Trivium Home School · The Muses
Was and were, the past simple, the past continuous and the past perfect: telling stories. The songs are in order, from the easiest to the hardest.
A2–B2 · 13 songs (1 free) · All the Muses
A2–B1 · FREE
Grammar: Was, were and the past simple
Bryan Adams
A first guitar, a school band, the best days of his life.
A2–B1 · PREMIUM
Grammar: Past simple in a story
Elvis Presley
A letter, a quarrel, and an address unknown.
A2–B1 · PREMIUM
Grammar: Past simple; time words for a story
Dolly Parton
A lonely girl, and the man everyone was afraid of.
B1 · PREMIUM
Grammar: Past continuous; when and while
John Lennon
I didn’t mean to hurt you.
B1 · PREMIUM
Grammar: Background and events
B.B. King
A guitar, a fire, and a very foolish thing.
B1 · PREMIUM
Grammar: Past perfect; should have
The Who
A joke advert, a singer, and a very bad night.
B1 · PREMIUM
Grammar: Irregular verbs; have something done; Actually…
Seamus Kennedy
Born ten thousand years ago, and he met Eve.
B1 · PREMIUM
Grammar: Retelling in the past; because, so, as a result
Elvis Presley
A hungry child, and a circle that must be broken.
B1–B2 · PREMIUM
Grammar: Past perfect
Johnny Cash
A father, a son, and a very strange name.
B1–B2 · PREMIUM
Grammar: Reporting requests
The Band
A traveller, a strange town, and everybody’s load.
B1–B2 · PREMIUM
Grammar: All the narrative tenses
Marty Robbins
A cowboy, a cantina, and one moment of temper.
B1–B2 · PREMIUM
Grammar: Present and past; must have / might have
Marty Robbins
The same story, remembered from a plane.
B1–B2 · PREMIUM
Grammar: Past continuous for scenes; had to, couldn’t
The Eagles
A desert road, and a hotel nobody leaves.
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