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Don't Stand So Close to Me

The Police · 1980

Don't Stand So Close to Me by The Police (1980) — 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 stand, don't stand so
  • Don't stand so close to me
  • Don't stand, don't stand so
  • Don't stand so close to me

Echo the hook

  • (Please don't stand so close to me)
  • Don't stand so close to me
  • Don't stand, don't stand so
  • (Please don't stand so close to me)
don'tstandclose

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Youngthe subject

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Inside him,longing

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Bookshe's so close now

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Don't stand soto me

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

To be thepet

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Strongin the staff room

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

She wants him so badly

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Book marking, she's so close now

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Wet bus stop, she's waiting

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

It's no use, he sees her

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Young teacher, the subject

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Young ? the subject

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Book ? she's so close now

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Don't stand, ? stand so

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

So bad it ? him cry

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

To ? they try and try

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 "stand" in the whole song?

"stand"

Exercise 24

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

  • Don't stand so close to me
  • Wet bus stop, she's waiting
  • Young teacher, the subject

Exercise 25

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

  • (Please don't stand so close to me)
  • Of schoolgirl fantasy
  • The accusations fly

Exercise 26

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Don't Stand So Close to Me", what would happen instead?

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Exercise 27

Describe the mood of "Don't Stand So Close to Me" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

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Exercise 28

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

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • there's→
  • she's→
  • don't→
  • it's→

Exercise 30

"Don't Stand So Close to Me" was released in 1980. 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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