Don't Stop
Fleetwood Mac · 1977
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Don't stop thinking about tomorrow
- Don't stop, it'll soon be here
- It'll be better than before
- Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone
Echo the hook
- (Ooh) don't you look back
- (Ooh) don't you look back
- (Ooh) don't you look back
- (Ooh) don't you look back
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:
You'll see things in a different way
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
If your life was bad to you
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I know you don't believe that it's true
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Ooh don't you look back
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Open your eyes and look at the day
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
If you ? up and don't want to smile
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
Don't ? thinking about tomorrow
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
Why not ? about times to come
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
Don't stop ? about tomorrow
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
If it takes just a ? while
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 "stop" in the whole song?
"stop"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- Don't stop, it'll soon be here
- If it takes just a little while
- Just think what tomorrow will do
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- It'll be better than before
- Open your eyes and look at the day
- Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone
Exercise 26
The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.
Exercise 27
Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?
Exercise 28
"Don't Stop" was released in 1977. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
don't→you'll→you've→it's→
Exercise 30
If you had to summarize "Don't Stop" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?