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A Case of You

Joni Mitchell · 1971

A Case of You by Joni Mitchell (1971) — 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

  • You taste so bitter
  • And so sweet, oh
  • I could drink a case of you, darling

Echo the hook

  • Still I'd be on my feet
  • I would still be on my feet
  • I met a woman
  • She had a mouth like yours
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

On the back of acoaster

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Oh, you are in mylike holy wine

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

I coulda case of you, darling

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

And I'mto those ones that ain't afraid

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Surely youmine, 'cause

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Oh,in my blood like holy wine

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Just before our love got lost, you said

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You taste so bitter

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And I would still be on my feet

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Oh, I am a lonely painter

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm frightened by the devil

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Just before our love got ? you said

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

I ? a map of Canada

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

I could ? a case of you, darling

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

I ? that time you told me

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Oh, ? in my blood like holy wine

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 "feet" in the whole song?

"feet"

Exercise 23

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

"bitter"

Exercise 24

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

  • Just before our love got lost, you said
  • Oh, I am a lonely painter
  • Still I'd be on my feet

Exercise 25

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

  • "Constantly in the darkness
  • Part of you pours out of me
  • She had a mouth like yours

Exercise 26

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "A Case of You" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

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Exercise 27

If you could ask Joni Mitchell one question about "A Case of You", what would it be and why?

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Exercise 28

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

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'll→
  • i'm→
  • you're→
  • i'd→

Exercise 30

If you could change the ending of the story told in "A Case of You", what would happen instead?

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