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A2.1·rock · hard-rock·4:15

Back in Black

AC/DC · 1980

Back in Black by AC/DC (1980) — 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

  • Yes, I'm back
  • Well, I'm back
  • Yes, I'm back
  • Well, I'm back, back

Echo the hook

  • Back (I'm back)
  • Back (I'm back)
  • Back (I'm back)
  • Back (I'm back)

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

That's kept meabout

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

I've beenat the sky

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Forget the'cause I never die

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Abusin'one of them and running wild

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

And I'mthe flack

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Nobody'sget me on another rap

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I hit the sack

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I've been looking at the sky

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I got nine lives

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Yes, I'm back

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Well, I'm back, back

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I've been too ? I'm glad to be back

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

I've been ? at the sky

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Forget the ? 'cause I never die

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Number one with a ? I'm a power pack

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Nobody's ? get me on another rap

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 "well" in the whole song?

"well"

Exercise 23

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

"black"

Exercise 24

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

  • I hit the sack
  • So look at me now
  • Well, I'm back in black

Exercise 25

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

wellblackcausei've

Exercise 26

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

wellblackcausei've

Exercise 27

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Back in Black", what would happen instead?

wellblackcausei've

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i've
  • i'm
  • that's
  • it's
  • they've
  • gonna

Exercise 29

The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.

wellblackcausei've

Exercise 30

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

wellblackcausei've