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A2.1·rock·4:44

Fly Like an Eagle

Steve Miller Band · 1976

Fly Like an Eagle by Steve Miller Band (1976) — 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

  • Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
  • Into the future
  • Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
  • Into the future

Echo the hook

  • 'Til I'm free
  • Oh Lord, through the revolution
  • Feed the babies
  • Who don't have enough to eat

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Timeon slippin', slippin', slippin'

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Time keeps onslippin', slippin'

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Fly like anlet my spirit carry me

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Who don't haveto eat

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

With noon their feet

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Fly like an eagle, let mycarry me

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I wanna fly like an eagle

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

'Til I'm free

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Into the future

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Oh Lord, through the revolution

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Who don't have enough to eat

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Time ? on slippin', slippin', slippin'

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

I ? fly like an eagle

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

I ? to fly like an eagle

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

With no ? on their feet

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Fly like an eagle, let my ? carry me

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 "slippin'" in the whole song?

"slippin'"

Exercise 23

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

"eagle"

Exercise 24

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

  • Into the future
  • Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
  • With no shoes on their feet

Exercise 25

Rewrite the chorus of "Fly Like an Eagle" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

slippin'eagletimekeeps

Exercise 26

If you had to summarize "Fly Like an Eagle" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

slippin'eagletimekeeps

Exercise 27

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

slippin'eagletimekeeps

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • wanna
  • i'm
  • don't
  • there's

Exercise 29

Who in your life would you dedicate "Fly Like an Eagle" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

slippin'eagletimekeeps

Exercise 30

The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.

slippin'eagletimekeeps