505
Arctic Monkeys · 2007
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- I'm going back to 505
- If it's a 7 hours flight
- Or a 45 minute drive
- In my imagination
Sing it again — final chorus
- I'm going back to 505
- If it's a 7 hour flight
- Or a 45 minute drive
- In my imagination you're waiting lying on your side
Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory
Exercises
Exercise 1
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Exercise 2
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Exercise 3
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Exercise 4
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Exercise 5
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Exercise 6
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Exercise 7
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I'm going back to 505
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
When you look at me like that
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I probably still adore you
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I'm not shy of a spark
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
If it's a 7 hours flight
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
I'm ? back to 505
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
You're ? lying on your side
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
My ? what did you expect?
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
If it's a 7 ? flight
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
But I ? completely when you cry
Exercise 17
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 18
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Exercise 19
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Exercise 20
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Exercise 21
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 22
How many times do you hear the word "hands" in the whole song?
"hands"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "it's" in the whole song?
"it's"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- I'm going back to 505
- If it's a 7 hour flight
- When you look at me like that
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- If it's a 7 hours flight
- Or a 45 minute drive
- With your hands around my neck
Exercise 26
What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "505" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.
Exercise 27
If you could ask Arctic Monkeys one question about "505", what would it be and why?
Exercise 28
Rewrite the chorus of "505" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
i'm→it's→you're→you've→
Exercise 30
If you could change the ending of the story told in "505", what would happen instead?