Summer

• By: Calvin Harris

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
summer /ˈsʌmər/ A1	noun - the warmest season of the year, between spring and autumn
met /mɛt/ A1	verb - past tense of meet; to encounter someone
heartbeat /ˈhɑːrtbiːt/ B1	noun - the sound of the heart beating
sound /saʊnd/ A2	noun - something that can be heard verb - to make a sound
fell /fɛl/ A2	verb - past tense of fall; to drop to the ground
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of affection verb - to feel deep affection for
leaves /liːvz/ A2	noun - plural of leaf; flat, green parts of a tree or plant
turn /tɜːrn/ A2	verb - to change in color or condition
brown /braʊn/ A1	adjective - of a color like coffee or dark wood
baby /ˈbeɪbi/ A1	noun - a very young child
skies /skaɪz/ A1	noun - plural of sky; the region of the atmosphere and outer space seen from the earth
blue /bluː/ A1	adjective - of a color like the sky on a sunny day
act /ækt/ A2	verb - to behave in a certain way
innocent /ˈɪnəsənt/ B1	adjective - not guilty of a crime or offense
lied /laɪd/ B1	verb - past tense of lie; to not tell the truth
soon /suːn/ A1	adverb - in or after a short time.

Grammar:

• When I met you in the summer

  ➔ Past Simple Tense

  ➔ Uses the Past Simple tense, "met", to describe a completed action in the past. The phrase "in the summer" specifies the time when the action occurred.

• To my heartbeat sound

  ➔ Prepositional Phrase

  ➔ The phrase "To my heartbeat sound" is a prepositional phrase using "to" to indicate a relationship or direction. In this context, it's somewhat figurative, implying the meeting happened in rhythm with the speaker's heartbeat.

• We fell in love

  ➔ Phrasal Verb in Past Simple

  ➔ "Fell in love" is a phrasal verb (fall + in love) in the Past Simple tense, indicating a completed action of falling in love.

• As the leaves turn brown

  ➔ Present Simple (Describing a natural process)

  ➔ "Turn" is in the Present Simple, used here to describe a general truth or a natural process that happens regularly (leaves changing color in autumn).

• And we could be together baby

  ➔ Conditional Mood (Potential)

  ➔ "Could" is used to express a possibility or a potential situation in the future. It suggests that being together is conditional.

• As long as skies are blue

  ➔ Conditional Clause with 'as long as'

  ➔ "As long as" introduces a condition that must be met for the main clause (we could be together) to be true. The condition is that the skies remain blue, implying constant happiness or good times.

• You act so innocent now

  ➔ Adverb of Degree ('so')

  ➔ The adverb "so" intensifies the adjective "innocent," indicating a high degree of innocence being feigned. "Now" indicates the current time.

• But you lied so soon

  ➔ Adverb of Time ('soon') modifying a verb in Past Simple

  ➔ The adverb "soon" modifies the verb "lied," indicating that the act of lying happened quickly after the beginning of the relationship. Past Simple "lied" used.