Beautiful Day
U2 · 2000
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- It's a beautiful day
- Sky falls, you feel like
- It's a beautiful day
- Don't let it get away
Echo the hook
- Touch me
- Take me to that other place
- Teach me
- I know I'm not a hopeless case
Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory
Exercises
Exercise 1
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Exercise 2
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Exercise 3
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Exercise 4
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Exercise 5
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Exercise 6
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Exercise 7
Translate this line to Portuguese:
You're out of luck
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
And you're not moving anywhere
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
To take you out of this place
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Sky falls, you feel like
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
But you've got no destination
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
The ? is a bloom
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
And ? not moving anywhere
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
But ? got no destination
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
See the ? in green and blue
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
See the ? with a leaf in her mouth
Exercise 17
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 18
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Exercise 19
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Exercise 20
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Exercise 21
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Exercise 22
How many times do you hear the word "don't" in the whole song?
"don't"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "beautiful" in the whole song?
"beautiful"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- I know I'm not a hopeless case
- It's a beautiful day
- The heart is a bloom
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- See China right in front of you
- Shoots up through the stony ground
- You're lovin' this town
Exercise 26
Rewrite the chorus of "Beautiful Day" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).
Exercise 27
If you had to summarize "Beautiful Day" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?
Exercise 28
What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Beautiful Day" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
there's→you're→you'd→it's→don't→you've→
Exercise 30
Who in your life would you dedicate "Beautiful Day" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?