[Miss Flor]

I need your help! I have to teach SIMPLE PAST TENSE and I want to work with a lyric. I'm reading the newest songs, and those groups they like the most (Gorillaz, Simple Plan, Fergie, Gwen Stefani...) but I cannot find what I'm looking for...
any suggestion to make?

[cintyamaria]

Hello!

Why don't you use Avril Lavigne? The song "Don't Tell me" has lots of verbs in the Past Tense, including questions with did. It's not a new song, but it works for teens

Good Luck!
Cintya Maria

[Miss Flor]

Yes! Since last week I've been reading Avril's songs, and that was one of the lyrics I was thinking about. Thanks for your idea

[jhovy_4]

Another song to teach past tense is Summer Nights - Grease .. there are many regular and iregular verbs.

[rabble]

I have successfully taught the song "the Rose" in a lot of classes. I would print out the lyrics with 20 words missing.
The students would listen and try and fill in the missing words. Lots of past tense.
I would also ask the students which words rythme, the metaphors.
Other questions to see if the students understand the meaning such as, Do you think that the writer believes that people should be careful about love.
I have also taught REM, Everbody Hurts. It led onto some interesting discussion.
I chose this song after learning about some alarming suicide statistics in China.
I did this lesson plan at an English corner in Hubei and to be honest, it was incredibly emotional, people told me their stories and I was moved to tears.
I don't teach songs much, perhaps only one per course and use the song to enhance their vocab, listening and language structure.
To play a song and have them just listen and sing along, for me, is a waste of time.

[mesmark]

This is for younger audiences but might be good to just have in your favorites for reference
Free ABC Songs: Your favorite kids song mp3 downloads for free, lyrics, and sheet music

[Norka]

You can use the song Because you loved me by Celine Dion, it has a lot of verbs in past tense and students love it!

[ethna]

There's another song to teach present simple continuous: "Lemon tree" by Fool's Garden. It's quite old but I love it!!

[ezzy]

'bang bang' by nancy sinatra is also a good song to teach simple past

[zazory86]

You can try to use "Who Knew" by Pink is a really good song with many verbs I used it and my Ss loved it

[zoloed]

If you need tons of free songs to teach many different concepts, then go to Kids Music, Children's Music - Free MP3 Downloads of Kids Songs. Here you will find many fun mp3 songs listed in alphabetical order. You just have to choose what you want.