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Lyrics: Clocks

Listening 5 min Lyrics Beginner

Vocabulary - 11 contextual words

Grammar - present continuous

Pronunciation - British

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 today’s lyrics we bring you another hit from the iconic British band, Coldplay. This song called Clocks was released in 2002 and it became a commercial success that was also praised by the critics because of the beautiful piano melody. Enjoy it!

Exercise

Fill in the missing words: opportunities – where – lights – singing – nothing – knees – stops – tried – home – beg – Shoot. ⇩

This activity is case sensitive so make sure to use capital letters when needed.

Grammar

Present continuous (affirmative)

To make the present continuous we use to be and then the -ing (gerund) form of a verb.

We use the present continuous to talk about things happening at the moment:
The children are eating.
I am running late.
Tom is doing the project.

We can also use the present continuous to talk about ongoing events or future plans:
I am going to New York next week.
She is playing goalie in the football match on Friday.