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A2.2·rock·4:17

Everything You Want

Vertical Horizon · 1999

Everything You Want by Vertical Horizon (1999) — 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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  • Somewhere, theres speaking, it's already coming in

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Somewhere,speaking, it's already coming in

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Butskinned knees and the skid marks

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Echoes ofwho won't return

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

You're waiting forto push you away

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

There's alwaysmore you wish he'd say

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Out of theinto the highway

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Now you're here and you don't know why

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

He's everything you want, he's everything you need

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You're waiting for someone to push you away

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

It's only what you're asking for

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Past the places where you might have turned

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Somewhere, ? speaking, it's already coming in

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Past the ? where you used to learn

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

You're ? for someone to put you together

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

He's everything you ? he's everything you need

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Past the places where you ? have turned

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 "everything" in the whole song?

"everything"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "he's" in the whole song?

"he's"

Exercise 24

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

  • It's only what you're waiting for
  • Somewhere, there's speaking, it's already coming in
  • You're waiting for someone to put you together

Exercise 25

Compare "Everything You Want" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

everythinghe'srightdon't

Exercise 26

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Everything You Want", what would happen instead?

everythinghe'srightdon't

Exercise 27

Describe the mood of "Everything You Want" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

everythinghe'srightdon't

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • there's
  • it's
  • you're
  • don't
  • won't
  • he's

Exercise 29

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

everythinghe'srightdon't

Exercise 30

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

everythinghe'srightdon't