Improve your listening and writing skills by filling in the blanks of the song lyrics. Today we propose the vibrant and optimistic lovesong I Feel the Earth Move by the American songwriter-singer Carole King, a 70’s classic!
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 & 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
Thank you for the song. when a word is repeated Many times it is useful to memorize it (Like tumbling, I didn’t know)
Thank you for your comment 🙂
I like that
🙂
A wonderfool song and artist too…thank for sharing it with us
No problem at all, Rosy.
I like the Rhythm of this song. I haven’t heard it before
I am happy you like it.
I liked the song. I didn’t know that artist
Awesome.