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!
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Exercise
Fill in the missing words. โฉ
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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
Hi,I really enjoyed song.thankโs a lot
You’re welcome.
This song is very beautil. I liked.
I’m glad you liked it ๐
Hi Sunny,
Nice song, but not easy for find the missing words. The piano solo is great. ๐น
Hi Mimi, thanks for the feedback.
Thanks very much
You’re so welcome ๐
I like this song. Thank you so much.