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December

Collective Soul · 1995

December by Collective Soul (1995) — 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

  • Don't scream about, don't think aloud
  • Turn your head now, baby, just spit me out
  • Don't worry about, don't speak of doubt
  • Turn your head now, baby, just spit me out

Echo the hook

  • December promise you gave unto me
  • December whispers of treachery
  • December clouds are now covering me
  • December songs no longer I sing

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Whythe water from my hand?

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Just tilt my sunyour domain

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Don'tabout, don't speak of doubt

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Don'taway your basic needs

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Decemberyou gave unto me

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Decemberno longer I sing

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Contagious as you think I am

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

December promise you gave unto me

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Why drink the water from my hand?

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Your cup runneth over again

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Don't worry about, don't speak of doubt

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Why ? the water from my hand?

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Don't ? about, don't think aloud

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Why ? me to higher ground?

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Turn your head now, baby, just ? me out

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

December ? are now covering 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 "don't" in the whole song?

"don't"

Exercise 23

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

"turn"

Exercise 24

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

  • December clouds are now covering me
  • Don't throw away your basic needs
  • Why drink the water from my hand?

Exercise 25

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

  • Contagious as you think I am
  • December promise you gave unto me
  • Don't scream about, don't think aloud

Exercise 26

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

don'tturnheadbaby

Exercise 27

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

don'tturnheadbaby

Exercise 28

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

don'tturnheadbaby

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.

don'tturnheadbaby

Exercise 30

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

don'tturnheadbaby