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A2.2·rock · grunge·5:41

Alive

Pearl Jam · 1991

Alive by Pearl Jam (1991) — 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, I, I'm still alive
  • Yeah, yeah I, oh, I'm still alive
  • Yeah, yeah I, oh, I'm still alive
  • Yeah, yeah I, oh, I'm still alive, yeah

Sing the opening verse

  • Son, she said
  • Have I got a little story for you
  • What you thought was your daddy
  • Was nothin' but a
alivedaddywhile

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Have I got astory for you

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Wasbut a

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Your realwas dyin'

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

While sheslowly

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

She said I'mfor you

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Iswrong? She said

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Son, she said

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

What you thought was your daddy

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Sorry you didn't see him

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Oh I, oh, I'm still alive

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Hey I, oh, I'm still alive, yeah oh

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Have I got a ? story for you

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Home ? at age thirteen

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

But I'm ? we talked

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

She said I'm ? for you

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Yeah, ? I, oh, I'm still alive

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 "alive" in the whole song?

"alive"

Exercise 23

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

"yeah"

Exercise 24

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

  • Hey I, oh, I'm still alive, yeah oh
  • Son, she said
  • Yeah, yeah I, oh, I'm still alive, yeah

Exercise 25

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

  • 'Cept the look, the look
  • Have I got a little story for you
  • Of course there is

Exercise 26

If you could ask Pearl Jam one question about "Alive", what would it be and why?

alivedaddywhilecan't

Exercise 27

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

alivedaddywhilecan't

Exercise 28

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

alivedaddywhilecan't

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • didn't→
  • i'm→
  • can't→
  • you're→

Exercise 30

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

alivedaddywhilecan't