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Give Me the Night

George Benson · 1980

Give Me the Night by George Benson (1980) — 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 the night (all right, tonight)
  • Give me the night (all right, tonight)
  • Give me the night (all right, tonight)
  • Give me the night (all right, tonight)

Echo the hook

  • So give me the night
  • Give me the night
  • You need the evening action
  • A place to dine, a glass of wine, a little late romance
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

You need theaction

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

It's areaction

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

On a rideparadise

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Thatlook in your eyes

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Then we can be loversI see

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

So give me the(all right, tonight)

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You need the evening action

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Then we can be lovers 'cause I see

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Don't you know we can fly?

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Whenever dark has fallen

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

So give me the night

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Whenever ? has fallen

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

It's a ? reaction

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Then we can be ? 'cause I see

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

On a ride ? paradise

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

And if we ? together

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 "night" in the whole song?

"night"

Exercise 24

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

  • That starlight look in your eyes
  • Then we can be lovers 'cause I see
  • Whenever dark has fallen

Exercise 25

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

  • Give me the night
  • So give me the night (all right, tonight)
  • Until the day is dawning

Exercise 26

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Give Me the Night", what would happen instead?

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Exercise 27

Describe the mood of "Give Me the Night" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

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Exercise 28

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

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • there's→
  • it's→
  • you'll→
  • we'll→
  • don't→

Exercise 30

"Give Me the Night" was released in 1980. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

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