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A2.2·metal·6:57

Fade to Black

Metallica · 1984

Fade to Black by Metallica (1984) — 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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  • Life, it seems will fade away
lostnothingcan't

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Life, itwill fade away

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Getting lostmyself

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Simplymore to give

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Missing oneof me

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Emptiness isme

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Growingtaking dawn

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I have lost the will to live

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Can't stand this hell I feel

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Life, it seems, will fade away

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Getting lost within myself

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Simply nothing more to give

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Life, it ? will fade away

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Getting ? within myself

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Things ? what they used to be

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Deathly lost, this ? be real

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

To the ? of agony

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 "lost" in the whole song?

"lost"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "nothing" in the whole song?

"nothing"

Exercise 24

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

  • Deathly lost, this can't be real
  • Life, it seems, will fade away
  • Simply nothing more to give

Exercise 25

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

  • Drifting further every day
  • Emptiness is filling me
  • Things aren't what they used to be

Exercise 26

Describe the mood of "Fade to Black" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

lostnothingcan'tseems

Exercise 27

Who in your life would you dedicate "Fade to Black" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

lostnothingcan'tseems

Exercise 28

Compare "Fade to Black" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

lostnothingcan'tseems

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • aren't→
  • can't→
  • he's→
  • it's→

Exercise 30

Imagine you are making a short film with "Fade to Black" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

lostnothingcan'tseems