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A2.1·folk · blues·4:28

Give Me One Reason

Tracy Chapman · 1995

Give Me One Reason by Tracy Chapman (1995) — 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

  • Give me one reason to stay here
  • And I'll turn right back around
  • Give me one reason to stay here
  • And I'll turn right back around

Echo the hook

  • They might take away my life
  • I don't want no one to squeeze me
  • They might take away my life
  • I just want someone to hold me
givereasonstay

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Give me oneto stay here

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Said I don't want toyou lonely

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

I don't want no one tome

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

I just wantto hold me

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

I said, this youthfulcan love you

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Wasting myenergy

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And I'll turn right back around

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You got to make me change my mind

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Oh, and I know that you got mine

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I called too many times

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You can see me turning

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Give me one ? to stay here

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Said I ? want to leave you lonely

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

But you got to ? me

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

I just want ? to hold me

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

But I'm too old to go ? you around

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 "give" in the whole song?

"give"

Exercise 23

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

"reason"

Exercise 24

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

givereasonstayi'll

Exercise 25

If you had to summarize "Give Me One Reason" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

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Exercise 26

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

givereasonstayi'll

Exercise 27

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'll→
  • don't→
  • i'm→

Exercise 28

Who in your life would you dedicate "Give Me One Reason" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

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Exercise 29

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

givereasonstayi'll

Exercise 30

Compare "Give Me One Reason" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

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