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A2.2·metal·5:31

Enter Sandman

Metallica · 1991

Enter Sandman by Metallica (1991) — 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

  • We're off to never-never land
  • Something's wrong, shut the light
  • Heavy thoughts tonight
  • And they aren't of Snow White

Echo the hook

  • We're off to never-never land, yeah
neverwe'reland

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Say yourlittle one

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

'Til thehe comes

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

We're off toland

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Dreams of war,of liars

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

And ofthat will bite, yeah

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Andmind that noise you heard

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I tuck you in, warm within

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

'Til the sandman, he comes

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And they aren't of Snow White

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And never mind that noise you heard

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Don't forget, my son

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Say your ? little one

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Keep you ? from sin

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

We're off to ? land

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Dreams of ? fire

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Hush, ? baby, don't say a word

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 "never" in the whole song?

"never"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "we're" in the whole song?

"we're"

Exercise 24

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

  • Heavy thoughts tonight
  • It's just the beasts under your bed
  • Say your prayers, little one

Exercise 25

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

  • Don't forget, my son
  • Grain of sand
  • Sleep with one eye open

Exercise 26

If you could ask Metallica one question about "Enter Sandman", what would it be and why?

neverwe'relandlight

Exercise 27

Rewrite the chorus of "Enter Sandman" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

neverwe'relandlight

Exercise 28

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

neverwe'relandlight

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • don't→
  • we're→
  • aren't→
  • it's→

Exercise 30

Describe the mood of "Enter Sandman" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

neverwe'relandlight