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A2.1·rock · folk·3:38

A Horse with No Name

America · 1971

A Horse with No Name by America (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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Lyrics + translation · letras.mus.br

🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • There was sand and hills and rings
  • The first thing I met was a fly with a buzz
  • And the sky with no clouds
  • The heat was hot and the ground was dry

Echo the hook

  • You see
  • I've been through the desert on a horse with no name
  • It felt good to be out of the rain
  • In the desert you can remember your name
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

On thepart of the journey

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

There wereand birds and rocks and things

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

In theyou can remember your name

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

I was looking at abed

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

'Cause the desert hadto sea

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

And adisguise above

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I was looking at all the life

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I was looking at a river bed

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

There was sand and hills and rings

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But the air was full of sound

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

My skin began to turn red

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

On the ? part of the journey

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

The ? was hot and the ground was dry

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

After two ? in the desert sun

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Made me sad to ? it was dead

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

There was sand and ? and rings

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 "desert" in the whole song?

"desert"

Exercise 23

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

"lala"

Exercise 24

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

  • In the desert you can remember your name
  • Made me sad to think it was dead
  • On the first part of the journey

Exercise 25

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

  • 'Cause the desert had turned to sea
  • After three days in the desert fun
  • I was looking at all the life

Exercise 26

Compare "A Horse with No Name" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

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Exercise 27

If you could change the ending of the story told in "A Horse with No Name", what would happen instead?

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Exercise 28

Describe the mood of "A Horse with No Name" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

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Exercise 29

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

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Exercise 30

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "A Horse with No Name" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

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