Improve your listening and writing skills by filling in the blanks in the song lyrics. This week we are presenting you with songs related to food. Today we bring you Breakfast in America by the British progressive rock band, Supertramp. Released in 1979, the song tells us about a man who dreams of leaving his life in England and travelling to America. The popular song has been sampled and covered by many musicians in recent years including James Blunt and Gym Class Heroes. Maybe you recognise it!
These activities are designed for Beginners and Intermediates so that they can learn new vocabulary related to a specific topic in a quick and fun way.
Exercise
Fill in the missing words. ⇩
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Grammar – Contractions and slang in music 
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Contractions and slang in music
- Many times, in lyrics, we can find an informal type of vocabulary. This is why we find things like contractions and slang words. Here are some examples of contractions and slang we can find in lyrics:
- – ’bout = about
- – don’tcha = don’t you
- – ain’t = am not, is not, are not, has not or have not
- – ’cause / ‘coz = because
- – -in’ ending like in thinkin’ or losin’ (it looses the g in -ing to sound more informal)
- – dunno = don’t know
- – lemme = let me
- – gimme = give me
- – gonna = going to
- – gotta = got to
- – wanna = want to
- – kinda = kind of
Wonderful song . I like it a lot
I tried to fill the blanks but it was a little bit tough because I can’t hear well what he is singing. A part from that, the song was wonderful.
I’m not enough advanced to understand this song. So I didn’t fill this words in the blanks. It’s too hard for me to hear this words . I didn’t do this exercise and I don’t know this singer and I have never heard this artist, So I cann’t say if I like this song.
This song was a little difficult to hear some words he is singing, but I managed to get some right. I would like to practise the next song with Jimmy Eat World – sweetness.
Excellet song! Thanks.