Adele, 2015

This is a great song to accompany a lesson on using the word like to make a comparison. The word is used in the song 14 times.

Choose from the following activities:

• Listening Listen to the audio-only video while reading the lyrics below, which are punctuated and annotated to facilitate comprehension. Lyrics intended for nonprofit educational purposes only.

When We Were Young, lyrics.docx     When We Were Young, lyrics.pdf

• Listening Watch the live studio performance on YouTube.
• Grammar / Usage Practice using the word like to make a comparison. Permission is granted to reproduce the high-beginning interactive worksheet below for classroom use.

comparisons with like.docx          comparisons with like.pdf

comparisons with like (webpage)