Improve your listening and writing skills by filling in the blanks of the song lyrics. This week we are celebrating World Health Day, with songs based on helping each other in hard times. Today we’re bringing you another classic, With a Little Help From My Friends in Joe Cocker’s great rock version, performed in this video in a concert with Queen. Amazing!
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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Contractions & slang in songs
Often lyrics use an informal type of vocabulary. This is why we find things like contractions and slang words. Here are some examples of contractions and slang often used in lyrics:
– don’tcha = don’t you
– ain’t = am not, is not, are not, has not or have not
– ’cause / ‘coz = because
– -in’ ending like in thinkin’ or losin’ (it looses the g in -ing to sound more informal)
– dunno = don’t know
– lemme = let me
– gimme = give me
– gonna = going to
– gotta = got to
– wanna = want to
– kinda = kind of
It’s very kind when we hear a song like this. Sometimes, we need, to get by, a little help from the friends or family, but it’s necessary to ask them and show the problem. This song make us think about the others. Thank you all.
Hello. With a little help of my friends. I liked this song, The lyrics helped me to think that we need to help everybody. I learned a few conjugaisons of the verb ( to get by , to get high . This verb is very important when we speak with somebody.
Thank you
I like these music, because I managed to hear fast English that is not pronounced well, I only had 3 mistakes. I love it.
The songs are so good and helping me understand the worlds.
It has been difficult for me to understand this listening exercise. Joe sang not very clear and so the chorus. But it’s good for me. Thanks.