Lemon Tree is a song by Fool’s Garden. The song is good to learn and practice the present continuous.
The structure of the present continuous looks like this:
Subject + BE + Verb (ING)
Examples:
- I am working.
- He is talking on the phone.
- They are sleeping.
The present continuous is used to show actions that are happening right now. When you listen to the Lemon Tree, the present continuous sentences the singer is using mean “right now”.
Here is the song with the listening exercise below.
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Fill in the blanks with the correct words.
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I'm sitting here in a (boring) room, it's just another rainy
Sunday afternoon. I'm wasting my time, I got nothing to (do).
I'm hanging around, I'm waiting for you,
But nothing ever happens - and I wonder.
I'm (driving) around in my car, I'm driving too fast, I'm
Driving too far. I'd like to change my point of view.
I feel so lonely, I'm (waiting) for you,
But nothing ever happens - and I wonder.
I wonder how, I wonder why yesterday you told me
'Bout the blue blue (sky) and all that I can see is just
A yellow lemon tree. I'm turning my head up and (down)
I'm turning, turning, turning, turning, turning around.
And all that I can see is just another lemon tree.
Sing: dah...
I'm sitting here, I miss the (power), I'd like to go out,
Taking a shower, but there's a heavy cloud inside my (head).
I feel so tired, put myself into bed, where nothing ever
Happens - and I wonder.
Isolation - is not the good for me.
Isolation - I don't want to sit on a lemon tree.
I'm steppin' around in a desert of joy. Baby anyhow I'll get
Another (toy) and everything will happen - and you'll wonder.
I wonder how, I wonder why yesterday you told me
'Bout the blue blue sky and all that I can see is just
Another lemon tree. I'm turning my head up and down
I'm turning, turning, turning, turning, turning around
And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon tree.
And I wonder, wonder
I wonder how, I wonder why yesterday you told me
'Bout the blue blue sky and all that I can see
And all that I can see
And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon tree.
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I'm sitting here in a (boring) room, it's just another rainy
Would you like more listening exercises? Try these songs:
- Simple Present – Coldplay – Fix You
- Simple Present – Eric Clapton – Wonderful Tonight
- Simple Past – The Beatles – Yesterday
- Simple Future – The Beatles – All My Loving
- Present Continuous – Fool’s Garden – Lemon Tree
- Future Continuous – The Police – Every Breath You Take
- Past Continuous – John Lennon – Jealous Guy
- Present Perfect – U2 – Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
- Future Perfect – Faith Hill – You Will Be Mine
- Zero Conditional – The Beatles – Rain
- First Conditional – If You Don’t Know Me
- First Conditional – If You Tolerate This
- Second Conditional – Beyonce
- Second Conditional – Barenaked Ladies
- Second Conditional – Cher
- Third Conditional – Taylor Swift
- Third Conditional – Brian McKnight
- Third Conditional – The Beatles