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B1.1·rock · psychedelic·5:35

A Day in the Life

The Beatles · 1967

A Day in the Life by The Beatles (1967) — 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

🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • I read the news today, oh boy
  • About a lucky man who made the grade
  • And though the news was rather sad
  • Well I just had to laugh

Echo the hook

  • I'd love to turn you on
readnewstoday

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

I read the newsoh boy

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Henotice that the lights had changed

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

If he was from theof Lords

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Dragged a combmy head

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Found my coat andmy hat

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Somebodyand I went into a dream

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I read the news today, oh boy

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I saw the photograph

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

He didn't notice that the lights had changed

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

If he was from the House of Lords

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But I just had to look

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I ? the news today, oh boy

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

A ? of people stood and stared

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

The ? Army had just won the war

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Found my way ? and drank a cup

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Somebody ? and I went into a dream

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 "read" in the whole song?

"read"

Exercise 23

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

"news"

Exercise 24

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

  • And looking up I noticed I was late
  • I read the news today, oh boy
  • If he was from the House of Lords

Exercise 25

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

  • About a lucky man who made the grade
  • But I just had to look
  • Found my coat and grabbed my hat

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.

readnewstodayfound

Exercise 27

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

readnewstodayfound

Exercise 28

"A Day in the Life" was released in 1967. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

readnewstodayfound

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • didn't→
  • i'd→

Exercise 30

If you had to summarize "A Day in the Life" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

readnewstodayfound