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Father and Son

Cat Stevens · 1970

Father and Son by Cat Stevens (1970) — 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

  • If you want you can marry
  • Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy
  • I was once like you are now
  • And I know that it's not easy

Echo the hook

  • I know, I have to go
knowit'stime

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Justtake it easy

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Find a girl,down

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

But take your time,a lot

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

When I do, heaway again

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

From theI could talk

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

It's not time to make(Away, away, away)

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You're still young that's your fault

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

If you want you can marry

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And I know that it's not easy

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

For you will still be here tomorrow

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

When I do, he turns away again

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

It's not ? to make a change

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Find a ? settle down

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

But take your time, ? a lot

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

When I do, he ? away again

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

It's not time to make ? (Away, away, away)

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 "know" in the whole song?

"know"

Exercise 23

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

"it's"

Exercise 24

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

  • But take your time, think a lot
  • I was ordered to listen, now
  • It's not time to make a change

Exercise 25

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

  • How can I try to explain?
  • Just relax, take it easy
  • Just sit down, take it slowly

Exercise 26

If you had to summarize "Father and Son" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

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Exercise 27

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

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Exercise 28

If you could ask Cat Stevens one question about "Father and Son", what would it be and why?

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • it's→
  • you're→
  • that's→
  • there's→
  • i'm→
  • you've→

Exercise 30

Compare "Father and Son" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

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