Entertainment

Lyrics: Heartbreak Anniversary

Listening 4 min Lyrics Intermediate

Vocabulary - 14 contextual words

Grammar - Demonstrative pronouns

Pronunciation - American

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 Heartbreak Anniversary by the American singer and songwriter Giveon. Right after its release the song became an instant hit, leading the charts in early 2021. Enjoy it!

Exercise

Fill in the missing words: hopes – time – cold – lifeless – messages – anniversary – walked – Still – you – think – wanna – Why – days – love. ⇩

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

Grammar

Demonstrative pronouns

We use demonstrative pronouns to refer to specific things. The four demonstrative pronouns are this, that, these, and those. This and that refer to singular nouns; these and those refer to plural nouns.

This and these refer to something close to the speaker:
This is a nice dress.
Whose shoes are these?

That and those refer for something more distant:
What is that?
Those tickets are expensive.

We use this to introduce people, or to start a conversation on the phone:
This is my friend Kevin.
Good morning, this is John.

We use that to refer to something a person said previously:
I don’t agree with that.
That is a good plan.

We can use this, that, these, and those with nouns. This, that, these, and those help us to specify things we are referring to. Remember, this and these refer to something close to the speaker, while that and those refer for something more distant:
She lives on this street.
Aiden eats these muffins for breakfast every morning.
Do I use that desk?
Do you need those pencils?