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Blank Space

Taylor Swift · 2014

Blank Space by Taylor Swift (2014) — 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

  • Got a long list of ex-lovers
  • They'll tell you I'm insane
  • 'Cause you know I love the players
  • And you love the game

Echo the hook

  • I could show you incredible things
  • Magic, madness, heaven, sin
  • Saw you there and I thought
  • "Oh, my God, look at that face

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

I could show youthings

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Ain't itRumors fly

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

If the high wasthe pain

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

And I'llyour name

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

I can make all theturn

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

'Cause,I'm a nightmare dressed like a daydream

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Nice to meet you, where you been?

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Saw you there and I thought

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I can read you like a magazine

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm dying to see how this one ends

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

They'll tell you I'm insane

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Nice to ? you, where you been?

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

And I ? you heard about me

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

It'll ? you breathless, mm

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Be that ? for a month

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

If the high was ? the pain

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 "it's" in the whole song?

"it's"

Exercise 23

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

"tell"

Exercise 24

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

  • And you love the game
  • Nice to meet you, where you been?
  • Or with a nasty scar

Exercise 25

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

  • But I've got a blank space, baby
  • I could show you incredible things
  • Rose garden filled with thorns

Exercise 26

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

it'stellinsanecause

Exercise 27

"Blank Space" was released in 2014. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

it'stellinsanecause

Exercise 28

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

it'stellinsanecause

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • wanna
  • let's
  • i'm
  • it's
  • gonna
  • they'll

Exercise 30

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Blank Space" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

it'stellinsanecause