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Dog Days Are Over

Florence + the Machine · 2008

Dog Days Are Over by Florence + the Machine (2008) — 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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Lyrics + translation · letras.mus.br

🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • The dog days are over
  • The dog days are done
  • The horses are coming
  • So you better run

Echo the hook

  • Can you hear the horses?
  • 'Cause here they come
  • And I never wanted anything from you
  • Except everything you had
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Happiness hit her like aon a track

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

She hid aroundand she hid under beds

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Theare coming

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Run for yourfor your sisters and brothers

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Exceptyou had

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Struck from aheight

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

With every bubble, she sank with her drink

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Can you hear the horses?

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And I never wanted anything from you

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

The dog days are done here they come

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Coming towards her, stuck still, no turning back

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Happiness hit her like a ? on a track

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

With ? bubble, she sank with her drink

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

So you ? run

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

And I ? wanted anything from you

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Struck from a ? height

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 "days" in the whole song?

"days"

Exercise 23

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

"done"

Exercise 24

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

  • 'Cause here they come
  • Coming towards her, stuck still, no turning back
  • The dog days are over

Exercise 25

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

  • By someone who should know better than that
  • Can you hear the horses?
  • With every bubble, she sank with her drink

Exercise 26

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

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Exercise 27

If you could ask Florence + the Machine one question about "Dog Days Are Over", what would it be and why?

daysdonehorsescoming

Exercise 28

Rewrite the chorus of "Dog Days Are Over" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

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Exercise 29

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Dog Days Are Over", what would happen instead?

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Exercise 30

"Dog Days Are Over" was released in 2008. 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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