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B1.2·rock·4:11

Don't Stop Believin'

Journey · 1981

Don't Stop Believin' by Journey (1981) — 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

  • Streetlights, people
  • Livin' just to find emotion
  • Hidin', somewhere in the night

Echo the hook

  • Don't stop believin'
  • Hold on to that feelin'
  • Streetlights, people
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Just atown girl

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

She took thetrain going anywhere

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

He took the midnightgoing anywhere

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

For athey can share the night

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Hidin',in the night

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Payin'to roll the dice

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

She took the midnight train going anywhere

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

For a smile they can share the night

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Livin' in a lonely world

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Born and raised in South Detroit

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

A smell of wine and cheap perfume

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Just a ? town girl

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Just a ? boy

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

A ? of wine and cheap perfume

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Livin' just to ? emotion

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Payin' ? to roll the dice

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 "night" in the whole song?

"night"

Exercise 23

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

"streetlights"

Exercise 24

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

  • Just a small town girl
  • Some are born to sing the blues
  • Up and down the boulevard

Exercise 25

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

  • Everybody wants a thrill
  • Livin' in a lonely world
  • Their shadows searchin' in the night

Exercise 26

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

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Exercise 27

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

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Exercise 28

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Don't Stop Believin'", what would happen instead?

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Exercise 29

The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.

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Exercise 30

If you had to summarize "Don't Stop Believin'" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

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