Don't Look Back in Anger
Oasis · 1995
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Stand up beside the fireplace
- Take that look from off your face
- You ain't ever gonna burn my heart out
Echo the hook
- My soul slides away
- "But don't look back in anger", I heard you say
- So Sally can wait
Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory
Exercises
Exercise 1
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Exercise 2
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Exercise 3
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Exercise 4
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Exercise 5
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Exercise 6
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Exercise 7
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Don't you know you might find
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
But all the things that you've seen
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
You ain't ever gonna burn my heart out
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I heard you say
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
A better place to play?
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Slip ? the eye of your mind
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
But all the ? that you've seen
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
Stand up ? the fireplace
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
Take me to the ? where you go
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
Step outside ? summertime's in bloom
Exercise 17
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 18
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Exercise 19
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Exercise 20
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Exercise 21
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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 "knows" in the whole song?
"knows"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- Slip inside the eye of your mind
- Stand up beside the fireplace
- Take that look from off your face
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- Don't you know you might find
- My soul slides away
- Where nobody knows if it's night or day
Exercise 26
If you had to summarize "Don't Look Back in Anger" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?
Exercise 27
What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Don't Look Back in Anger" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.
Exercise 28
If you could ask Oasis one question about "Don't Look Back in Anger", what would it be and why?
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
don't→you'd→you've→gonna→it's→we're→
Exercise 30
Compare "Don't Look Back in Anger" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?