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Song: “One Foot In Front Of the Other”

– B2-C1 (intermediate to advanced) –

Practice Your Listening Comprehension

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Practice Your Reading Comprehension

Griff’s song, “One Foot In Front Of the Other,” is a catchy tune with unique vocal and musical production. It is not only enjoyable to jam out to, but it also serves as a great tool when wanting to practice your listening comprehension and reinforce or learn a variety of English language elements. The following aspects of English can be observed and learned from this song:

  • informal language

  • contractions

  • the past simple

  • the future

  • the conditional

  • phrasal verbs

  • two uses of the verb “to get”

  • adverbs

  • the use of the idiom “one foot in front of the other”

  • unvoiced plosives

and more…!

What do you think of this song? Do you identify with it? How? Let me know in the comments below.


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