I hope you don’t mind if I dedicate this post to a very young friend hoping it brings good memories to him. But… the present is not for free: can you think of another song whose title includes the word money? Send a comment with a link to the video, I’m sure you will find it on youtube. I invite all my readers to do the same, let’s see how many titles we can get.

While you think about the ‘money’ song you can do these exercises: click on the dollar to  watch the video and do the first exercise, when you finish click on the next exercise button at the top of the exercise to do another one. Enjoy it!

I often wonder what has become of my students. In most cases I never know whether they have finished their studies at this school or whether they have managed to make their dreams come true. On other occasions we keep in touch and, sooner or later, they tell me they are doing something that makes them happy. There are others who I will never forget because they were in my classes when they were very young, and, as such, naughty and mischievous but good people, loyal I would say; these never keep in touch because all they want to do is get rid of you the sooner the better. Funny enough, the students in this last group are the ones you will never forget and sometimes, just by chance, you get to know what has become of them. Then you realise that they have succedeed in life (the same as the good, sweet students who never misbehave) and this is what has happened to one of my ‘lively, naughty (but loyal)’ students who, at that time, did some mischievous things we will never forget. Now, some five or six years later this is what has become of my pupil: a student at university and a member of the Morrigans, a band with a bright future.

They are right here, in your town, if you don’t know what I am talking about watch this video.

You can also do an exercise by clicking the picture.Enjoy it.

It was only two days ago that I saw The bodyguard on television again. I know it’s a typical American film, the plot is as silly as it could be but I like the characters, especially HIM, you know what I mean.  I’m also very fond of Whitney, not as an actress but as a singer. It’s a pity that she has ended up where she is now.

Anyway, now that St Valentine’s Day is round the corner I want to give you the opportunity to listen to my favourite love song and remind you that you use WILL+INFINITIVE to make promises.

Click on the picture and do the exercise, listen carefully and send a comment explaining why it is a sad song.

 The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool formed in 1960. The band consisted of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are recognised for leading the mid-1960s musical British Invasion into the United States.

The Beatles are one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed bands in the history of popular music, selling over one billion records internationally.

 Obladi Oblada was released on The White Album. It is a Paul McCartney composition. It was written as a show of respect to the emerging reggae movement, possibly related to the growing Jamaican population in Britain.

This song was part of the list of songs considered inappropriate by Clear Channel following the September 11, 2001 attacks, presumably because of ‘the life goes on’ part.

Click on the photo and do the exercise. I hope you enjoy it, especially you,  Jacquie.

A little bit of karaoke. If you’re unable to sing it as quickly as she does, remember the rules about rhythm and pronunciation: not all the words are pronounced with the same stress.