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Hello

Adele · 2015

Hello by Adele (2015) — 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

  • (Highs, highs, highs, highs)
  • Ooh (lows, lows, lows, lows), anymore
  • (Highs, highs, highs, highs)
  • Ooh (lows, lows, lows, lows), anymore

Sing the opening verse

  • Hello, it's me
  • I was wondering if after all these years you'd like to meet
  • To go over everything
  • They say that time's supposed to heal ya, but I ain't done much healing

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

When we wereand free

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

And amiles

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

AtI can say that I've tried

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

It's nothat the both of us

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Sofrom the other side (other side)

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

To tell you I'm sorry foryour heart

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Hello, can you hear me?

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I must've called a thousand times

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Hello, how are you?

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I must've called a thousand times thousand times

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

To go over everything

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Hello, can you ? me?

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Hello from the ? side

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

I ? that you're well

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

I must've ? a thousand times (thousand times)

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Ooh ? lows, lows, lows), anymore

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 "highs" in the whole song?

"highs"

Exercise 23

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

"lows"

Exercise 24

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

  • At least I can say that I've tried
  • Hello, it's me
  • Ooh (lows, lows, lows, lows), anymore

Exercise 25

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

  • (Highs, highs, highs, highs)
  • So hello from the other side (other side)
  • To go over everything

Exercise 26

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Hello" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

highslowshelloi've

Exercise 27

If you could ask Adele one question about "Hello", what would it be and why?

highslowshelloi've

Exercise 28

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

highslowshelloi've

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • it's
  • you'd
  • i'm
  • i've
  • there's
  • don't

Exercise 30

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

highslowshelloi've