verb
ADVERB
▪ loud , loudly , lustily
▪
The birds sang louder than ever.
▪ gently , quietly , softly
▪
He was ~ing quietly to himself.
▪ beautifully , sweetly , well
▪ badly
▪ cheerfully , happily , joyfully , merrily
▪
Birds sang cheerfully in the trees.
▪ a bit ( esp. BrE ), a little
▪
She could ~ a little and agreed to take part in the show.
▪ live
▪
Have you ever heard the band ~ live?
▪ professionally
▪ together
▪
We played and sang together.
VERB + SING
▪ be able to , can
▪
I can't ~ very well.
PREPOSITION
▪ about
▪
boy bands ~ing about love
▪ to
▪
Shall I ~ to you?
PHRASES
▪ be sung to the tune of sth
▪
The lyrics were sung to the tune of the Beatles' ‘Eleanor Rigby’.
▪ ~ at the top of your lungs ( AmE ), ~ at the top of your voice ( BrE )
▪ ~ like an angel
▪ ~ out of tune
▪
Unfortunately, he was ~ing out of tune.
▪ ~ sb to sleep
▪
Her mother sang her to sleep.
Sing is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ bird , ↑ choir , ↑ cricket , ↑ kettle , ↑ musician , ↑ singer , ↑ tenor , ↑ voice , ↑ whale
Sing is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ bar , ↑ blues , ↑ chant , ↑ chorus , ↑ hymn , ↑ lead , ↑ lyrics , ↑ measure , ↑ melody , ↑ music , ↑ note , ↑ opera , ↑ part , ↑ piece , ↑ refrain , ↑ rhyme , ↑ role , ↑ scale , ↑ snatch , ↑ solo , ↑ song , ↑ soprano , ↑ tenor , ↑ tune , ↑ word