Improve your listening and writing skills by filling in the blanks in the song lyrics. These activities are designed for Beginners and Intermediates to learn new vocabulary related to a specific topic in a quick and fun way.
For this week’s lyrics we bring you an iconic song from ABBA: Mamma Mia. The song was ABBA‘s first number 1 in the UK since “Waterloo” in 1974. Enjoy it!
Exercise
Fill in the missing words: strong – missed – really – know – end – Why – Blue – missed – count – resist – fire – look – again – slam – show. ⇩
Press start to hear the song
This activity is case sensitive so make sure to use capital letters when needed.
Grammar
Present perfect (affirmative)
We make the present perfect when we add have + past participle of a verb.
We use the present perfect to talk about something that began in the past and continues in the present:
Brett has worked here for two weeks.
We have lived on this street for twelve years.
We also use the present perfect to talk about our experience until just now:
I have listened to this song already!
We‘ve seen that film before.
Christina has played piano since she was a child.
My wife has been pregnant for seven months now.
In these cases, to make an affirmative statement with the present perfect we place the subject + have + verb, and then we often place a prepositional phrase (for six months, already, in this city).
We can use the present perfect when we talk about something that happened in the past but is now important in the present:
Kelsey won’t answer your messages, she has left the office.
I’ve lost my cell phone, so I can’t call you.
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Hi Sunny, I enjoyed listening to the song ˝Mamma Mia˝ from pop group ABBA very much. When I was first watching the video last weekend, I immediately remembered that this song must be from the movie, a musical romantic comedy ˝Mamma Mia. Here We Go Again˝. The story is about a young bride who invites three men to her upcoming wedding as her father’s. Each of these men doesn’t know anything about that. Her mother doesn’t know about her daughter’s invitation, too. In the movie, very famous actress Merry Streep stars as a mom, and actors Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth,… Read more »
It’s a classic song. I liked it.
Hi Sunny! I’ m a ” girl” of 58 years! When I was a teenager, ABBA was one of my favourite band… When I saw the musical I was so excited and I felt as if I was still a young girl……
Meryl Streep and all the cast were amazing!
Thank you!
I liked the song and the activity, today I learned that the word “blue” is used to express sadness, thank you.
excellent song to practice English. thanks Sunny