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 Hopelessly Devoted to You, a song recorded by English-born, Australian singer Olivia Newton-John. This 70s ballad is part of the original soundtrack from the popular movie Grease. Enjoy!
Exercise
Fill in the missing words: devoted – head – heart – first – way – eyes – Hold – over – pushed – to – you – hopelessly – fool. ⇩
This activity is case sensitive so make sure to use capital letters when needed.
Grammar
There is/there are
We use there is and there are to say that something exists.
It’s formed by the particle there plus the verb to be in any of its forms, depending on the context. For example:
There are many things about Saint Patrick’s that you may not know.
There is a Parade in New York every year for Saint Patrick’s Day.
There weren’t more beers in the fridge after Saint Patrick’s party.
There may be many things that spring to mind when someone mentions Saint Patrick’s.
How many countries are there in the world celebrating Saint Patrick’s?
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Hi, this song is romantic. I like it. I tell you that I don’t understand three words, because I can’t listen to the singer’s accent. Bye Caroline 👍👏🖐️
Very nice song, long time ago.
I love that song. It’s very beautiful, and Olivia is a great singer.
I like this song, is so romantic and rememeber the musical Grease.
Howdy Caroline I liked the song but really really I realized that I need to listen many songs with differents intonations because there’re some words that although their sound is normally familiar to me, I couldn’t identify easily, please post more similar songs like this one.