Improve your listening and writing skills by filling in the blanks of the song lyrics. Our proposal today is the famous song Summertime, originally composed by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy & Bess. Summertime is a lullaby that has been performed by many famous jazz singers. Today we bring you the version by Norah Jones. Her beautiful clear voice and jazzy piano playing make Norah’s version particularly delightful. Enjoy!
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 – Informal Contractions 
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Informal Contractions
- Informal contractions are short forms of words people use when speaking informally. They are similar to slang. In lyrics we often find such informal type of vocabulary.
- Some examples of contractions and slang we can find in lyrics:
- – in’ ending like in thinkin’ or losin’ (it looses the g in -ing to sound more informal)
- – ’bout = about
- – don’tcha = don’t you
- – ain’t = am not, is not, are not, has not or have not
- – ’cause / ‘coz = because
- – dunno = don’t know
- – lemme = let me
- – gimme = give me
- – gonna = going to
- – gotta = got to
- – wanna = want to
- – kinda = kind of
Lyrics are not that easy!
I’m sure you tried your best.
Lyrics very good
It’s Really delightful!
Hi Sunny, it’s a lovely song. I’m always enjoy listening it
I like that sound of this song. For relaxing and seeing the World in other way. Nice for that. Thanks Sunny. See ya and continue your Great job.