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Lyrics: Fight for This Love

Listening 4 min Lyrics Intermediate

Vocabulary - 19 contextual words

Grammar - Slang and contractions

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 this week’s lyrics we bring you Fight for This Love by English singer Cheryl Cole. Following her first performance of the song on The X Factor it topped charts in Ireland and the United Kingdom. In May 2010 it was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry for shipments topping 600,000 units.

Exercise

Fill in the missing words: tough – back – sure – been – sick – Now – fast – worse – don’t – alone – the – make – Anything – worth – crash – Makes – place – out – back. ⇩

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

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Grammar

Ever since

Study the example of ever since + [past simple] + [present perfect] used in the video.

Ever since the Gold Rush brought an influx of Chinese workers, San Francisco has held a massive parade to celebrate Chinese New Year.

We use the structure ever since… + [past simple] + [present perfect] to emphasize and talk about a point in time or an event from which an action started and then continued.

Point in time / event:
The Gold Rush brought an influx of Chinese workers to San Francisco.
(past simple)

Continuing action:
San Francisco has held a massive parade.
(present perfect)