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Both Sides Now

Joni Mitchell · 1969

Both Sides Now by Joni Mitchell (1969) — 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

  • From up and down, and still somehow
  • It's cloud illusions, I recall
  • I really don't know clouds at all
  • Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels

Echo the hook

  • It's life's illusions, I recall
  • I really don't know life at all
i'vedon'tit's

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Rows andof angel hair

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

But now they onlythe sun

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Idon't know clouds at all

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

But now it's justshow

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Tears andand feeling proud

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Theytheir heads, they say I've changed

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I've looked at clouds that way

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

They rain and snow on everyone

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I've looked at clouds from both sides now

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I really don't know clouds at all

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I've looked at love that way

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Rows and ? of angel hair

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

So ? things I would've done

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

As ? fairy tale comes real

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

I really ? know love at all

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

They ? their heads, they say I've changed

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 "i've" in the whole song?

"i've"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "don't" in the whole song?

"don't"

Exercise 24

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

  • Dreams and schemes and circus crowds
  • Rows and flows of angel hair
  • The dizzy dancin' way you feel

Exercise 25

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

  • And ice cream castles in the air
  • I've looked at love from both sides now
  • Well, something's lost, but something's gained

Exercise 26

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

i'vedon'tit'sknow

Exercise 27

"Both Sides Now" was released in 1969. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

i'vedon'tit'sknow

Exercise 28

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

i'vedon'tit'sknow

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i've→
  • it's→
  • don't→

Exercise 30

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

i'vedon'tit'sknow