School's Out – English Lyrics

• By: Alice Cooper

Lyrics & Translation

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
school /skuːl/ A2	noun - an institution for education
summer /ˈsʌmər/ A2	noun - the warmest season of the year
blown /bloʊn/ B2	verb - past participle of 'blow', meaning to move by wind or to explode
pencils /ˈpɛnsəlz/ A2	noun - coiled writing instrument with a lead core
books /bʊks/ A1	noun - bound collection of pages with written or printed matter
teacher /ˈtiːtʃər/ B1	noun - a person who teaches students
class /klæs/ A2	noun - a group of students studying together
principals /ˈprɪnsəpəlz/ C1	noun - heads of a school
knowledge /ˈnɒlɪdʒ/ B2	noun - information, awareness, or familiarity gained by experience or education
taught /tɔːt/ C1	verb - past tense of 'teach', meaning to instruct or educate
sounds /saʊndz/ A2	verb - to produce or emit noise
cheering /ˈtʃɪərɪŋ/ B2	noun - the act of shouting with joy or approval

Key Grammar Structures

• Well, we got no choice.

  ➔ Simple past tense.

  ➔ The phrase uses the simple past tense to indicate a completed action or state.

• No more pencils, no more books.

  ➔ Negative form.

  ➔ The phrase uses a negative form to express the absence of something.

• School's out for summer.

  ➔ Present simple tense.

  ➔ The present simple tense is used to express general truths or habitual actions.

• We might not come back at all.

  ➔ Modal verb 'might'.

  ➔ The modal verb 'might' is used to express possibility.

• School's been blown to pieces.

  ➔ Present perfect tense.

  ➔ The present perfect tense is used to indicate an action that has relevance to the present.