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[Interested]

Sometime ago, another teacher told me they used Paint It Black by the Stones to teach phrasal verbs. So, I got a copy of it, but now I find I don't see many phrasal verbs. Is it just me? Can you find more?

I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black

I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes

I see a line of cars and they�re all painted black
With flowers and my love both never to come back

I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a new born baby it just happens every day

I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and it has been painted black

Maybe then I�ll fade away and not have to face the facts
It�s not easy facing up when your whole world is black

No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing happening to you

If I look hard enough into the setting sun
My love will laugh with me before the morning comes

I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black

I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes

Hmm, hmm, hmm,...
I wanna see it painted, painted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black
Yeah!

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Next question: given i've now got this song, can anyone see a particular grammar feature they'd teach with it?

And lastly, any recommendations for clearly sung songs with phrasal verbs?

[Yu_Bum_suk]

dressed in
laugh with

[antoniothegreat]

[fancypants]

actually, "laugh with" , "walk by", and "look away" aren't phrasal verbs - they are simply verbs+prepositions.

and (just) "happens" is an adverb+verb in the present simple.

a true phrasal verb is really an idiom - its meaning differs from the sum of its parts.

[The Cosmic Hum]

hmm....fancy pants has a good point there.

however...not all phrasal verbs are idiomatic...there are literal phrasal verbs and aspectual phrasal verbs as well.

[fancypants]

Hmmph! All this time i had it wrong! You have broadened my understanding. Thanks for clearing that up, cosmic hum!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrasal_verb

[branchsnapper]

You didn't exactly "have it wrong" - the definition is a common discussion point. In most cases I think people mean idiomatic phrasal verbs - there isn't much point making a focus of them in a class otherwise.

In any case, the phrasal verbs mentioned above could be considered idiomatic.

He walked by the lake.
He walked by the lake, and then went past the school.

The first one might have a different meaning than the second.