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Close To You

Gracie Abrams · 2024

Close To You by Gracie Abrams (2024) — 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

  • (Close to you)
  • (Close)
  • (Close to you)
  • I don't got a single problem with provocative

Echo the hook

  • Just let me be
  • Close to you, close to you, close to you
  • (Just let me be) oh, close to you, close to you, close to you
  • And now your mouth is moving, cinematic timing

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

I don't got aproblem with provocative

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Smoky, dark,room, I need nothing

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

If youme to (ask me too)

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Close to you,to you, close to you

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

And now youris moving, cinematic timing

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Everyline (ah-ah-ah)

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Close to you

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Smoky, dark, crowded room, I need nothing

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I burn for you burn for you

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

If you asked me to ask me too

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I wanna be close to you

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I ? got a single problem with provocative

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Under ? light in June (ah-ah-ah)

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

If you ? me to (ask me too)

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Close to you, ? to you, close to you

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Every ? line (ah-ah-ah)

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 "close" in the whole song?

"close"

Exercise 23

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

"burn"

Exercise 24

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

closeburnpulldon't

Exercise 25

Who in your life would you dedicate "Close To You" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

closeburnpulldon't

Exercise 26

Compare "Close To You" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

closeburnpulldon't

Exercise 27

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • don't
  • it's
  • i'd
  • wanna
  • i'm
  • i'll

Exercise 28

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

closeburnpulldon't

Exercise 29

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

closeburnpulldon't

Exercise 30

The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.

closeburnpulldon't