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A2.1·rock·3:31

Going to California

Led Zeppelin · 1971

Going to California by Led Zeppelin (1971) — 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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  • Spent my days with a woman unkind
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Spent my days with aunkind

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Smoked myand drank all my wine

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Someone told mea girl out there

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Ihow tomorrow could ever follow today

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Theof the sun begin to awake

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Ride amare in the footsteps of dawn

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I wonder how tomorrow could ever follow today

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Spent my days with a woman unkind

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Smoked my stuff and drank all my wine

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Took my chances on a big jet plane

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

The children of the sun begin to awake

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Spent my ? with a woman unkind

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Made up my ? to make a new start

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Someone ? me there's a girl out there

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

I ? how tomorrow could ever follow today

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

To ? a queen without a king

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

How many times do you hear the word "never" in the whole song?

"never"

Exercise 20

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

"hard"

Exercise 21

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

  • I wonder how tomorrow could ever follow today
  • Someone told me there's a girl out there
  • Spent my days with a woman unkind

Exercise 22

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Going to California", what would happen instead?

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Exercise 23

Describe the mood of "Going to California" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

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Exercise 24

Who in your life would you dedicate "Going to California" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

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Exercise 25

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • there's→
  • they're→
  • it's→
  • i'll→
  • who's→

Exercise 26

"Going to California" was released in 1971. 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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Exercise 27

If you could ask Led Zeppelin one question about "Going to California", what would it be and why?

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Exercise 28

Imagine you are making a short film with "Going to California" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

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Exercise 29

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

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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.

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