Perfect - Ed Sheeran - Listening and comprehension
From Lyrics to Meaning: Building Listening Power with Ed Sheeran
Description
Perfect - By Ed Sheeran.
Objective:
- Improve listening comprehension through music
- Vocabulary
- Practice speaking and expressing emotions and opinions
- Grammar in contexts - Past simple and present perfect
Warm up (5 min)
Show a picture of Ed Sheeran, eliciting responses from students
-Who is this?
- What type of music is he known for?
Presentation (10 min)
Show slide with pre-vocabulary words
Elicit meanings
Task: Play the song - Listen for the pre-vocabulary words.
Practice (10 to 15 min)
Task: "Fill in the gap" using the vocabulary words.
Grammar focus - Past simple and present perfect - give the structure rule
Task: Choose the correct form of the verb using the past simple and present perfect rules.
Production (10 min)
Rewrite one verse or chorus of the song to reflect your own "perfect" experience
Take away
Listening for detail, emotion, and context improves overall comprehension in real-life communication
Objective:
- Improve listening comprehension through music
- Vocabulary
- Practice speaking and expressing emotions and opinions
- Grammar in contexts - Past simple and present perfect
Warm up (5 min)
Show a picture of Ed Sheeran, eliciting responses from students
-Who is this?
- What type of music is he known for?
Presentation (10 min)
Show slide with pre-vocabulary words
Elicit meanings
Task: Play the song - Listen for the pre-vocabulary words.
Practice (10 to 15 min)
Task: "Fill in the gap" using the vocabulary words.
Grammar focus - Past simple and present perfect - give the structure rule
Task: Choose the correct form of the verb using the past simple and present perfect rules.
Production (10 min)
Rewrite one verse or chorus of the song to reflect your own "perfect" experience
Take away

Listening for detail, emotion, and context improves overall comprehension in real-life communication
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