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A1.2·rock·3:55

Crocodile Rock

Elton John · 1972

Crocodile Rock by Elton John (1972) — 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

  • Laa, la-la-la-la-laa
  • La-la-la-la-laa
  • La-la-la-la-laa
  • But the years went by and the rock just died

Echo the hook

  • I remember when rock was young
  • Me and Susie had so much fun
  • Holding hands and skimming stones
  • Had an old gold Chevy, and a place of my own
crocodilerockrocking

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Iwhen rock was young

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

But thekick I ever got

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Oh,mama those Friday nights

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Longcrying by the record machine

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Wethought the Crocodile Rock would last, well

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Holding hands andstones

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I remember when rock was young

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But they'll never kill the thrills we've got

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Holding hands and skimming stones

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Crocodile rocking is something shocking

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Oh, lawdy mama those Friday nights

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I ? when rock was young

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

While the ? kids were rocking 'round the clock

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Suzie ? and left me for some foreign guy

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Crocodile rocking is ? shocking

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

But the biggest ? I ever got

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 "crocodile" in the whole song?

"crocodile"

Exercise 23

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

"rock"

Exercise 24

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

  • Learning fast as the weeks went past
  • Me and Susie had so much fun
  • Me and Suzie had so much fun

Exercise 25

Compare "Crocodile Rock" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

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Exercise 26

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Crocodile Rock", what would happen instead?

crocodilerockrockingnever

Exercise 27

Describe the mood of "Crocodile Rock" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

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Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • can't→
  • they'll→
  • we've→

Exercise 29

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

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Exercise 30

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

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