Improve your listening and writing skills by filling in the blanks of the song lyrics. This is the week of April Fools’ (1st April) so we have chosen songs that speak about fools! Today we bring you Chain of Fools by the great soul singer Aretha Franklin. The video is from a concert with Mariah Carey.
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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Contractions & slang in songs
Often lyrics use an informal type of vocabulary. This is why we find things like contractions and slang words. Here are some examples of contractions and slang often used in lyrics:
– 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
It is difficult for me especially when Aretha Franklin sings
it was very difficult to understand. American language and accent is very different of british accent
no entiendo , pero estoy segura que aprendere la cancion , intentare muchas veces , hasta lograrlo .
Hi, it’s a bit confusing, soul music has an accent that’s a bit difficult to understad. But i try hard
It is very difficult to understand this song.