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A2.1·rock·4:44

Don't Cry

Guns N' Roses · 1991

Don't Cry by Guns N' Roses (1991) — 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 with the chorus

  • And don't you cry tonight
  • Give me a whisper and give me a sigh (ah)
  • Give me a kiss before you tell me goodbye
  • Don't you take it so hard now, and please don't take it so bad

Sing it again — final chorus

  • And don't you cry tonight
  • Don't you cry tonight
  • Don't you cry tonight, there's a heaven above you, baby
  • And don't you cry tonight

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Talk to methere's something in your eyes

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Something isinside you, and don't you know?

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Don't you cryI still love you, baby

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Andremember that I never lied

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Don't you cry tonight, baby,someday

Exercise 6

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Don't you cry tonight

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And don't you cry tonight

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And please remember that I never lied

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And don't you cry, don't you ever cry

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Don't you cry tonight, baby, maybe someday

Exercise 11

Choose the missing word:

Talk to me ? there's something in your eyes

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Something is ? inside you, and don't you know?

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

And ? you cry tonight

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Give me a ? before you tell me goodbye

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

And don't you cry, don't you ? cry

Exercise 16

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

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

How many times do you hear the word "don't" in the whole song?

"don't"

Exercise 22

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

"tonight"

Exercise 23

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

  • And don't you cry tonight
  • And don't you cry, don't you ever cry
  • Don't you cry tonight

Exercise 24

Describe the mood of "Don't Cry" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

don'ttonightbabythere's

Exercise 25

Who in your life would you dedicate "Don't Cry" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

don'ttonightbabythere's

Exercise 26

Compare "Don't Cry" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

don'ttonightbabythere's

Exercise 27

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • there's
  • don't
  • i've
  • i'll
  • gotta
  • you'll

Exercise 28

Imagine you are making a short film with "Don't Cry" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

don'ttonightbabythere's

Exercise 29

Rewrite the chorus of "Don't Cry" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

don'ttonightbabythere's

Exercise 30

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'ttonightbabythere's