Songs to Learn English – Question Forms
How can songs help you learn English? Read this blog post!
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Present Simple Questions
Are You Lonesome Tonight by Elvis Presley
Released in 1960 by the American rock and roll star
Theme: Love
Released in 1997 by the Irish pop group.
Theme: Love
Released in 1998 by the American new wave band.
Theme: Love
Released in 1975 by the Swedish pop group.
Theme: Love
Do You Really Want to Hurt Me? by Culture Club
Released in 1982 by the British new wave pop group
Theme: Love
Where Is The Love? by The Black Eyed Peas
Released in 2003 by the American R&B/Soul group.
Theme: Conflict
Present Simple Negative Questions
Don’t You Want Me? by The Human League
Released in 1981 by the British pop group.
Theme: Love
Present Continuous Questions
Released in 2002 by the Canadian rock singer.
Theme: Life
Future ‘Will’ Questions
Who Will Save Your Soul by Jewel
Released in 1995 by the American pop singer-songwriter
Theme: Choices
Modals
Blowin’ In The Wind by Bob Dylan
Released in 1963 by the American folk poet
Theme: Protest
Tag Questions
Released in 2000 by the British pop group
Theme: Unrequited love
Present Perfect Questions
What Have I Done To Deserve This? by Dusty Springfield and The Pet Shop Boys
Released in 1987 by the singer and synth-pop duo
Theme: Dysfunctional relationships
Note: Also Future ‘Going To’ Questions
Indirect Questions
Do You Know Where You’re Going To? by Diana Ross
Released in 1975 by the American pop singer
Theme: The Future
Independent Woman by Destiny’s Child
Released in 2000 by the American pop group.
Theme: Sexual equality
Hypothetical (2nd Conditional) Questions
Tears In Heaven by Eric Clapton
Released in 1992 by the British rock singer-songwriter
Theme: Loss
Note: Lyrics are wrongly punctuated ‘Would you know my name? If I saw you in heaven’. Should be, ‘Would you know my name if I saw you in heaven?’
Released in 2006 by the British alternative rock band.
Theme: Love
When I Saw Her Standing There by The Beatles
Released in 1963 by the British band.
Theme: Infatuation
