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Everybody Hurts

R.E.M. · 1992

Everybody Hurts by R.E.M. (1992) — 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

  • Of this life, well hang on
  • Don't let yourself go
  • 'Cause everybody cries
  • Everybody hurts sometimes

Echo the hook

  • Everybody hurts
  • Don't throw your hand, oh no
  • Don't throw your hand
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

And thethe night is yours alone

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Don't letgo

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

If you feel likego (hold on)

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Takein your friends

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

The days andare long

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Well,hurts sometimes

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

When you're sure you've had enough

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

If you think you've had too much

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

No, no, no, you are not alone

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

When you think you've had too much

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And the night, the night is yours alone

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

And the ? the night is yours alone

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Don't let ? go

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

If you ? like letting go (hold on)

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Don't ? your hand, oh no

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Of this life to ? on

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 "hold" in the whole song?

"hold"

Exercise 23

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

"everybody"

Exercise 24

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

  • If you feel like letting go (hold on)
  • If you're on your own in this life
  • When your day is long

Exercise 25

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

  • And the night, the night is yours alone
  • Don't throw your hand, oh no
  • Of this life to hang on

Exercise 26

Compare "Everybody Hurts" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

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Exercise 27

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

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Exercise 28

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

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • you're→
  • you've→
  • don't→
  • it's→

Exercise 30

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

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