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Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel · 1970

Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel (1970) — 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

  • Like a bridge over troubled water
  • I will lay me down
  • Like a bridge over troubled water
  • I will lay me down

Echo the hook

  • I will ease your mind
  • Like a bridge over troubled water
  • I will ease your mind
bridgetroubledwater

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Whenare in your eyes

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Andjust can't be found

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Like a bridge overwater

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Whenfalls so hard

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Oh, whencomes

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

All yourare on their way

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

When you're weary

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm on your side

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

When you're down and out

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I will comfort you

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

See how they shine

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

When ? are in your eyes

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Like a ? over troubled water

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

When ? falls so hard

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

And ? is all around

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

All your ? are on their way

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 "bridge" in the whole song?

"bridge"

Exercise 23

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

"troubled"

Exercise 24

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

  • I will lay me down
  • When you're down and out
  • When you're weary

Exercise 25

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

  • All your dreams are on their way
  • And pain is all around
  • When tears are in your eyes

Exercise 26

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

bridgetroubledwateryou're

Exercise 27

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

bridgetroubledwateryou're

Exercise 28

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

bridgetroubledwateryou're

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • you're→
  • i'll→
  • i'm→
  • can't→

Exercise 30

Who in your life would you dedicate "Bridge Over Troubled Water" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

bridgetroubledwateryou're