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Breakeven

The Script · 2008

Breakeven by The Script (2008) — 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

  • I'm falling to pieces, yeah
  • I'm falling to pieces
  • They say bad things happen for a reason
  • But no wise words gonna stop the bleeding

Echo the hook

  • Oh, it don't breakeven, no
  • Oh, it don't breakeven, no
  • Oh, it don't breakeven, no
don'tfallingpieces

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

I'm stillbut I'm barely breathing

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

While I'm wideshe's no trouble sleeping

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

When the best part of me wasyou?

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

But no wisegonna stop the bleeding

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

When I'm all choked up andOK?

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

You took yourI took the blame

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm still alive but I'm barely breathing

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

While I'm wide awake she's no trouble sleeping

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And what am I supposed to say

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm falling to pieces, yeah

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

They say bad things happen for a reason

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I'm still ? but I'm barely breathing

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

'Cause when a heart ? no it don't breakeven

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

They say bad ? happen for a reason

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

When the best part of me was ? you?

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

I'm still alive but I'm ? breathing

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 "don't" in the whole song?

"don't"

Exercise 23

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

"falling"

Exercise 24

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

  • And what am I gonna do
  • I'm still alive but I'm barely breathing
  • No, it don't breakeven, no

Exercise 25

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

  • 'Cause I got time while she got freedom
  • And what am I supposed to say
  • I'm falling to pieces

Exercise 26

If you could ask The Script one question about "Breakeven", what would it be and why?

don'tfallingpiecescause

Exercise 27

Rewrite the chorus of "Breakeven" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

don'tfallingpiecescause

Exercise 28

If you had to summarize "Breakeven" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

don'tfallingpiecescause

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'm→
  • don't→
  • that's→
  • gonna→
  • she's→
  • you're→

Exercise 30

Describe the mood of "Breakeven" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

don'tfallingpiecescause