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Fill in the Lyrics: The Best

Listening 5 min Lyrics Intermediate

Vocabulary - 21 contextual words

Grammar - Adverbs of manner -ly

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 The Best by the iconic singer Tina Turner. This song was recorded by Tina for her seventh solo studio album, Foreign Affair in 1989. Enjoy it!

Exercise

Fill in the missing words: rest – dead – everything – fire – better – losing – dead – hang – heart – night – rather – even – met – apart – simply – world – anyone – means – strong – word – best. ⇩

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Grammar

Adverbs of manner

An adverb of manner gives info about how something has happened. In general, it is used after the main verb or after the object:
He speaks well.
He runs fast.
He plays the piano beautifully.

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