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American Pie

Don McLean · 1971

American Pie by Don McLean (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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Sing with the chorus

  • The day the music died
  • So bye-bye, Miss American Pie
  • Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
  • And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye

Sing it again — final chorus

  • The day the music died
  • I started singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie
  • Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry
  • Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Andthey'd be happy for a while

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

If thetells you so?

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

And mossfat on a rollin' stone

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

And we sangin the dark

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

'Cause thetried to take the field

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

And as theclimbed high into the night

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And maybe they'd be happy for a while

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I couldn't take one more step

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

When I read about his widowed bride

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

This'll be the day that I die"

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

'Cause I saw you dancin' in the gym

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

A ? long time ago

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

'Cause I saw you ? in the gym

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

And a ? that came from you and me

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Now the ? air was sweet perfume

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

No ? born in Hell

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 "levee" in the whole song?

"levee"

Exercise 23

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

"singin'"

Exercise 24

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

  • A long, long time ago
  • But that's not how it used to be
  • We started singin' bye-bye, Miss American Pie

Exercise 25

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

  • And maybe they'd be happy for a while
  • No angel born in Hell
  • This'll be the day that I die"

Exercise 26

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

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Exercise 27

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 28

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

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'd→
  • couldn't→
  • can't→
  • you're→
  • we've→
  • that's→

Exercise 30

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

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