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Listening Activity: Sailing by Rod Stewart
This listening activity is based on the famous song Sailing by Rod Stewart. It is ideal for beginner and intermediate students and includes interesting language points such as the present continuous.
Let’s begin with some information about the song!
Sailing by Rod Stewart: Song Information
“Sailing“ is a song recorded by Rod Stewart for his 1975 album Atlantic Crossing. This page provides information about the song and links to the lyrics and the official video.
Sailing by Rod Stewart
Level
Beginner and intermediate students.
Facts about the song
- Song:
Sailing - Album:
Atlantic Crossing - Date of release:
1975 - Genre:
Soul - Length of the song:
3 minutes and 53 seconds. - Writer:
Gavin Sutherland
Interesting Information About the Song
“Sailing” is a song written by Gavin Sutherland and originally recorded by The Sutherland Brothers Band. Released in June 1972, it can be found on their album Lifeboat from the same year. Rod Stewart later recorded and popularized the song in 1975.
The video
The lyrics
Language points
The song includes many interesting language points:
Expressions that may be useful to students:
- I am sailing, I am sailing,
home again “cross the sea.
I am sailing, stormy waters,
to be near you, to be free.
Listening Task: Gap Fill Exercise
Fill in the gaps with the correct words from the box below:
- sailing
- away
- stormy
- clouds
- dying
- sea
- flying
- I am sailing __________ waters to be near you, to be free.
- I am __________ like a bird ‘cross the sky.
- I am flying, passing high __________ to be with you, to be free.
- Can you hear me, can you hear me, thro’ the dark night, far __________.
- I am __________, forever crying, to be with you, who can say.
- We are sailing home again ‘cross the __________.
Source: Wikipedia