This is a great song for your English classes – ‘Ghostbusters’ from the original film. A FREE DOWNLOAD for all English teachers. Practise listening; Verbs/Nouns/Adjectives, and the difference between colloquial and standard English.
A good way of getting them to think a bit about the structure of the sentences and trying to understand the text is to tell them to guess the word before listening.
The video is on Youtube – click here!
DOWNLOAD GHOSTBUSTERS THEME SONG WORKSHEET
ANSWERS:
“If there’s something (1.)STRANGE in your (2.)NEIGHBOURHOOD (=NEIGHBORHOOD in USA) Who (are) you gonna call? ghostbusters! If it’s something (3.)WEIRD and it don’t look good Who (are) you gonna call? ghostbusters! I ain’t afraid of no ghost (x2)
If you’re (4.)SEEING things running through your head Who can you call? ghostbusters! An invisible man (5.)SLEEPING in your bed Who (are) you gonna call? ghostbusters! I ain’t afraid of no ghost (x2)
Who (are) you gonna call? ghostbusters! If you’re all alone pick up the phone And (6.) CALL – ghostbusters! I ain’t afraid of no ghost I hear it (7.)LIKES the girls. I ain’t afraid of no ghost, yeah! Who (are) you gonna call? ghostbusters! If you’ve had a dose of a (8.)FREAKY ghost baby You´d better call ghostbusters! Busting makes me (9.)FEEL good. I ain’t afraid of no ghost (x2)
Don’t get caught alone, oh no- ghostbusters! When he (10.) COMES through your door Unless you just (11.) WANT some more I think you´d better call- ghostbusters! Ooh… Who (are) you gonna call? (repeat…) I can’t (12.)HEAR you… Who you gonna call? ghostbusters! Louder- ghostbusters! Who you gonna call? ghostbusters! (until the end) ”
I ain’t afraid of no ghost = I’M NOT AFRAID OF ANY GHOST
Who you gonna call? = WHO ARE YOU GOING TO CALL?
It don’t look good = IT DOESN’T LOOK GOOD
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