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B1.1·rock·4:13

505

Arctic Monkeys · 2007

505 by Arctic Monkeys (2007) — 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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🎤 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

Fill the blank in this line:

I'mback to 505

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

If it's a 7flight

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

You'relying on your side

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Mywhat did you expect?

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

In myyou're waiting lying on your side

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

But Icompletely when you cry

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:

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 "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.

handsit'sgoingflight

Exercise 27

If you could ask Arctic Monkeys one question about "505", what would it be and why?

handsit'sgoingflight

Exercise 28

Rewrite the chorus of "505" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

handsit'sgoingflight

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?

handsit'sgoingflight