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A2.1·rock · electronic·7:26

Blue Monday

New Order · 1983

Blue Monday by New Order (1983) — 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

  • 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

Fill the blank in this line:

Tome like you do?

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

II was mistaken

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Livedtheir vocations

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Just how Ifeel today

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

But if itfor your misfortune

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Now Ihere waiting

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:

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 "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?

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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.

feeltellthoughtdoes

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:

  • 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).

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