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’s really difficult to understand all the words
Hi Primino, keep trying and you’ll get there 🙂
Good exercise
Thank you so much 🙂
Nice song! Really enjoyable👌🏼
I’m glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Some Words were hard to descipher but I enjoy it.
Excellent exercise!
Well done, Lauri.
I would like to practice a Alterbridge song called “Make it Right”, this song is very good for students, the vocabulary is very simple.
Hi Pedro, we will note down your suggestion.