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.
Lorde released her smash hit, ‘Royals’ in 2013, but the song continues to be incredibly popular. As with may songs in English, Lorde uses some grammar that is technically incorrect. She often says don’t when she should say doesn’t and ain’t when she should say isn’t, both of which are grammatically incorrect, but commonly accepted in popular music. Can you think of any other songs that do the same thing?
Exercise
Fill in the missing words. Gold – fine – proud- with – dreams – love – queen – don’t – never – Let – live – kind – movies – dollars – don’t – aren’t ⇩
This activity is case sensitive so make sure to use capital letters when needed.
Grammar – Contractions & Slang in Music 
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Contractions & Slang in Music
- Lyrics often use of an informal type of vocabulary. This is why we find things like contractions and slang words.
- Here are some examples of contractions and slang we can find in lyrics:
- (These lyrics):
- – I ain’t lyin’ = I am not lying
- – No runnin‘ around – No running around
- – ’bout = about
- – don’tcha = don’t you
- – ain’t = am not, is not, are not, has not or have not
- – ’cause / ‘coz = because
- – –in’ ending like in thinkin’ or losin’ (it looses the g in -ing to sound more informal)
- – dunno = don’t know
- – lemme = let me
- – gimme = give me
- – gonna = going to
- – gotta = got to
- – wanna = want to
- – kinda = kind of
Thanks teacher Marion. I enjoy these exercises with songs. Some songs the lyrics are clear, others are a little more difficult to understand.
Thanks very much
I love that song and the whole album!
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