Entertainment

Lyrics: No One

Listening 4 min Lyrics Beginner

Vocabulary - 15 contextual words

Grammar - Present simple

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 song we bring you a ballad by American singer Alicia Keys called: No one. This single topped the US Billboard Hot 100 for five consecutive weeks and it became the most listened-to song on US radio of 2008. Enjoy!

Exercise

Fill in the missing words: try – forever – days – what – no – talking – gonna – get – you – always – feeling – don’t – search – together – Everything’s. ⇩

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

Grammar

Simple present (affirmative)

We use the present simple for:
Habits and routines.
Repeated actions.
General facts.
Instructions.
Programmed events.

All forms of the present simple affirmative are the same but the 3rd person singular, where we have to include a final -s:
I play football.
We play tennis.
She plays soccer.
Matthew plays basketball.
They play rugby.
Sharon and Alistair play chess on Tuesday.