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Everybody Wants to Rule the World

Tears for Fears · 1985

Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Tears for Fears (1985) — 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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Lyrics + translation · letras.mus.br

🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • Everybody wants to rule the world
  • It's my own design
  • It's my own remorse
  • Help me to decide

Echo the hook

  • Nothing ever lasts forever
  • Everybody wants to rule the world
  • There's a room where the light won't find you
  • Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

There's noback

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Turn your back onNature

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Most ofand of pleasure

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

There's a room where thewon't find you

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

When they do, I'll bebehind you

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

I can'tthis indecision

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Even while we sleep

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

When they do, I'll be right behind you

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

So sad they had to fade it

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Welcome to your life

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Acting on your best behaviour

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

There's no ? back

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Acting on your ? behaviour

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Nothing ? lasts forever

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

When they do, I'll be ? behind you

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Married with a ? of vision

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 "everybody" in the whole song?

"everybody"

Exercise 23

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

"wants"

Exercise 24

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

  • Everybody wants to rule the world
  • Help me to decide
  • Welcome to your life

Exercise 25

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

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Exercise 26

"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" was released in 1985. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

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Exercise 27

Imagine you are making a short film with "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

everybodywantsruleworld

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • there's→
  • it's→
  • won't→
  • i'll→
  • we've→
  • can't→

Exercise 29

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

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Exercise 30

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Everybody Wants to Rule the World", what would happen instead?

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