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Dust in the Wind

Kansas · 1977

Dust in the Wind by Kansas (1977) — 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

  • Dust in the wind
  • All they are is dust in the wind
  • Same old song
  • Just a drop of water in an endless sea

Sing it again — final chorus

  • Dust in the wind
  • All we are is dust in the wind
  • Oh ho ho
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Imy eyes only for a moment

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

And thegone

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

All mypass before my eyes a curiosity

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Just a drop ofin an endless sea

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Nothingforever but the earth and sky

Exercise 6

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I close my eyes only for a moment

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

All we are is dust in the wind

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Dust in the wind

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Now don't hang on

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Everything is dust in the wind

Exercise 11

Choose the missing word:

I ? my eyes only for a moment

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

And the ? gone

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

All they are is ? in the wind

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Just a ? of water in an endless sea

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Nothing ? forever but the earth and sky

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

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

"wind"

Exercise 21

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

"dust"

Exercise 22

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

  • All we are is dust in the wind
  • And the moment's gone
  • Now don't hang on

Exercise 23

Who in your life would you dedicate "Dust in the Wind" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

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Exercise 24

Compare "Dust in the Wind" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

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Exercise 25

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Dust in the Wind", what would happen instead?

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Exercise 26

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • don't→
  • won't→

Exercise 27

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 28

If you had to summarize "Dust in the Wind" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

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Exercise 29

Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?

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Exercise 30

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Dust in the Wind" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

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