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A2.1·rock · disco·4:10

Heart of Glass

Blondie · 1978

Heart of Glass by Blondie (1978) — 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

  • Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind
  • Once I had a love and it was divine
  • Soon found out I was losing my mind
  • Seemed like the real thing but I was so blind

Echo the hook

  • Ooh, ooh, whoa, oh
  • Ooh, ooh, whoa, oh
  • Ooh, ooh, whoa, oh
  • Ooh, ooh, whoa, oh

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Soonout had a heart of glass

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Mucholove's gone behind

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Mucho mistrust,gone behind

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Youlike you do

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Lostadorable illusion

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

I'm the oneusing

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Soon found out I was losing my mind

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And I cannot hide

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

We coulda made it cruising, yeah

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Seemed like the real thing, only to find

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Love is so confusing

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Soon ? out had a heart of glass

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Soon ? out I was losing my mind

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

You ? like you do

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Lost ? adorable illusion

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Please ? push me aside

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 "find" in the whole song?

"find"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "love's" in the whole song?

"love's"

Exercise 24

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

  • Ooh, ooh, whoa, oh
  • Seemed like the real thing, only to find
  • Soon turned out had a heart of glass

Exercise 25

If you could ask Blondie one question about "Heart of Glass", what would it be and why?

findlove'ssoonseemed

Exercise 26

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

findlove'ssoonseemed

Exercise 27

If you had to summarize "Heart of Glass" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

findlove'ssoonseemed

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'm
  • there's
  • it's
  • you're
  • don't

Exercise 29

Describe the mood of "Heart of Glass" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

findlove'ssoonseemed

Exercise 30

Imagine you are making a short film with "Heart of Glass" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

findlove'ssoonseemed