Improve your listening and writing skills by filling in the blanks of the song lyrics. To celebrate World Environment Day we propose today the song Where Do The Children Play by Cat Stevens. In this 2015 concert in Chile, Cat Steven performs the song: a protest against overdevelopment, skyscrapers, gas extraction and other human activities that destroy our world.
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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- Examples of contractions and slang we can find in lyrics:
- – -in’ ending: thinkin’ or losin’ (drops the g in -ing, sounds 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
It was so hard!! For me!
Well done on getting through it.
The song is very boring
Everyone has different musical tastes. 🙂
“Tell me, where do the children play?”
😀
For me, very dificult
Keep trying!
It was difficult for me, but it’s an excellent exersise fot the listening.
Keep trying, Cristina!