adjective clauses "that" phrases adjective/noun clauses adjectives and adverbs and prepositions opposites, colours adverb clauses (see also temporal conjunctions) adverbs construction; "- ly" frequency frequency and manner as if as though be used to/get used to can; can't causative make causative make/force clauses "how to", noun, adjective commands with future (will) and gerunds ("stop smoking") comparatives and superlatives conditional 1 At Seventeen Every Breath You Take I'm Leaving on a Jet Plane Something Gone Are the Days Hello Rainy Day People The Rose Some Kind of Wonderful Up on the Roof Samantha's Picture Book Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh) What a Wonderful World Just the Way You Are Sometimes When We Touch And You Don't Remember Northwest Passage L-Y (Electric Company) Swing Low Sweet Chariot Goodbye Rainbow Small Better Days City Boy Love Song I Can't Make You Love Me Poetry Man Natural Woman They Made Me Your Song Making Love out of Nothing at All Don't Worry, Be Happy Eternal Flame Oh, Pretty Woman Put a Little Love in Your Heart Try Beginning Your Life Again Longer Glitter Hair Cream My Love Which Country Is the Best? 500 Miles Can't Buy Me Love Country Dreaming Escape (Piña Colada Song) From Me to You Hush Little Baby If You Go to Rome Rain Town Without Pity Tie a Yellow Ribbon You've Got a Friend page 31
THE ESL SONG DIRECTORY conditional 2 with "were" with questions with variations modal variations; questions conditional 3 conditional reversals with "should" Brave and Crazy Christmas Wishes El Condor Pasa Four Strong Winds Harpo's Blues He's So Fine If If I Fell If I Had a Hammer If I Had a $1,000,000 In the Air Tonight So Far Away Stuart and Lillian Sunshine on My Shoulders Tears in Heaven Time in a Bottle Tropical Island What a Wonderful World! With a Little Help from My Friends If I Were a Rich Man If I Were a Carpenter If I Were You If You Were a Carpenter Why Can't a Woman Be More Like a Man? If You Could Read My Mind More Than Words He'd Still Be Here Warnings If I Needed Someone Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas conditionals mixed It's My Party When a Man Loves a Woman 1 and 2 If 2 and 3 If I Needed Someone conjunctions: relative (see also adjective clauses) contractions contractions: negative contractions-- " 's" could and should Seagull Ain't No Cure for Love Famous Blue Raincoat I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song Santa Claus Is Coming to Town Your Song Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head Dry Bones Always on My Mind could = suggestion Robinson, Barton and Stone could and would If direct speech Wonderful Tonight direct vs reported speech embedded clauses (see also noun clauses) Wake up Little Suzy Tell Me, Tell Me, Please page 32
enough adjective + enough... to I Love You, Baby, But... (see also not enough) exclamations final "s" future (advanced) future continuous future simple (will) with commands with conditional 2 with future continuous with temporal clauses gerunds verbs + gerunds phrasal verbs + gerunds get used to/be used to going to with will; wh-questions had better have got have got to have to have to: future hidden questions I'd best Les Poissons Fool on the Hill When You Are Old and Grey Dancing in the Street Every Breath You Take Under the Boardwalk When You Wake 500 Miles All My Loving All Through the 80's Because I Love You (Postman Song) The Cruel War Devoted to You I Can't Make You Love Me I Never Will Marry Lean on Me Longer Maybe the Next Time One Fine Day Tomorrow Will Be Wonderful When I Fall in Love Put a Little Love in Your Heart Four Strong Winds When I'm Sixty-Four I'll Watch over You Margaritaville Try Beginning Your Life Again We've Only Just Begun Things You Like On Sunday Afternoons Travelling in My Mind City Boy Going To I Can See Clearly Now I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter Making Plans One Fine Day Wake up Little Suzy When Are You Going to Marry Me? Santa Claus Is coming to Town From me to You Ticket to Ride There's Got to Be a Way Some Kind of Wonderful I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song Tell Me, Tell Me, Please Early Morning Rain page 33
THE ESL SONG DIRECTORY idiomatic language And I Love You So if + command ESL Blues Nick of Time When a Man Loves a Woman Lean on Me if only... More Than Words "-ility" suffixes imperative indirect speech: present (see also reported speech) infinitive of purpose infinitives "it" = abstract reference When You Are Old and Grey Don't Worry, Be Happy Eternal Flame Try Beginning Your Life Again Revolution Because I Love You (Postman Song) Turn! Turn! Turn! We Can Work It Out let/allow They Made Me like (preposition) little does... make someone do... manage to may = wish might as well mixed modals modals/tenses mixed structures Travelling in My Mind Heart Like a Wheel Rhythm of the Rain I Can't Make You Love Me Lady Madonna White Christmas It Might as Well Be Spring Yesterday Galileo Travelling in My Mind Vincent page 34
mixed tenses modals (see also past/present modals) can, have to, could must Blowin' in the Wind must/mustn't must be (deductive) negative inversions negative prefixes: ir, un, in... negative words neither reversals "-ness" = noun form not enough Beautiful Both Sides Now Cat's in the Cradle Crying Eleanor Rigby Famous Blue Raincoat Harsh and Unforgiving I'll Always Remember I'll Watch over You The Irish Ballad Is That all there Is? It Should Have Been Me It's Too Late Leader of the Band Let It Snow Rainy Day People Robinson, Barton and Stone Swingin' Single Travelling in My Mind What Are You Doing New Year's? Yesterday Brahms' Lullaby If I Were a Rich Man Memory (Cats) All I Have to do Is Dream Instant Powdered Coffee Raindrops This Must Be Love I Heard It Through the Grapevine Call Me Irresponsible Good Song, A Nothing Has Changed Nowhere Man Good Song, A Bye Bye Love Not Enough Ways noun clauses clauses with "if," "that" noun and adjective clauses noun/verb word play opposites At Seventeen Crying Imagine Love Is a Wonderful Thing Luka Vienna The Night Has a Thousand Eyes Hello Rainy Day People The Rose Matchmaker, Matchmaker Get Together Hello! Goodbye! page 35
THE ESL SONG DIRECTORY participles Canadian History 101 Emily Here Comes the Rain Again I Still Haven't Found What I'm looking For Mercy NACL present participles participle phrases Twelve Days of Christmas She's Leaving Home King of Pain passive voice past present/past simple present/present perfect past continuous past irregular regular/irregular (difficult) past modals Always on My Mind could/should/might have past perfect vs past past vs present American Tune Dry Bones The Ballad of Sheriff McGregor Houses Are Built Too Many Walls After the Goldrush Alice's Song Guess You Had to Be There Past Progressive Jealousy Cha, Cha, Cha American Tune Canadian History 101 Clementine Come a Little Bit Closer Don't Give Up Is That All There Is? The Last Thing I Needed Love Potion Number 9 Norwegian Wood Rocky Racoon Yellow Submarine Yesterday and Today You Needed Me El Paso Eyes Like Twins The Marvellous Toy Sound of Silence Samantha's Picture Book Wind Beneath My Wings Swingin' Single Wasn't That a Party? Escape (Pina Colada Song) The Strangest Dream One of Those Days Save the Best for Last Foggy Dew Nick of Time You Don't Bring Me Flowers Any More past/present/future past simple (see also past irregular) question form Early Morning Rain Girl I Will The Cat Came Back The Circus Clown Little Drummer Boy One Day One Tin Soldier This Land Is Your Land Unhappy Housewife page 36
vs continuous vs continuous/habitual vs habitual vs habitual (would, used to) vs past perfect past simple passive phrasal verbs plurals prepositions prepositions/adjectives prepositions/conjunctions present continuous vs present simple present continuous = future present/future present habitual present modals Modal Melody must, can, could may, might, must present participles present vs past present/past modals Tennessee Waltz Superman's Song TV Blues Those Were the Days Escape (Pina Colada Song) The Strangest Dream The Houses Are Built Looking Forward to the Day Maybe the Next Time With a Little Help from My Friends **most songs Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head Airplane Along the Road Bird on a Wire Clementine I'll Always Remember Martha My Dear Tom's Diner Under the Boardwalk Up on the Roof What a Wonderful World Yellow Submarine Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh) Northwest Passage I'm Happy in Love I'm Walkin' Moonshadow Present Continuous Baby Tom's Diner White Christmas Winter Wonderland Fixing a Hole Oh, What a Beautiful Morning I'm Leaving on a Jet Plane Love Song Making Plans Wayfaring Stranger What Are You Doing New Year's? Let It Be As Time Goes By Ella May Save the Last Dance for Me Paperback Writer Getting It Together After the Goldrush ING Song Foggy Dew Nick of Time You Don't Bring Me Flowers Any More It Should Have Been Me page 37
THE ESL SONG DIRECTORY present perfect with just with never with still vs past vs present vs past/present But Now I'm Home present perfect continuous present simple to be interrogative interrogative: do, does, did interrogative: auxiliaries... present simple to relate past events 3rd person singular (+/-) present simple passive present simple: agreement pronoun changes between versions pronouns vs contractions pronouns: indefinite and negative Ain't No Cure for Love And I Love You So Better Days I Never Will Marry It's All over Now Martha My Dear So Long Swing Low Sweet Chariot We've Only Just Begun What Have They Done to the World Where Have All the Flowers Gone? It's Only Half Past Three Lady in Red I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For Bird on a Wire Don't Give Up Fire and Rain Look What You've Done Hello In My Life It's All over Now I'm Sitting All Alone It's All over Now I've Been Working on the Railroad In the Air Tonight Coming Around Again Dust in the Wind Fool on the Hill From a Distance Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh) Little Boxes Luka Matchmaker, Matchmaker Mister Monday Morning Round Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da Sing Something You Are So beautiful Do They Know It's Christmas? Eternal Flame Mystery Man Do You Calypso? Now's the Time Wonderful Tonight Horace's Tale Mystery Man The Houses Are Built Love Is a Wonderful Thing Ticket to Ride (Beatles) Ticket to Ride (Carpenters) If I Were a Carpenter (Harding) If You Were a Carpenter (Baez) I'm Leaving on a Jet Plane Everything I Do, I Do for You Nothing Has Changed page 38
pronouns: personal, possessive pronouns: possessive question formation relative pronouns (see also adjective clauses) Unchained Melody And I Love Her Are You Lonesome Tonight? Blowin' in the Wind Do You Calypso? Girl Questions Will You Love Me Tomorrow? Seagull reported speech Love Potion Number 9 Norwegian Wood They Tell Me It's a Song When I Phoned present Revolution past vs direct speech Thirty-Three to Paradise Wake up Little Suzy Norwegian Wood reversals (verb/subject) sentence structure fragments Gone Are the Days Here Comes the Rain Again Tom's Diner When a Man Loves a Woman short answers Now's the Time should have Airplane I Should Have Known Better It Should Have Been Me so + adjective/adverb + that I Love You, Baby, But... so much/many/little story line subjunctive: it's time... + past telling time temporal clauses in future tense changes: past to present Not Enough Ways Rocky Racoon It's About Time Rock Around the Clock All My Loving Baby, I'm Yours I Will I'll Know I'll Watch over You When I Fall in Love Yesterday Once More Nick of Time there is... Oh, What a Beautiful Morning though thought I'd... too... to do (something) In My Life Fire and Rain This Must Be Love Not Enough Ways page 39
THE ESL SONG DIRECTORY too... to/for I Love You, Baby, But... too + adjective too much/many I'm Too Sexy It's Not Too Late Not Enough Ways Too Much Love too vs so I Love You, Baby, But... too tags too vs enough too vs so until until in future used to/did you use to? used to/past used to/present used to/would = past habitual used to/present/past verbs of perception verbs: static vs dynamic vocabulary The Christmas Song (e.g. seasonal) want to what a... while vs when wish word-order wish + were wish + would would = habitual past Imagine What the World Needs Now The Cruel War Sometimes When We Touch Baby, I'm Yours Did You Use to Be Like Me? I Used to Sing a Song... It's All Over Now You Don't Bring Me Flowers Any More So Sad (to Watch Love Go Bad) Those Were the Days Getting Better Lady in Red What a Wonderful World Fixing a Hole Heart with Your Name on It Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Huron Carol I'll Be Home for Christmas Monster Mash Night Before Christmas Silent Night Silver Bells Vincent I Want to Be a Dog What a Wonderful World! Tennessee Waltz Harpo's Blues It Might as Well Be Spring So Far Away Tropical Island He's So Fine I Wish I Were Single Again Four Strong Winds Rhythm of the Rain Sunshine on My Shoulders Yesterday Once More page 40
would rather would vs could would vs should El Condor Pasa I'd Rather Be Would You Like to Swing on a Star? Brave and Crazy If You Could Read My Mind page 41