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Free Bird

Lynyrd Skynyrd · 1973

Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd (1973) — 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

  • And this bird you cannot change
  • Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
  • And the bird you cannot change

Sing it again — final chorus

  • And this bird you cannot change
  • The Lord knows I can't change
  • Lord, help me, I can't change
  • Lord, I can't change
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

If Ihere tomorrow

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Would you stillme

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

'Causetoo many places I've got to see

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

And this bird youchange

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

The LordI can't change

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Though thisI can't change

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

If I leave here tomorrow

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

For I must be traveling on now

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

'Cause I'm as free as a bird now

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And the bird you cannot change

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Though this feeling I can't change

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

If I ? here tomorrow

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

'Cause ? too many places I've got to see

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

'Cause I'm as ? as a bird now

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Bye-bye, ? it's been a sweet love, yeah, yeah

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

'Cause the Lord ? I'm to blame

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 "change" in the whole song?

"change"

Exercise 23

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

"bird"

Exercise 24

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

  • 'Cause I'm as free as a bird now
  • And the bird you cannot change
  • If I leave here tomorrow

Exercise 25

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

  • But please don't take it so badly
  • Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
  • Would you still remember me

Exercise 26

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

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Exercise 27

If you could ask Lynyrd Skynyrd one question about "Free Bird", what would it be and why?

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Exercise 28

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

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • there's→
  • i've→
  • couldn't→
  • i'm→
  • can't→
  • it's→

Exercise 30

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Free Bird", what would happen instead?

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