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Come Sail Away

Styx · 1977

Come Sail Away by Styx (1977) — 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

  • Come sail away, come sail away
  • Come sail away with me
  • Come sail away, come sail away
  • Come sail away with me, baby

Echo the hook

  • To carry on
  • I look to the sea
  • Reflections in the waves, spark my memory
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Set an openfor the Virgin Sea

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

OnI'm the captain

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Reflections in thespark my memory

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

So thegoes

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Aof angels

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Ithat they were angels

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm sailing away

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

On board, I'm the captain

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And I'll try, oh Lord, I'll try

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

We lived happily forever

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But we'll try, best that we can

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Set an ? course for the Virgin Sea

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

We'll ? for tomorrow

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

We ? happily forever

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

But ? try, best that we can

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

They said come ? away, come sail away

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 "sail" in the whole song?

"sail"

Exercise 23

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

  • I'm sailing away
  • Singing "Come sail away, come sail away
  • To carry on

Exercise 24

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

  • Come sail away with me
  • Come sail away, come sail away
  • Set an open course for the Virgin Sea

Exercise 25

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

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Exercise 26

"Come Sail Away" was released in 1977. 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 27

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

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Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'm→
  • i've→
  • that's→
  • we'll→
  • i'll→

Exercise 29

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

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Exercise 30

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Come Sail Away", what would happen instead?

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