Songs to Practice the Past Tense
*Listen to these songs.
*Read the lyrics.
*Listen for the past continous AND past tenses.
*Don't worry about understanding everything. Focus on the past and past continuous tenses.
*Read the lyrics.
*Listen for the past continous AND past tenses.
*Don't worry about understanding everything. Focus on the past and past continuous tenses.
Songs to Practice the Past Tense
Killing Me Softly- Roberta FlackKilling Me Softly - The Fugees |
Killing Me Softly - Lyrics (words) This song was originally sung by Roberta Flack. The Fugees sing a newer version. Chorus: Strumming my pain with his fingers, singing my life with his words, killing me softly with his song, killing me softly with his song, telling my whole life with his words, killing me softly with his song I heard he sang a good song, I heard he had a style. And so I came to see him to listen for a while. And there he was this young boy, a stranger to my eyes. (chorus) I felt all flushed with fever, embarrassed by the crowd, I felt he found my letters and read each one out loud. I prayed that he would finish but he just kept right on. (chorus) He sang as if he knew me in all my dark despair and then he looked right through me as if I wasn't there. But he just came to singing, singing clear and strong. |
Because You Loved Me, by Celine Dion
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For all those times you stood by me
For all the truth that you made me see For all the joy you brought to my life For all the wrong that you made right For every dream you made come true For all the love I found in you I'll be forever thankful, baby You're the one who held me up Never let me fall You're the one who saw me through Through it all You were my strength when I was weak You were my voice when I couldn't speak You were my eyes when I couldn't see You saw the best there was in me Lifted me up when I couldn't reach You gave me faith 'cause you believed I'm everything I am Because you loved me, ooh, baby You gave me wings and made me fly You touched my hand I could touch the sky I lost my faith, you gave it back to me You said no star was out of reach You stood by me and I stood tall I had your love, I had it all I'm grateful for each day you gave me Maybe, I don't know that much But I know this much is true I was blessed because I was loved by you You were my strength when I was weak You were my voice when I couldn't speak You were my eyes when I couldn't see You saw the best there was in me Lifted me up when I couldn't reach You gave me faith 'cause you believed I'm everything I am Because you loved me You were always there for me, the tender wind that carried me The light in the dark shining your love into my life You've been my inspiration through the lies you were the truth My world is a better place because of you You were my strength when I was weak You were my voice when I couldn't speak You were my eyes when I couldn't see You saw the best there was in me Lifted me up when I couldn't reach You gave me faith 'cause you believed I'm everything I am Because you loved me |
Songs to Practice the Present Continuous (I am sitting, you are listening, she is singing)
*Listen to these songs.
*Read the lyrics.
*Listen for the present continuous (I am sitting, he is looking...).
*Don't worry about understanding everything. Focus on the present continuous. Remember it has 2 parts!
be + ing verb.
*Read the lyrics.
*Listen for the present continuous (I am sitting, he is looking...).
*Don't worry about understanding everything. Focus on the present continuous. Remember it has 2 parts!
be + ing verb.
Tom's Diner, by Suzanne Vega
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I am sitting in the morning
At the diner on the corner I am waiting at the counter For the man to pour the coffee And he fills it only halfway And before I even argue He is looking out the window At somebody coming in It is always nice to see you Says the man behind the counter To the woman who has come in She is shaking her umbrella And I look the other way As they are kissing their hellos And I'm pretending not to see them And Instead I pour the milk I open up the paper There's a story of an actor Who had died while he was drinking He was no one I had heard of And I'm turning to the horoscope And looking for the funnies When I'm feeling someone watching me And so I raise my head There's a woman on the outside Looking inside. Does she see me? No she does not really see me 'Cause she sees her own reflection And I'm trying not to notice That she's hitching up her skirt And while she's straightening her stockings Her hair is getting wet Oh, this rain, It will continue Through the morning as I'm listening To the bells of the cathedral I am thinking of your voice And of the midnight picnic Once upon a time before the rain began And I finish up my coffee and it's time to catch the train |