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B1.1·rock · metal·3:30

Chop Suey!

System of a Down · 2001

Chop Suey! by System of a Down (2001) — 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

  • You wanted to
  • Grab a brush and put a little makeup
  • You wanted to
  • Hide the scars to fade away the shake-up

Echo the hook

  • Father (father)
  • Father (father)
  • Father (father)
  • Father (father)
fatherwantedhide

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Grab aand put a little make-up

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Why'd youthe keys upon the table?

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Grab a brush and put amakeup

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

I... Cry... Whendeserve to die

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

I... Cry... When angelsto die

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Why have youme?

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Why'd you leave the keys upon the table?

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You wanted to

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I... Cry... When angels deserve to die

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Why have you forsaken me?

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Hide the scars to fade away the shake-up

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Grab a ? and put a little make-up

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Why'd you ? the keys upon the table?

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Why'd you leave the ? upon the table?

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

I don't ? you trust

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Why have you ? me?

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 "father" in the whole song?

"father"

Exercise 23

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

"wanted"

Exercise 24

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

  • Grab a brush and put a little make-up
  • I... Cry... When angels deserve to die
  • In... My... Self-righteous suicide

Exercise 25

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

  • Hide the scars to fade away the shake-up
  • In, my, Self-righteous suicide
  • You wanted to

Exercise 26

If you could ask System of a Down one question about "Chop Suey!", what would it be and why?

fatherwantedhidescars

Exercise 27

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

fatherwantedhidescars

Exercise 28

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

fatherwantedhidescars

Exercise 29

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

fatherwantedhidescars

Exercise 30

Imagine you are making a short film with "Chop Suey!" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

fatherwantedhidescars