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.
Today’s exercise is based on one of the most famous American folk songs, This Land is Your Land. Written in 1940 by the folk singer Woody Guthrie, the piece quickly became a patriotic ballad in the USA. Still today, children learn and sing the piece in school from a very young age. We propose this song in honour of the millions of Americans voting in the US presidential elections this week.
This Land is Your Land is a song about inclusion and equality: the American ideal explained in a simple, eloquent language and set to a melody that is easy to memorize. The central message, repeated throughout the song, makes the heart swell: “This land was made for you and me.” Many countries have recorded variations of the song adapted to their own languages and regions.
The exercise is based on great soul version of the song by Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings. This funk and soul band was nominated for a Grammy for Best R&B Album of the Year in 2014. Sadly, Sharon died aged 60 in 2016, since then the Dap-Kings continue playing live for other artists.
Exercise
Fill in the missing words ⇩: endless – hungry – Island – land – my -riverside – sign – sunny – tell – This – tried – walking – you
This activity is case sensitive so make sure to use capital letters when needed.
Grammar – Subject & Object Pronouns 
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Subject & Object Pronouns
- English has SUBJECT PRONOUNS and OBJECT PRONOUNS.
- SUBJECT PRONOUNS are the subject of a VERB. They are: I, you, he, she, it, we, they.
- English clauses always have a subject, except for the IMPERATIVE form:
- Examples:
- -As I went walking. (Lyrics)
- –They tried to stop me. (Lyrics)
- –I like cheese.
- –You are tall.
- –She is strong.
- –He has a car.
- –We do our homework.
- – They don’t study.
- OBJECT PRONOUNS are the object of a VERB. They are: me, you, him, her, it, us, them:
- Examples:
- -Made for you and me. (Lyrics)
- -I saw below me. (Lyrics)
- -She doesn’t like him. (subject: she; object: him.)
- -Did you call them? (subject: you; object: them)
- -Can I help you? (subject: I; object: you)
- -We work for her. (subject: we; object: her)
- -They play football with us. (subject: they; object: us)
- We use OBJECT PRONOUNS after PREPOSITIONS:
- Examples:
- -They took it from her.
- -I’m waiting for you.
- -We gave it to her already.
- We use you/they to talk about people in general, and they for authorities and organizations:
- Examples:
- –You can buy soap anywhere.
- –You can’t smoke here.
- –They have stopped traffic at the intersection.
- –They are looking for a murder suspect.
- We use it to refer to ourselves when people cannot see us (on the phone), people we cannot see, or to indicate people to others:
- Examples:
- -Hello, Mike? It’s Sam.
- -Who is it?
- -Look! It’s the president!
- We use he/him to refer to men, she/her to refer to women, and they/them for groups of people, when we are not sure of gender, and for people who identify as such.
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Great song! And so current! We’ll see soon whose land it will be…
I never listen this song. I never know any song that you put here… 🤔
Very interesting history that this old song today is to used for presidential elections !
Great song. Tks.
Beautiful song, there should be one for México.