Songs can be an effective way to introduce or reinforce a grammar topic. Click on the topics below for companion songs and activities.
Adjectives in the Song “True Colors”
Adverbial Phrase “At All”
Comparisons with Like
Feel Like
Gerunds as Objects of Prepositions
Get to Do Something
Gotta: Informal Spoken English for Got To
Infinitives as Adjectives
Must Have + Past Participle
Noun Clauses
Participial Phrases
Reflexive Pronouns
Should Have + Past Participle
Used to + a Verb in the Simple Form
Used to vs. Would
Verbs Followed by an Infinitive or a Gerund
Verbs of Perception
Wanna: Informal Spoken English for Want To
Wish + Simple Past: Making a Wish About the Present
You’d Better
Verb Tenses:
Future with Gonna: Questions Beginning with Who’s gonna…
Future with Gonna: Talking About the Weather
Future with Gonna: Talking About Plans
Future with Will: Offering to Help
Future with Will: Making Promises
Future with Will: Contractions I’ll and It’ll
Present Perfect: It Was vs. It’s Been
Present Perfect Progressive
Present Progressive
Simple Past: Changing Verbs in the Simple Present to the Simple Past
Simple Past Verbs in the Song “And We Sang La Da”
Simple Past Verbs in the Song “Because You Loved Me”
Simple Past Verbs in the Song “The Castle on the Hill”
Simple Past Verbs in the Song “Lost Boy”
Simple Past Verbs in the Song “This Town”
Simple Past Verbs in the Song “Underdog”
Verbs in the Simple Form in the Song “I Don’t Care”
Verb Tense Review with the Song “Tucson Train”