Have You Ever Seen the Rain
Creedence Clearwater Revival · 1970
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Comin' down on a sunny day?
- Yesterday and days before
- Sun is cold and rain is hard
- I know, been that way for all my time
Sing it again — final chorus
- Comin' down on a sunny day?
- Yeah
- I wanna know, have you ever seen the rain?
Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary
Exercises
Exercise 1
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Exercise 2
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Exercise 3
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Exercise 4
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Exercise 5
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Exercise 6
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Exercise 7
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I know, it's been comin' for some time
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I know, shinin' down like water
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Someone told me long ago
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
It'll rain a sunny day
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Yesterday and days before
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Someone ? me long ago
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
I ? it's been comin' for some time
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
I ? know, have you ever seen the rain?
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
Yesterday and ? before
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
Through the ? fast and slow
Exercise 17
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 18
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Exercise 19
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Exercise 20
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Exercise 21
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Exercise 22
How many times do you hear the word "ever" in the whole song?
"ever"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "rain" in the whole song?
"rain"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- It'll rain a sunny day
- Someone told me long ago
- Sun is cold and rain is hard
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- 'Til forever on it goes
- Comin' down on a sunny day?
- There's a calm before the storm
Exercise 26
What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Have You Ever Seen the Rain" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.
Exercise 27
If you could ask Creedence Clearwater Revival one question about "Have You Ever Seen the Rain", what would it be and why?
Exercise 28
Rewrite the chorus of "Have You Ever Seen the Rain" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
there's→it's→wanna→can't→
Exercise 30
Match each English word or phrase to its Portuguese meaning.
- ever→
- rain→
- sunny→
- coming down→