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A2.2·soul·4:01

Back to Black

Amy Winehouse · 2006

Back to Black by Amy Winehouse (2006) — 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

  • We only said goodbye with words
  • I died a hundred times
  • You go back to her
  • And I go back to...

Echo the hook

  • I go back to...
  • I go back to...
  • We only said goodbye with words
  • I died a hundred times
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

And mydry

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Get onmy guy

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

So farfrom all that we went through

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

And Ia troubled track

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

We only saidwith words

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

I died atimes

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

He left no time to regret

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And I tread a troubled track

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

We only said goodbye with words

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You go back to her

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I go back to us

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

He ? no time to regret

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Me and my ? high

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

You ? back to what you knew

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

My ? are stacked

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

You love ? and I love puff

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 "black" in the whole song?

"black"

Exercise 23

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

"goodbye"

Exercise 24

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

  • He left no time to regret
  • I died a hundred times
  • You go back to her

Exercise 25

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

  • And life is like a pipe
  • Black, black, black, black, black, black, black
  • Kept his dick wet

Exercise 26

Imagine you are making a short film with "Back to Black" 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'll→
  • it's→
  • i'm→

Exercise 30

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

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