Improve your listening and writing skills by filling in the blanks in the song lyrics. 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.
We hope that you will enjoy Banana Pancakes by Jack Johnson. We think it’s perfect song to listen to on a lazy morning!
Exercise
Fill in the missing words. love – mind – outside – could – pretend – slow – need – here – could – arms – don’t- close – notice ⇩
Grammar
Contractions and slangs
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
Now is Sunday morning. It’s raing a lot in my city now. How is lovelystay here in my home hearing this song and feeling a little bit lazy to go outside.
This song is perfect to make breakfast on this sunday morning, but is weekend and I don’t need to pretend.
Hello Marion!, the song is so funny. Thank you
Thank you it’s an amazing sing I like it
I like the song ang grammar Marion. Good job. Bye and see ypu in the next lyric lesson.