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Come as You Are

Nirvana · 1991

Come as You Are by Nirvana (1991) — 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

  • No, I don't have a gun
  • No, I don't have a gun

Echo the hook

  • As I want you to be
  • As a friend, as a friend
  • As an old enemy
  • Take your time, hurry up
memoriadon'tfriend

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

As aas a friend

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Take your time,up

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Choice isdon't be late

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Comein mud, soaked in bleach

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

As aas a friend

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

And Ithat I don't have a gun

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Come as you are, as you were

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

No, I don't have a gun

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

As a friend, as a friend

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Take your time, hurry up

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Take a rest as a friend

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

As I ? you to be

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

As a ? as a friend

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Choice is ? don't be late

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Come ? in mud, soaked in bleach

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

And I ? that I don't have a gun

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 "memoria" in the whole song?

"memoria"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "don't" in the whole song?

"don't"

Exercise 24

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

  • Come as you are, as you were
  • No, I don't have a gun
  • Take a rest as a friend

Exercise 25

"Come as You Are" was released in 1991. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

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Exercise 26

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

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Exercise 27

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

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Exercise 28

If you could ask Nirvana one question about "Come as You Are", what would it be and why?

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Exercise 29

Describe the mood of "Come as You Are" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

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Exercise 30

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

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