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A2.1·rock · classic-rock·2:40

Have You Ever Seen the Rain

Creedence Clearwater Revival · 1970

A present perfect question pattern repeated as a hook — 'Have you ever seen…?' — perfect drill for A2 students.

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🎤 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

Fill the blank in this line:

I know, it's beenfor some time

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

It'll rain aday

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

I know,down like water

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Iknow, have you ever seen the rain?

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

'Tilon it goes

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Through thefast and slow

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:

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 "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.

everrainsunnycoming down

Exercise 27

If you could ask Creedence Clearwater Revival one question about "Have You Ever Seen the Rain", what would it be and why?

everrainsunnycoming down

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).

everrainsunnycoming down

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