Insert blanks in the middle or end of the line. As we know, the other words do not carry the main message of a sentence and are unstressed which will make it difficult for a learner to catch. When inserting the blanks in the worksheet, try and give the same length to all the blanks. Challenge students by inserting some blanks instead of unknown or difficult words. Try not to insert two or more blakns together, except when the deleted words form a unit or a collocation, eg.
Bus stop, compact disk, etc.
If your students may find the blanks too difficult, then provide alternatives for each word. Two or three possible words foe each blank will be enough. Choose words are sound alike, are written alike or present small differences but that can be spotted only by context. However, before listening, the students should be challenged to try and find the words that do not go in the lyrics. Each strip will have a line of the lyrics.