WHAT IF ...

A song I used in class to motivate my students for learning the conditional clauses.

Next week we are going to analyse the different conditional clauses, their uses and their struture.

Coldplay- What IF


What if there was no ………………….
Nothing wrong, nothing …………………….
What if there was no ………………………
And no reason, or ……………………….

What if you should ……………………
That you don't want me there by your side
That you don't want me there in your life

What if I got it ………………………….
And no poem or ……………………….
Could put right what I got …………………….
Or make you feel I …………………………

What if you should ……………………..
That you don't want me there by your side
That you don't want me there in your life

Ooh ooh-ooh, that's …………………………
Let's take a breath, jump over the side
Ooh ooh-ooh, that's ……………………….
How can you know it, if you don't even ……………..
Ooh ooh-ooh, that's ………………………

Every step that you …………………………
Could be your biggest ……………………………
It could bend or it could ………………………..
That's the risk that you …………………………

What if you should …………………….
That you don't want me there in your life
That you don't want me there by your side

Ooh ooh-ooh, that's …………………….
Let's take a breath, jump over the ……………………
Ooh ooh-ooh, that's …………………
How can you know when you don't even ………..
Ooh ooh-ooh, that's …………………… (BIS)

Interests and ambitions...

We have been talking about students' interests and ambitions.
Many of my students refered that they would like to travel to other countries in the world and visit cities like New York and London.

There's a song that refers to New York and to people's expectations towards it.

Listen to this song now and try to fill in the gaps with the correct words.



Empire State of Mind

Ooohh New York x2

Grew up in a town that is famous as the place of ............... ...............
Noise was always loud, there are sirens all around and the streets are mean
If I can make it here, I can make it ..............., that's what they say
Seeing my face in .................... or my name on marquees found down on Broadway

Even if it ain’t all it seems, I got a pocketful of ...................
Baby, I'm from New York
Concrete ................. where dreams are made of
There's nothing you can't do
Now you're in New York
These streets will make you feel brand new
Big lights will ................. you
Hear it for New York, New York, New York!

On the ................., there ain't never a curfew, ladies work so hard
Such a melting pot, on the corner selling rock, ............... pray to God
Hail a gypsy cab, takes me down from Harlem to the Brooklyn Bridge
Some will sleep tonight with a .................. far more than an empty fridge

I'm gonna make it by any means, I get a pocketful of .............
Baby, I'm from New York
Concrete ............ where dreams are made of
There's ................. you can't do
Now you're in New York
These street will make you feel brand new
Big lights will ............. you
Hear it for New York, New York, New York!

One .............. in the air for the big city,
Street lights, big dreams all looking .............
No place in the world that can ...............
Put your lighters in the air, everybody say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

In New York
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
There's .............. you can't do
Now you're in New York
These streets will make you feel brand new
Big lights will ............ you
Now you're in New York!

Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
There's ................. you can't do
Now you're in New York
These street will make you feel brand new
Big lights will................inspire you
Hear it for New York!

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The U2 are in Portugal ... I wish I had a ticket and could see them alive...

Which words are missing in this song?

Magnificent lyrics
Songwriters: Clayton, Adam; Eno, Brian; Evans, David; Hewson, Paul; Lanois, Daniel Roland; Mullen, Laurence;

Magnificent
Oh, oh, magnificent

I was born, I was born
To be with you in this space and ...........
After that and ever after
I haven't had a clue only to ......... rhyme
This foolishness can leave a heart black and ......., oh, oh

Only love, only love can leave such a .........
But only love, only love can heal such a ........

I was born, I was born to sing for you
I didn't have a .......... but to lift you up
And sing whatever song you wanted me to
I give you back my ............... from the womb
My first cry, it was a joyful ........, oh, oh

Only love, only love can leave such a ......
But only love, only love can heal such a ........
Justified, till we die you and I will magnify, oh, oh
Magnificent, magnificent, oh, oh

Only love, only love can leave such a .......
But only love, only love unites our .......
Justified, till we die you and I will magnify, oh, oh
Magnificent, magnificent, magnificent


© POLYGRAM INT. MUSIC PUBL. B.V.; UNIVERSAL MUSIC CORP.;

these lyrics are submitted by OarSmaN
these lyrics are last corrected by Katja Olsen


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When September ends ...

September is about to end. Do you know there is a song called "When September ends"?

Have you ever paid attention to its lyrics? Yes .... No ....

Never forget to pay attention to the lyrics of the songs you listen to. It's one of the best ways to learn new vocabulary ...

I still haven't found what I' m looking for...

This is a great song to revise the present perfect.

The present perfect is a verb tense that many Portuguese students have difficulty with.

Pay attention to the lyrics and try to memorize the sentences where the present perfect is used.

Look at these examples:

e.g. I have climbed highest mountains - An action that takes place at an indefinite past.

e.g. I still haven't found what I'm looking for - An action which started in the past but continues up to the present.

Whenever you study grammar, try to associate it to something you hear ... It's easier this way ...

For more information: http://esl.about.com/library/grammar/blpresperfect.htm

Carlos Santana & Rob Thomas

Nominated in nine categories at the Grammy Awards including Album of the Year (Supernatural), Record of the Year, and Song of the Year (both "Smooth") Santana won in every category. With his eight awards (the award for Song of the Year went to Thomas and Itaal Shur, who wrote "Smooth"), Santana tied Michael Jackson's 1983 record for most Grammy Awards won in a single year.

Smooth lyrics

Man, it's a hot one
Like seven inches from the midday sun
Well, I hear you whispering in the words, to melt everyone
But you stay so cool
My muñequita, my Spanish Harlem, Mona Lisa
You're my reason for reason
The step in my groove

Pre-Chorus
And if you said this life ain't good enough
I would give my world to lift you up
I could change my life to better suit your mood
'Cause you're so smooth

Chorus
And it's just like the ocean under the moon
Oh, it's the same as the emotion that I get from you
You got the kind of lovin' that can be so smooth, yeah
Give me your heart, make it real
Or else forget about it

But I'll tell you one thing
If you would leave it would be a crying shame
In every breath and every word
I hear your name calling me out
Out from the barrio
You hear my rhythm on your radio
You feel the turning of the world, so soft and slow
Turning you round... and round

Pre-Chorus
And if you said this life ain't good enough
I would give my world to lift you up
I could change my life to better suit your mood
'Cause you're so smooth

Chorus x 2
And it's just like the ocean under the moon
Oh, it's the same as the emotion that I get from you
You got the kind of lovin' that can be so smooth, yeah
Give me your heart, make it real
Or else forget about it

Or else forget about it
Or else forget about it
Let's don't forget about it
Give me your heart, make it real
Let's don't forget about it (5 times)

An immortal song- Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

The musical I watched in London, We will rock You, ended with this song, which is my favourite one.

I wish I could see it again.

The Top 10 Conditionals Song Lyrics

Today we started talking about the 3rd conditional and unexpectedly I found a video called: The Top 10 Conditionals Song Lyrics.
Learning grammar shouldn't be boring.

Watch the video and revise the conditionals.

Try New Year's Day- karaoke

U2- New Year's Day

See the lyrics of the song: Do they know it's christmas time at all? and find the meaning of the unknown words .

Do They Know It's Christmas Time? You can find here great singers for a great cause ...

Band Aid was a British and Irish charity supergroup, founded in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia by releasing the record "Do They Know It's Christmas?" for the Christmas market that year. The single surpassed the hopes of the producers to become the Christmas number one.



I can find here some of my favourite singers! And you do you like this song?

What kind of music do you like? What kind of films do you like? - A video

If you want to speak English well, you've got to listen to it constantly.
In the web you can find thousands of podcasts/videos in English. Listen to them and improve your oral skills.
Another advice: when you watch a movie at home, use English subtitles or no subtitles at all.

Here is the example of a video you can watch.

A love song - No one... by Alicia Keys