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A2.2·rock·8:19

Africa

Toto · 1982

Africa by Toto (1982) — 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 bless the rains down in Africa
  • Gonna take some time to do the things we never had
  • The wild dogs cry out in the night
  • As they grow restless longing for some solitary company

Sing it again — final chorus

  • I bless the rains down in Africa
  • I passed some rains down in Africa (I bless the rains)
  • I bless the rains down in Africa
  • I passed some rains down in Africa (I bless)
rainsblessafrica

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

I hear theechoing tonight

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

She'sin 12:30 flight

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Heto me as if to say

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Ithe rains down in Africa

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

I know that I must doright

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

I bless thedown in Africa

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I hear the drums echoing tonight

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I stopped an old man along the way

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Hurry boy, it's waiting there for you

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I know that I must do what's right

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Frightened of this thing that I've become

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I ? the drums echoing tonight

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

I ? an old man along the way

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

I ? the rains down in Africa

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

I ? that I must do what's right

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

I bless the ? down in Africa

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 "rains" in the whole song?

"rains"

Exercise 23

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

"bless"

Exercise 24

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

  • Come on up
  • Frightened of this thing that I've become
  • Hurry boy, it's waiting there for you

Exercise 25

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

  • I bless the rains down in Africa
  • I hear the drums echoing tonight
  • I seek to cure what's deep inside

Exercise 26

Describe the mood of "Africa" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

rainsblessafricait's

Exercise 27

Who in your life would you dedicate "Africa" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

rainsblessafricait's

Exercise 28

Compare "Africa" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

rainsblessafricait's

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • she's→
  • it's→
  • gonna→
  • there's→
  • what's→
  • i've→

Exercise 30

Imagine you are making a short film with "Africa" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

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