Every Day Is Like Sunday
Morrissey · 1988
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Everyday is like Sunday
- Everyday is silent and grey
- Hide on the promenade
- Etch a postcard
Echo the hook
- On your face
- On your face
- On your face
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:
That they forgot to close down
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
That they forgot to bomb
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
This is the coastal town
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Come, Armageddon! Come!
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Everyday is silent and grey
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Trudging ? over wet sand
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
This is the ? town
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
Everyday is ? and grey
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
Come, come, come, ? bomb
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
And a ? dust lands on your hands
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 "everyday" in the whole song?
"everyday"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "face" in the whole song?
"face"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- And a strange dust lands on your hands
- Etch a postcard
- Trudging slowly over wet sand
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- Come, come, come, nuclear bomb
- On your face
- This is the coastal town
Exercise 26
Describe the mood of "Every Day Is Like Sunday" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?
Exercise 27
Who in your life would you dedicate "Every Day Is Like Sunday" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?
Exercise 28
Compare "Every Day Is Like Sunday" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?
Exercise 29
Imagine you are making a short film with "Every Day Is Like Sunday" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?
Exercise 30
Rewrite the chorus of "Every Day Is Like Sunday" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).