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
Great music to start the day !!!
Je n’arrive pas à voir la solution
I Love this music so much in my life
I like it !
Hello I understand well these words and the pronunciation some words are good but I don’t understand the meaning of this composition I try of having an idea about it , It’s difficile for me to translate this song. it’s like a comedy at the beginning of the day