Good morning! Today’s Monday and many of you may feel tired and not very motivated by the thought of starting a new week, but the funny thing is that some of us feel happy and full of energy because during the weekend we had time to think and plan new projects and Monday is the perfect day to set them to work. While I was writing an email, this song started playing on my computer and I thought that was just perfect to set people in a positive mood or sort of explain the feeling you have when you are happy and want to shout it out to the world. It’s another of Avicii’s wonderful songs Feeling Good. The lyrics deal with present simple, present continuous and vocabulary related to the natural world, so it’s suitable for students from A2 to B1 although you may want to see the pre-listening list of vocabulary below before doing the listening activity.

Vocabulary list

Breeze /bri:z/ = a soft wind – blossom /ˈblɒs.əm/= flowers on trees that become fruit – Dawn /dɔːn/= a period in the day just before the sun rises. Dragonfly  /ˈdræɡ.ən.flaɪ/ = large insect with four transparent wings that flies over water and can be of different colours like green or red. Butterflies (singular butterfly)  /ˈbʌt.ə.flaɪ/= an insect with large brightly coloured wings. Scent /sent/= the smell of something.

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Learning English with songs Feeling Good

Fill the gaps with the word(s) you hear.

Feeling good by Avicii

Activity by Serena

Birds flying high, you know how I feel

1) ___/__/__ sky, you know how I feel

Breeze drifting on by, you know how I feel

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It's a new dawn
It's a new day

It's a new 2) ___ for me, yeah

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Fish 3)__/_ /___, you know how I feel

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It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life for me, yeah
And I'm feeling good
And I'm feeling good

Dragonfly out in the  4) ___

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You know what I mean, don't you know
Butterflies 5)___ fun, you know what I mean
Sleep in peace when day is done, that's what I mean
And in this old world is a new world, and a bold world for me!

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6)__when you shine, you know how I feel
Scent of the pine, you know how I feel

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Oh, freedom is 7) ____ and I know how I feel

It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life for me
It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life for me
And I'm feeling good
And I'm feeling good

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