eric Clapton - Change the World
Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven 2nd Conditional
Frank Sinatra - If You Go Away 1st Conditional
Garth Brooks - If Tomorrow Never Comes (
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive 3rd Conditional
Gwen Stefani - Rich Girl2nd Conditional
Hoobastank - If I Were You 2nd Conditional
Joan Osbourne - One Of Us 2nd Conditional
John Lennon / Eva Cassidy - Imagine Conditionals; Modals
Katie Melua – If You Were A Sailboat 2nd Conditional
Lisa Stansfield - Change 3rd Conditional
Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This 1st Conditional
Mariah Carey - Lead The Way 1st Conditional
Norah Jones - Painter 2nd Conditional
Owl City – Fireflies Conditionals; Past Simple
Randy Travis - If I Didn’t Have You 2nd Conditional
Rod Stewart - I Don't Want To Talk About It 1st Conditional
Simply Red - If You Don’t Know Me By Now 1st Conditional
Suzanne Vega - Luka 1st Conditional
Taylor Swift - Should've Said No 3rd Conditional
The Beatles - Can’t Buy Me Love 1st Conditional
The Beatles - If I Fell 1st & 2nd Conditionals
The Beatles - From Me To You – 1st Conditional
The Beatles - With A Little Help From My Friends 2nd & Mixed Conditionals
The Proclaimers - I Would Walk 500 Miles 1st And 2nd Conditionals
Trini Lopez - If I Had A Hammer 2nd Conditional
Within Temptation - What Have You Done
Zero Mostel - If I Were A Rich Man 2nd Conditional

Conjunctions

John Lennon - Imagine

Contractions

Britney Spears - Overprotected

Depeche Mode - Strange Love
Fergie - Big Girls Don´t Cry
Taylor Swift - Should've Said No Also 3rd Conditional

Direct Speech

The Chemical Romance - Cancer

Error Correction

The Black Eyed Peas – Shut Up

Future Forms

Alicia Keys – No One

Avril Lavigne - I’m With You Future – Will: Negative Questions
Avril Lavigne - Keep Holding On
Bon Jovi – Always Futures
Bryan Adams – Heaven Going To; Will
Celine Dion - When I Fall in Love
Depeche Mode – Strange Love Future – Will
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive Will
Jamie Cullum - Next Year Baby Going To
James Blunt - You're Beautiful Will
Jack Johnson - We're Going To Be Friends Going To
Lady Gaga – Paparazzi Will; Would
Madonna - Papa Don´t Preach Going To; Will
Madonna - You´ll See
Nat King Cole - When I Fall In Love
Ottis Redding - Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay Future Continuous
Phil Collins - You’ll Be In My Heart Future – Will
Ray Conniff And Singers - Somewhere My Love
Savage Garden - Magical Kisses Will
Savage Garden - Truly, Madly, Deeply Future – Will
The Police - Every Breath You Take Future Continuous
The Rembrandts - I'll Be There For You Will
The White Stripes - We´re Going To Be Friends Going To; Will
Third Eye Blind - How’s It Going to Be
Whitney Houston - I'll Always Love You Will

Future Perfecr

Faith Hill - You Will Be Mine

Sheryl Crowe - It's Only Love

Gerund / Past Participle / Infinitive (With/Without To)

Annie Lennox – No More “I Love You’s” Gerund vs Past Participle vs Infinitive

(With/Without To)
Arctic Monkeys - When The Sun Goes Down Gerund vs Past Participle vs Infinitive
(With/Without To)
Busted - Crashed The Wedding Gerund vs Past Participle vs Infinitive
(With/Without To)
Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On Infinitive
James Blunt - Goodbye My Lover Gerund vs Past Participle vs Infinitive
(With/Without To)
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive Gerunds
Leo Sayer - Thunder In My Heart Gerund vs Past Participle vs Infinitive
(With/Without To)
Maroon 5 - This Love Gerund vs Past Participle vs Infinitive
(With/Without To)
Natasha Bedingfield - These Words Gerund vs Past Participle vs Infinitive
(With/Without To)
Oasis - Stop Crying Your Heart Out Verbs; Infinitives; Gerunds
Patsy Cline - Walking After Midnight Gerunds
Shakira - Whenever Wherever Gerund vs Past Participle vs Infinitive
(With/Without To)
The Corrs - What Can I Do

Imperatives

Bobby Mcferrin - Don´t Worry Be Happy

Eagle-Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender
Eminem - Lose Yourself
Hurricane Smith -Don´t Let It Die
Joe Cocker - You Can Leave Your Hat On Also Phrasal Verbs
John Paul Young - Love Is In The Air
Kylie Minogue - Can´t Get You Out Of My Head
Michael Jackson – Heal The World
REM - Losing My Religion
Sixpence None the Richer - Love Me
Sting - Nothing About Me
Supertramp - Logical Song
The Cardigans – Lovefool
The Cardigans - Kiss Me
Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around

Modals

ABBA - The Day Before You Came Perfect Modals

Adam Lambert – Whataya Want From Me Might; Would; Won’t; Wouldn’t; Could
Billy Joel - Just The Way You Are
Brian Mcknight - Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda 3rd Conditional; Should Have; Would
Have; Could Have
Britney Spears - Baby One More Time Shouldn´t Have; Must; Wouldn´t
Bob Dylan - Blowing In The Wind
Bon Jovi - Misunderstood
Celine Dion - I'm Alive Modals
Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On
Daniel Powter - Bad Day
Depeche Mode - Policy Of Truth Past Modals
Dido - Thank You Past Modals
Elvis Presley - Always On My Mind Past Modals
Eric Clapton - Change the World
Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven
Jack Johnson - Better Together
Jamiroquai – Virtual Reality Probability; Ability
Lenny Kravitz - Always On The Run Past Modals
Madness - It Must Be Love
Mariah Carey / Nielson – I Can’t Live If Living Is Can; Can´t
Without You
Meatloaf - I Would Do Anything For Love Would
Michael Bublé - Moondance Can
Phil Collins – Another Day In Paradise Can
Phil Collins - You´ll be In My Heart
R Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly. Can For Ability
Roxette - It Must’ve Been Love Past Modals - Must
Shakira - Whenever, Wherever
The Beatles - With A Little Help From My Friends - Would; Should; Can
The Beatles - All You Need Is Love Modals – Possibility
The Clash – Should I Stay Or Should I Go Should
The Corrs - What Can I Do Can
The Police - Roxanne
Westlife - You Must Have Had A Broken Heart
U2 - Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own Don’t Have To; Mustn’t
Whitney Houston / Enrique Iglesias - Could
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Nouns

Avril Lavigne - Sk8ter Boi

Beyonce - Sweet Dreams My La Ex
Bob Marley - Three Little Birds
Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto
Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World Nouns; Colours
Natasha Bedingfield - These Words
The Beatles - With A Little Help From My Friends
The Police - Roxanne

Particles
Avril Lavigne - Complicated Prepositions & Particles
Pink Floyd - Learning To Fly Prepositions & Particles
Gloria Gaynor – I Will Survive Prepositions & Particles
Queen - We Are The Champions Prepositions & Particles
Queen - The Show Must Go On Prepositions & Particles
Maroon 5 - This Love Prepositions & Particles
Pink - Family Portrait Prepositions & Particles
Avril Lavigne - Mobile Prepositions & Particles
Annie Lennox - No More “I Love You’s” Prepositions & Particles
Natasha Bedingfield - Single Prepositions & Particles
The Beatles – With A Little Help From My Friends Prepositions & Particles
Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl Present Participle

Passives

Allanah Myles - Black Velvet

Bonnie Tyler - It’s A Heartache
Cat Stevens – Moonshadow
Crowded House - Something So Strong
Elton John - Sad Songs Say So Much
Glen Campbell - Southern Nights
Gloria Gaynor - Let's Mend What's Been Broken
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
Journey - Who's Crying Now
Human League - Fascination
Kiss - I Was Made For Loving You
Led Zeppelin - All My Love
Level 42 - Something About You
Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved
Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline
Offspring - Kirsty Are You Doing Okay
Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke
Styx - The Best Of Times
The 5th Dimension - Age Of Aquarius
The Beatles - All You Need Is Love
Three Dog Night - Just An Old-Fashioned Love Song
Westlife - Written In The Stars

Past Continuous

Aerosmith – Cryin’
John Lennon – Jealous Guy
Pearl Jam - Last Kiss

Past Perfect

Dido - My Lover’s Gone

James Blunt - Goodbye My Lover
Madness – My Girl
Pearl Jam - Last Kiss
Simon And Garfunkel - Last Night I Had
The Strangest Dream

Past Simple

ABBA – Our Last Summer

Alanis Morissette - Are You Still Mad
Alanis Morissette - Ironic
Alanis Morissette – Your House
All Saints - Black Coffee
Audioslave – Like A Stone
Avril Lavigne – Sk8ter Boi
Backstreet Boys - How Did I Fall In Love With You
Beyoncé – Halo
Beyoncé / Shakira - Beautiful Liar
Beyoncé – Now I Know
Bob Dylan - Blowin' In The Wind
Britney Spears - Oops I Did It Again
Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Philadelphia
Bryan Adams - Heaven
Bryan Adams - Summer Of ´69
Celine Dion - Because You Loved Me
Celine Dion – My Heart Will Go On
Cher / Nancy Sinatra Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
Christina Aguilera - Fighter
Cyndi Lauper / Phil Collins / Eva Cassisdy - True Colours
Coldplay - Viva La Vida
Coldplay – Yellow
Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On
David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World
Deep Purple - Highway Star
Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence
Dido – Thank You
Elton John – Candle In The Wind
Elvis Presley - Blue Suede Shoes
Elvis Presley - In the Ghetto
Elvis Presley - Return To Sender
Eminem With Dido - Stan
Fastball - The Way
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
Guns ‘n’ Roses - Sweet Child O´ Mine
Hootie and the Blowfish - Let Her Cry
Jack Johnson - Do You Remember?
James Blunt - 1973
James Blunt – You’re Beautiful
Jason Mraz – I’m Yours
Jewel - Foolish Games
John Lennon – Jealous Guy
Jonas Brothers - Love Bug
Jonas Brothers - SOS
Jonas Brothers – Year 3000
Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River
Justin Timberlake - Until The End Of Time
Katie Perry - I Kissed A Girl
Keane - Somewhere Only We Know
Keane - Spiraling
KT Tunstall – Big Black Horse And The Cherry Tree
Kylie Minogue - Where The Wild Roses Grow
Lady Antebellum – Need You Now
Lady GaGa - Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)
Lily Allen – Smile
Linkin Park - In the End
Madonna / Don McClean - American Pie
Madonna - La Isla Bonita
Madonna - Like A Prayer
Madonna - Nothing Really Matters
Madonna - Papa Don´t Preach
Maroon 5 – This Love
Michael Jackson – Heal The World
Miley Cyrus - 7 Things
Nancy Sinatra – Bang Bang
Natalie Imbruglia – Torn
Neil Diamond – America
Nelly Furtado - What I Really Wanted
Nickelback – Photograph
Norah Jones - Don’t Know Why
Oceana – Cry, Cry, Cry
One Republic / Timbaland - Apologize
Otis Redding - Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay
Owl City – FirefliesAlso Conditionals
Pearl Jam - Last Kiss
Pink – Family Portrait
Pink - Who Knew
Queen – ‘39
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Rihanna – Don’t Stop The Music
Rihanna - Umbrella
Rod Stewart - Everything I Own
Ronan Keating – This I Promise You
Simon And Garfunkel - America
Simon And Garfunkel – The Boxer
Simple Plan – Perfect
Sting - Something the Boy Said
The Beatles - A Day In The Life
The Beatles – She Loves You
The Beatles – Yellow Submarine
The Beatles – Yesterday
The Cult - Painted On My Heart
The Cure - Boys Don´t Cry
The Eagles - Hotel California
The Eagles - The Girl From Yesterday
The Fugees / Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly
The Human League - Don´t You Want Me, Baby?
The Last Goodnight – Pictures Of You
The Monkees - I´m A Believer - (Shrek Soundtrack)
The Rembrandts - I´ll Be There For You
The White Stripes - Same Boy You’ve Always Known
Toni Braxton - How Could An Angel Break My Heart
Train - Drops Of Jupiter
U2 – Sunday Bloody Sunday
Westlife / Barry Manilow – Mandy
Will.i.am - It´s A New Day

Phrasal Verbs

Adam Lambert – Whataya Want From Me

Alesha Dixon - The Boy Does Nothing
Angie I Stone – I Wish Didn’t Miss You Wish; Phrasal Verbs
Backstreet Boys – Get Down
Cat Stevens - Father And Son
Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto Phrasal Verbs & Single Verbs
Hilary Duff - Someone`s Watching Over Me
Joe Cocker - You Can Leave Your Hat On
Gloria Estefan - Destiny Adverbs; Phrasal Verbs
Madonna – Hung Up Phrasal Verbs ‘Up’
Pink - Family Portrait

Possessives
Christina Aguilera – Fighter
Jason Mraz – I’m Yours Personal Pronouns
Tom Jones - Sex Bomb

Prepositions

Alesha Dixon - The Boy Does Nothing

Annie Lennox - No More “I Love You’s”
Avril Lavigne - Complicated Prepositions & Particles
Avril Lavigne - Mobile Prepositions & Particles
Britney Spears - Sometimes
Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On
Fools Garden – Lemon Tree
George Michael- The Strangest Thing
Gloria Gaynor – I Will Survive Prepositions & Particles
Indigo Girls - Galileo
James Blunt – You’re Beautiful
Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5
Maroon 5 - This Love Prepositions & Particles
Natasha Bedingfield - Single Prepositions & Particles
Pink - Family Portrait Prepositions & Particles
Pink Floyd - Learning To Fly Prepositions & Particles
Queen - We Are The Champions Prepositions & Particles
Queen - The Show Must Go On Prepositions & Particles
Queen - Somebody To Love
Queen - Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon
The Beatles – With A Little Help From My Friends Prepositions & Particles
The Black Eyed Peas – Where Is The Love
The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling
The Eagles - Hotel California
Tracy Chapman – Fast Car
Tokio Hotel – Monsoon
Vonda Shepard - Tell Him

Present Continuous

Aerosmith – I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing

Avril Lavigne – I’m With You
Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
Elton John / George Michael - Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
Fools Garden – Lemon Tree
Matchbox 20 (Rob Thomas) - Unwell
Michael Jackson - Smile
Mylie Cyrus - The Climb
No Doubt - Don't Speak
Otis Redding - Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay
Rod Stewart – Sailing
Simon And Garfunkel – Homeward Bound
Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner
The Beatles - Ticket To Ride

Present Perfect

ABBA – Dancing Queen

ABBA - I Have A Dream
Beyoncé - If I Were A Boy
Brandy - Have You Ever
Bruce Springsteen – The Wrestler Also Questions
Bryan Adams / Michael Bolton - Have You Ever
Really Loved A Woman
Cat Stevens - Morning Has Broken
Celine Dion - Have You Ever Been In Love
Cyndi Lauper – True Colours
Credence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
Chris de Burgh - Lady In Red
Crowded House – Locked Up
Drew Barrymore / Hugh Grant - Way Back Into Love
Elvis Presley - Never Been To Spain
Enrique Iglesias – You’re My Number One
Greenday - Wake Me When September Ends
James Blunt - Goodbye my Lover
Jason Mraz – Lucky
Katie Perry - I Kissed a Girl
Kelly Clarkson – Since You’ve Been Gone
Kenny Rogers – Lady
Lenny Kravitz – Again
Linkin Park - Leave Out All The Rest
Linkin Park – What I’ve Done
Madonna - Sorry
Michael Jackson - You Are Not Alone
Pearl Jam - Last Kiss
Pink - Glitter In The Air
Robbie Williams - The Road To Mandalay
Rod Stewart - Have You Ever Seen The Rain
Rod Stewart - Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
Slade - Far Far Away Complex Object + Present Perfect For
Experiences
Sinead O’Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
S Club Seven - Have You Ever
The Corrs - What Can I Do
The Fugees / Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly
The Offspring - Have You Ever
The Rembrandts - I´ll Be There For You (Friends Theme Song)
Queen – ‘39
Queen - I Want To Break Free
Queen - Love Of My Life also ‘will’
Queen - You´re My Best Friend
Queen - We Are The Champions
U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I’m Looking For
Westlife - Have You Ever

Present Perfect Continuous

ABBA – I’ve Been Waiting For You

Anastacia - Left Outside Alone
Elton John – I’ve Been Loving You
Foreigner - Waiting For A Girl Like You
Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You
Leona Lewis – Learn To Love You
London Beat – I’ve Been Thinking About You
Phil Collins - Another Day In Paradise
Sixpence None The Richer – I’ve Been Waiting
The Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night
The Rasmus – In The Shadows
UB40 – I’ve Been Missing You

Present Simple

Alicia Keys – If I Ain’t Got You

Alesha Dixon - The Boy Does Nothing
Amy Macdonald - This Is The Life
Aretha Franklin – Say A Little Prayer
Aerosmith – I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing
Bette Midler – From A Distance
Billy Joel - Piano Man For Routine
Bon Jovi - Always
Britney Spears - Baby One More Time
Britney Spears – Lucky
Britney Spears - Sometimes
Carly Simon - My New Boyfriend
Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On
Colbie Caillat - Bubbly
Coldplay - Fix You
Christina Aguilera – Beautiful
D. Bedingfield - If You´re Not The One Interrogative; Negative And Affirmative
Forms
Dido - Thank You
Duffy - Distant Dreamer
Eric Clapton – Wonderful Tonight
Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto
Fergie - Big Girls Don`T Cry
Four Non Blondes – What’s Up
Green Day - Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
Guns ‘n’ Roses - Since I Don´t Have YouNegative
James Morrison / Nelly Furtado - Broken Strings
Jonas Brothers - Can´t Have You
Jonas Brothers - When You Look Me In The Eyes
Justin Timberlake - Losing My Way
Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around, Comes Around
Kelly Rowland / David Guetta - When Love Takes Over
Lady Gaga – Bad Romance
Madness - It Must Be Love
Madonna - Take A Bow
Madonna - Material Girl
Michael Bublè - Spiderman
Natasha Bedingfield - Listening
Nelly Furtado - I’m Like A Bird
Ne-Yo – She Loves You
Oasis - Champagne Supernova
Oasis - Live Forever
Oasis – Song Bird
Pearl Jam - Betterman Song
Phil Collins - Another Day In Paradise
Queen - I Want To Break Free
Red Hot Chili Peppers / All Saints - Under The Bridge
Rihanna - Take A Bow
Ronan Keating - When You Say Nothing At All
Roxette – How Do You Do
Roxette - Fading Like A Flower
Shania Twain - She´s Not Just A Pretty Face
Simple Plan - Welcome To My Life
Sixpence None The Richer - There She Goes
Sonny & Cher - I Got You Babe
Suzanne Vega - Luka
Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me
Tracy Chapman – Fast Car
The Beatles – For No One
The Beatles - Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da
The Beatles – Penny Lane
The Beatles - She Loves You
The Beatles – Yellow Submarine
The Cardigans - Lovefool
The Cascades - Every Time We Touch
The Corrs – At Your Side
The Cure - Friday I’m In Love
The Doors - She Lives On Love Street
The Frey - How To Save A Life
The Muse - Can´t Take My Eyes Off Of You
The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me
The Police – Every Breath You Take
The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody
The Rolling Stones - Paint It Black
Three Doors Down – Here Without You
Tracy Chapman – Fast Car
U2 - Beautiful Day
Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around

Pronouns

ABBA - Happy New Year Pronouns

Busted - Crashed The Wedding Subject Pronouns; Object Pronouns;
Possessive Pronouns
Counting Crows - Mr. Jones Object Pronoun: ‘me’
Dionne Warwick - That´s What Friends Are For Personal Pronouns
Jason Mraz – I’m Yours Personal Pronouns
Kiss - Rock And Roll All Night Object Pronouns: ‘you; us’
Mariah Carey / Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is
Oasis – Wonderwall Relative Pronouns
Sinead O’Connor - Nothing Compares To You Pronouns
The Beatles - She Loves You
The Beatles - I'm So Tired Subject Pronouns; Object Pronouns;
Possessive Pronouns
The Beatles - Think For Yourself Subject Pronouns; Object Pronouns;
Possessive Pronouns
The Beatles - With A Little Help From My Friends Subject Pronouns; Object Pronouns;
Possessive Pronouns
Tom Jones - Sex Bomb
U2 - Dancing Barefoot Pronouns
Vanda Shepard - Tell Him Object Pronoun: ‘him’

Questions / Interrogatives

ABBA – Mamma Mia

Avril Lavigne - I’m With You Future – Will: Negative Questions
Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me Indirect Questions
Bob Dylan – Blowin’ In The Wind Modals; Questions
Coldplay - Shiver
Destiny's Child - Independent Women Indirect Questions
Diana Ross - Do You Know Where You Are Going To? Indirect Questions
Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven – Eric Clapton
Elvis Presley - Are You Lonesome Tonight
Human League - Don’t You Want Me Negative Questions
James Blunt - You’re Beautiful Question Formation; Questions With ‘like’
Queen - Radio Ga Ga Subject/Object Questions; Question Words
Pink – Who Knew
The Bangles / Atomic Kittens - Eternal Flame Present Simple – Questions
The Beatles - I Saw Her Standing There Questions
The Corrs - What Can I Do
The Pet Shop Boys - What Have I Present Perfect; Questions
Done To Deserve This

Relative Clauses

Oasis – Wonderwall Relative Pronouns

Shania Twain - You’re still the one
Will Young – Who Am I?

Reported Speech

Rick Astley - Cry For Help

Stereophonics - Mama Told Me Not To Come
The Beatles - Drive My Car
The Beatles - Do You Want To Know A Secret
The Beatles - Norwegian Wood
The Beatles - Things We Said Today
The Chemical Romance – Cancer
The Killers - Somebody Told Me
Toni Braxton - Unbreak My Heart

Some / Any

Nickleback - Gotta Be Somebody Something Anything Someone Anyone

Ray Conniff And Singers - Somewhere My Love Somewhere; Someday

Tenses - Mixed

ABBA – Thank You For The Music Present Simple; Present Continuous
ABBA - Last Summer
ABBA – Mama Mia
All Saints - Pure Shores Present Perfect; Present Simple
Annie Lennox - No More “I Love You’s” Present Simple vs Present Continuous
Atomic Kitten - Eternal Flame Present Simple And Continuous
Avril Lavigne - Complicated simple present v present continuous
Avril Lavigne - Skater Boy Present Simple & Past Simple
Avril Lavigne – Things I’ll Never Say Present Simple And Continuous
Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me Present Simple; Past Simple
Beyonce – Halo
Beyonce / Shakira - Beautiful Liar Regular; Irregular – Present And Past Simple
Beyonce / Lady Gaga - Telephone
Billy Joel / Westlife - Uptown Girl Present Simple; Present Continuous
Boney M - Rivers Of Babylon Present Simple; Present Continuous
Britney Spears - Baby One More Time
Carly Simon - You´re So Vain
Cher - Believe
Coldplay - The Scientist Present Simple; Present Continuous
Coldplay - Viva La Vida
Craig David – Seven Days Present Simple; Present Continuous
Chris Rea – The Blue Café
Christina Aguilera – Fighter Past Simple (Regular; Irregular Verbs);
Present Simple; Possessives
Duffy - Mercy Present Simple; Present Continuous
Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight Present Simple; Present Continuous
Elton John - Candle In The Wind
Elton John - Sacrifice Present Simple; Present Continuous
Elvis Costello - She Present Simple; Present Continuous
Elvis Presley - Can't Help Falling In Love With You
Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto Present Simple; Present Continuous
Eminem - Cleaning Out My Closet
Fools Garden - Lemon Tree Present Simple; The Present Continuous
Foreigner / Mariah Carey – I Wanna Know What Love Is
Geri Halliwell - It's Raining Men
Gloria Gaynor – I Will Survive Mixed Tenses
Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends
Jason Mraz – I’m Yours Present Continuous; Past Simple (Regular
Verbs); Present Simple; Personal
Pronouns; Possessives
James Blunt - Goodbye My Lover Past Tenses; Present Perfect
Janet Jackson – Together Again
Jewel / John Denver - Leaving On A Jet Plane Present Simple; Present Continuous
John Lennon - Jealous Guy. Use Of The Past Tenses
John Travolta And Olivia Newton-John - Summer Nights
Justin Timberlake - Until The End Of Time Present Simple; Past Simple
KT Tunstall – Suddenly I See Present Simple; Present Continuous
Lady Gaga Paparazzi
Lemar - If There's Any Justice In The World Simple Present, Present Continuous,
Present Perfect Simple
Lenny Kravitz - I Belong To You Present Simple; Present Perfect Simple;
Past Simple
Linkin Park - Leave Out All The Rest Simple Present; The Present Perfect
Linkin Park - New Divide Regular; Irregular Verbs
Lucky Dube – Romeo Present Perfect; Present Perfect Continuous
Maroon 5 – This Love
Madonna - Papa Don´t Preach Present Simple; Past Simple; Present
Continuous
Matchbox 20 – 3 A.M. Simple Present; Present Continuous
Melissa Etheridge - I Will Never Be The Same
Michael Buble - I Just Haven´t Met You Yet
Michael Jackson - Thriller Simple Present; Present Continuous
Muse - Time Is Running Out
Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
No Doubt - Don´t Speak
Norah Jones - Don´t Know Why
Oasis – Wonderwall
Pearl Jam - Last Kiss
Pink – Family Portrait
Queen - Love Of My Life
Queen - Radio Ga Ga Simple Present vs Past Simple
Queen - We Are The Champions Past Tenses
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication
Rihanna - Just Be Happy Present Simple And Continuous.
Robbie Williams – Angels Present Simple; Present Continuous
Robbie Williams - Road to Mandalay Present Perfect Simple; Past Simple
Roxette - Spending My Time Present Continuous; Present Simple
Sade – Missing
Simple Plan - Perfect
The Bangles / Atomic Kittens - Eternal Flame Present Simple – Questions
The Bangles - Manic Monday – Bangles Mixed Tenses
The Beatles - She's Leaving Home Present Simple; Present Continuous
The Beatles - Penny Lane Present Simple; Present Continuous
The Beatles - Yesterday Past Simple; Present Simple
The Bee Gees - Stayin´ Alive
The Black Eyed Peas - Where Is The Love? Present Simple; Present Continuous
The Police - Can't Stand Losing You
The Police - Roxanne
The Rembrandts - I´ll Be There For You Simple Past; Present Perfect
The Rolling Stones - As Tears Go By Present Simple; Past Simple
The Rolling Stones – Ruby Tuesday Present Simple; Present Continuous
Tracy Chapman – Fast Car
Tokio Hotel – Monsoon
Within Temptation - What Have You Done

‘Used to’

Bruce Springsteen – The River

Chris Daughtry – Used To
Dandy Warhols - We Used To Be Friends
Guns ’n’ Roses - Used To Love Her
Madonna - This Used To Be My Playground
Oceana -Cry Cry Cry
The Cranberries - Just My Imagination Also ‘would’
The Pet Shop Boys - The Way It Used To Be

‘Wish’

Angie I Stone – I Wish Didn’t Miss You Wish; Phrasal Verbs

Bon Jovi - Ugly
Inxs - By My Side
Pearl Jam - Wishlist
Phil Collins - I Wish It Would Rain Also ‘would’
Pink Floyd / Wycliff Jean - Wish You Were Here
Roxette - I Wish I Could Fly Also ‘could,
The Bangles - Manic Monday Wish; Also Mixed Tenses

TopicsFor
Topics For
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Technology; Computers

ss Health
Adam Lambert / Tears For Fears – Mad World Depression; Teen Suicides
Annie Lennox - No More “I Love You’s” Mental

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Amy Winehouse – Rehab Drugs
Arctic Monkeys - When The Sun Goes Down Prostitution
Beyonce - All The Single Ladies
Beyonce – Signs uu Of The
Breaking
Signs
Up
Zodiac
Beyonce – If I Were A Boy
s s
Differences Between Men And Women
Bob Dylan - Blowing In The Wind War; Peace
Bob Marley – Redemption Song s s Injustice
Violence;

ii
Bon Jovi – It’s My Life Changing One's Life
Bon Jovi – We Weren’t Born To Follow Leaders

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Bruce Springsteen - Highway Patrolman Family - Brothers
Boomtown Rats - I Don’t Like Mondays Education
Cat Stevens - Father And Son
Celine Dion - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
n – Generation Gap
Family
Love n
Cher – Believe Relationships – Break-ups
Coldplay - Fix You Depression
Counting Crows - Big Yellow Taxi The Environment
Crosby, Stills, Nash And Young - Teach Your Children Education
Darren Hayes - Spin Censorship; Dieting; Health; Infectious
Diseases; Obesity; Starvation
Des’ree - Life Superstitions
Des’ree - What's Your Sign Signs Of The Zodiac
Dionne Warwick - That’s What Friends Are For Friendship
Dire Straits - Money For Nothing Consumerism; Addiction
Eminem - Cleaning Out My Closet Family Relationships; Discrimination
Eminem / Dido – Stan Relationships
Foreigner / Mariah Carey – I Want To Know Love
What Love Is
Frank Sinatra / Robbie Williams – My Way Lifestyles
Genesis - Illegal Alien Racism
Gnarls Barkley – Crazy Relationships
Hurricane Smith -Don´t Let It Die The Environment
Jack Johnson – Cookie Jar TV & Media Influence On Violence In Society
James Taylor - You’ve Got A Friend Friendship
Jewel / John Denver - Leaving On A Jet Plane Travel
John Lennon - Jealous Guy Jealousy
John Lennon - Imagine War And Peace
Johnny Clegg – Asimbonanga About Nelson Mandela; Apartheid In South
Africa
Johnny Clegg – Scatterlings Of Africa The Origin Of Humankind
Natasha Bedingfield - These Words Health; A.D.D; Effects Of Being In Love;
Conditional vs Unconditional Relationships
Natasha Bedingfield – Single Being Married; Staying Single
Madonna - I’ll remember Reminiscing
Madonna – Material Girl Materialism
Mariah Carey / Foreigner – I Want To Know Love
What Love Is
Mariah Carey – Through The Rain Perseverance
Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine Gossip
Michael Jackson - Earth Song The Environment
Michael Jackson & ‘Friends’ - We Are The World Moral Responsibility
Michael Jackson - You Are Not Alone Relationships – Break Up
Midnight Oil – Beds Are Burning Environment; Climate Change
Paul McCartney / Stevie Wonder - Ebony And Ivory Racism
Phil Collins - Do You Remember? Reminiscing
Pink - Family Portrait Relationships; Dysfunctional Families
Pink – Save My Life Drugs
Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall Education
Pink Floyd - Learning To Fly Aviation
Queen - I'm Going Slightly Mad Insanity Idioms
Queen - Friends Will Be Friends Friendship
Shania Twain - Man! I feel like a woman Women vs Men
Simon And Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Waters Friendship
Sonny & Cher - I Got You Babe Song Activity
Sting - An Englishman In New York Immigration
Suzanne Vega - Luka Violence – Child Abuse
Taylor Swift - Last Christmas Unrequited Love
Taylor Swift – Should’ve Said ‘No’ Regrets In A Relationshiop
The Beatles - And I Love Her Love; Relationships
The Beatles - When I’m 64 Retirement
The Corrs – At Your Side Frienship
The Beatles - With A Little Help From My Friends Friendship
The Black Eyed Peas – Now Generation Technology
The Black Eyed Peas – Where Is The Love Intolerance
The Police - Message In A Bottle Loneliness
The Police, Sting - Roxanne Prostitution
The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work Drugs; Death; Suicidal Tendancies
Train - Drops of Jupiter Astrology
U2 - Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own Family Relationships
U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday Conflict In Ireland; War; Violence

Pronunciation
Pronunciation
Note: Any song can be used for vocabulary tasks.

Connected Speech

Alicia Keys – Don’t Mean Anything Also Contractions

Brian Mcknight - Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda Also 3rd Conditional; Modals

Contractions

Avril Lavigne - Complicated

General

Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me Pronunciation

Fools Garden - Lemon Tree
Supertramp – The Logical Song Words Ending With ‘al’

Vocabulary
Vocabulary

Note: Any song can be used for vocabulary tasks.

Colours

Fools Garden - Lemon Tree

Louis Armstrong / Eva Cassidy – Wonderful World
The Beatles – Yellow Submarine

Daily Routines

Aretha Franklin - Say A Little Prayer

Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine
Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight
Kesha - Tik Tok -
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Aeroplane
Sam Cooke - Wonderful World School Subjects
The Bangles - Manic Monday
The Beatles - A Day In The Life
The Beatles - All My Loving

General

2 Unlimited - Info Superhighway Technology; Computers

Bob Sinclair - World Hold On The Universe; The World
Celine Dion - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face The Universe
Elton John – Rocket Man Travel; Space
Glen Campbell - By The Time I Get To Phoenix Time Expressions
Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends Seasons
Lou Bega - Mambo no. 5 Numbers
Madness – Our House Family
Mariah Carey – All I Want For Christmas Is You Christmas
Queen - Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon Days Of The Week
Shania Twain - Ka-Ching Money
Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You Months; Seasons
The Bangles - Eternal Flame Body Parts; Weather
The Beatles - Paperback Writer Formal vs Informal Language
The Beatles - Hello,Goodbye Greetings
The Beatles - Penny Lane Places; Shops; Jobs
The Cure - Friday I'm In Love Days Of The Week.
Wilson Pickett - Midnght Hour Connected To Music

Idioms / Useful Phrases

KT Tunstall – Miniature Disasters Idioms; Useful Language

Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine Idioms
Mika - Relax, Take It Easy
Queen - I'm Going Slightly Mad Insanity; Idioms

Jobs / Occupations

Boyzone - No Matter What

Bruce Springsteen - Highway Patrolman
Dolly Parton - Nine To Five
Shania Twain - Not Just A Pretty Face
The Beatles - Penny Lane

Opposites

Alanis Morissette - Hand In My Pocket

The Beatles - Hello,Goodbye
Paula Abdul – Opposites Attract
Toploader - Dancing In The Moonlight
Van Morrison - Moondance

Prefixes

Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart Prefixes

Ozzy Osbourne - I Just Want You Prefixes; Adjectives

Weather

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising

Geri Halliwell - It's Raining Men
Hilary Duff - Come Clean
Jimmy Cliff - I Can See Clearly Now
Michael Learns to Rock – Take Me To your Heart
Rihanna – Umbrella
Roxette - Fading Like A Flower
The Bangles - Eternal Flame Also Body Parts

Writing
Writing
The Beatles - Paperback Writer Letter;Writing - Formal vs Informal Language