Hey Jude
The Beatles · 1968
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Na-na-na-na, hey Jude
- Na-na-na-na-na
- Na-na-na-na, hey Jude
Echo the hook
- Hey Jude, don't make it bad
- Take a sad song and make it better
- Remember to let her into your heart
- Then you can start to make it better
Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory
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:
Then you can start to make it better
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Then you begin to make it better
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
The movement you need is on your shoulder
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Hey Jude, don't make it bad
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Remember to let her into your heart
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Hey ? don't make it bad
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
Hey Jude, ? be afraid
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
Don't ? the world upon your shoulders
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
You're ? for someone to perform with
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
Better, ? better, better, better, better, oh
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 "jude" in the whole song?
"jude"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "better" in the whole song?
"better"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- Hey Jude, don't make it bad
- Na-na-na-na, hey Jude (Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude)
- You're waiting for someone to perform with
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- Better, better, better, better, better, better, oh
- Na-na-na-na, hey Jude
- Take a sad song and make it better
Exercise 26
Rewrite the chorus of "Hey Jude" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).
Exercise 27
If you had to summarize "Hey Jude" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?
Exercise 28
What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Hey Jude" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
don't→it's→you're→you'll→gonna→
Exercise 30
Who in your life would you dedicate "Hey Jude" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?