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A2.2·rock·3:46

3 a.m.

Matchbox Twenty · 1996

3 a.m. by Matchbox Twenty (1996) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

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Lyrics + translation · letras.mus.br

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Sing with the chorus

  • And she only sleeps when it's raining
  • And she screams and her voice is straining
  • She says, baby
  • It's 3 a.m., I must be lonely

Sing it again — final chorus

  • And she only sleeps when it's raining
  • And she screams, and her voice is straining
  • She says, baby
  • It's 3 a,m., I must be lonely
it'swellsays

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

She'sworried about things like that

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

And she onlywhen it's raining

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

And sheand her voice is straining

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

And she screams, and heris straining

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

And the rain'swash away I believe this

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Butit's stopped raining

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

She's always worried about things like that

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And she screams and her voice is straining

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

It's 3 a.m., I must be lonely

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Well, yeah, when she says, baby, yeah

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Well, it's 3 a.m, I must be lonely

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

She's ? worried about things like that

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

And she ? and her voice is straining

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

And the ? gonna wash away I believe it

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

And the rain's ? wash away I believe this

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Yeah, ? she says, baby

Exercise 17

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 18

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 19

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 20

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 21

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 22

How many times do you hear the word "it's" in the whole song?

"it's"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "well" in the whole song?

"well"

Exercise 24

Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:

  • She's always worried about things like that
  • Well, yeah, when she says, baby, yeah
  • When she says, baby

Exercise 25

And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:

  • And she only sleeps when it's raining
  • She says, baby
  • Yeah, well, she says, baby

Exercise 26

Describe the mood of "3 a.m." in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

it'swellsaysbaby

Exercise 27

Who in your life would you dedicate "3 a.m." to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

it'swellsaysbaby

Exercise 28

Compare "3 a.m." with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

it'swellsaysbaby

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • it's→
  • she's→
  • gonna→
  • can't→
  • don't→
  • you're→

Exercise 30

Imagine you are making a short film with "3 a.m." as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

it'swellsaysbaby