Improve your listening and writing skills by filling in the blanks of the song lyrics. To celebrate Earth Day on 22nd April, today we offer you one of the most well-known songs about the environment: Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) by the great soul singer and composer Marvin Gaye. A 50-year old song that is even more relevant today.
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 & Slang in Songs 
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- 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 not music i do like
sweet way to say how bad we are
I could not watch the video.
Very nice song, and unfortunately always actual. I can’t think that this song has one year more than me … so already at that time the environment was a problem.
Marvin Gaye was a great singer in the 70’s