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A Change Is Gonna Come

Sam Cooke · 1964

A Change Is Gonna Come by Sam Cooke (1964) — 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

  • It's been a long
  • A long time coming, but I know
  • A change gon' come
  • Oh yes, it will

Sing it again — final chorus

  • It's been a long
  • A long time coming, but I know
  • A change gon' come
  • Oh yes, it will
longit'sknow

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

In atent

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

A long timebut I know

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

But I'mto die

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Andkeep telling me

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

But heup knockin' me

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

There beenthat I thought

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I was born by the river

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But I'm afraid to die

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I go to the movie

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Then, I go to my brother

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But he winds up knockin' me

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I was ? by the river

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

A ? time coming, but I know

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

But I'm ? to die

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

A long time ? but I know

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Back down on my ? oh

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 "long" in the whole song?

"long"

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:

  • A long time coming, but I know
  • I was born by the river
  • Then, I go to my brother

Exercise 25

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

  • And somebody keep telling me
  • But he winds up knockin' me
  • In a little tent

Exercise 26

The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.

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Exercise 27

Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?

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Exercise 28

"A Change Is Gonna Come" was released in 1964. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i've→
  • it's→
  • i'm→
  • don't→
  • what's→
  • couldn't→

Exercise 30

If you had to summarize "A Change Is Gonna Come" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

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