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A2.2·rock·5:07

Clocks

Coldplay · 2002

Clocks by Coldplay (2002) — 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 are
  • You are
  • Confusion that never stops

Echo the hook

  • Home, home, where I wanted to go
  • Home, home, where I wanted to go
  • Home, home, where I wanted to go
  • Home, home, where I wanted to go
homesingin'wanted

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Thego out and I can't be saved

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Haveme down upon my knees

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Shoot anoff my head

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Awaiting to be tamed, singin'

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Closingand ticking clocks

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Andelse compares

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Tides that I tried to swim against

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Gonna come back and take you home

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Am I a part of the cure

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Home, home, where I wanted to go

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Singin' come out of things un said

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

The ? go out and I can't be saved

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Singin' come out of ? un said

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

A ? waiting to be tamed, singin'

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

I could not ? that you now know

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

And ? else compares

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 "home" in the whole song?

"home"

Exercise 23

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

"singin'"

Exercise 24

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

  • Confusion that never stops
  • Or am I part of the disease? Singin'
  • Tides that I tried to swim against

Exercise 25

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

  • And nothing else compares
  • Have brought me down upon my knees
  • I could not stop that you now know

Exercise 26

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

homesingin'wantednothing

Exercise 27

"Clocks" was released in 2002. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

homesingin'wantednothing

Exercise 28

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

homesingin'wantednothing

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • can't→
  • gonna→

Exercise 30

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

homesingin'wantednothing