Songs to Learn English – Question Forms
How can songs help you learn English? Read this blog post!
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
