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Cupid

Sam Cooke · 1961

Cupid by Sam Cooke (1961) — 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

  • And let your arrow go
  • Straight to my lover's heart for me, for me
  • Cupid, please hear my cry
  • And let your arrow fly

Echo the hook

  • So, Cupid, draw back your bow
  • And let your arrow go
  • Straight to my lover's heart for me, nobody but me
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

And let yourgo

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Straight to myheart for me, for me

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Straight to my lover'sfor me

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

There'sof me losing all of my happiness

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

So,draw back your bow

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Don't you hear meyou?

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Now, I don't mean to bother you

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And this you can fix

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Help me if you will

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I need you

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Cupid don't fail me 'cause I need you

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Cupid, ? back your bow

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Straight to my ? heart for me, for me

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Now, I ? mean to bother you

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

So, ? draw back your bow

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Don't you hear me ? you?

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 "cupid" in the whole song?

"cupid"

Exercise 23

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

"arrow"

Exercise 24

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

  • And let your arrow go
  • Cupid, draw back your bow
  • So, Cupid, draw back your bow

Exercise 25

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

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Exercise 26

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

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Exercise 27

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

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Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • don't→
  • i'm→
  • there's→
  • doesn't→

Exercise 29

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 30

If you had to summarize "Cupid" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

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