Blue Monday
New Order · 1983
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Tell me how do I feel
- Tell me now, how do I feel
- Those who came before me
- Lived through their vocations
Sing it again — final chorus
- Tell me, how do I feel
- Tell me now, how should I feel
- Now I stand here waiting
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:
To treat me like you do?
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
And told me who you are
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I thought I heard your words
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Tell me now, how do I feel
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I still find it so hard
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
How ? it feel
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
I ? I was mistaken
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
They'll ? away no more
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
Just how I ? feel today
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
I'd be a ? person today
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 "feel" in the whole song?
"feel"
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:
- But if it wasn't for your misfortune
- How does it feel
- Lived through their vocations
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- And I thought I heard you speak
- But I'm quite sure that you'll tell me
- To treat me like you do?
Exercise 26
Imagine you are making a short film with "Blue Monday" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?
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.
Exercise 28
Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
you've→they'll→i'm→you'll→wasn't→i'd→
Exercise 30
Rewrite the chorus of "Blue Monday" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).