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A2.1·pop · r&b·4:48

Cry Me a River

Justin Timberlake · 2002

Cry Me a River by Justin Timberlake (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

  • Cry me a river
  • Cry me a river
  • Cry me a river
  • Cry me a river

Echo the hook

  • The damage is done
  • So I guess I'll be leaving
  • The damage is done
  • So I guess I'll be leaving
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

And madeplans

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Nowjust no chance for you and me

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Why did youme all alone

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

That someare better left unsaid

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Keepwith my head

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Theis done

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You were my sun

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

So you took a chance

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I already know, I found out from him

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You told me you loved me

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Now you tell me you need me

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

So you ? a chance

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Now ? just no chance for you and me

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

When you ? me on the phone

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

All of ? things people told me

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Now you tell me you ? me

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 "river" in the whole song?

"river"

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:

  • Cry me a river
  • You told me you loved me
  • You were my sun

Exercise 25

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

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Exercise 26

If you could ask Justin Timberlake one question about "Cry Me a River", what would it be and why?

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Exercise 27

Rewrite the chorus of "Cry Me a River" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

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Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • didn't→
  • don't→
  • there's→
  • it's→
  • wasn't→
  • i'm→

Exercise 29

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Cry Me a River", what would happen instead?

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Exercise 30

"Cry Me a River" 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.

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